University of Connecticut. Center for Italian Studies.

The Center for Italian Studies began operation at the University of Connecticut in the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy. The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year, a victim of budget constraints and its own admission that it had not been successful at accomplishing its stated objective.

From the description of Center for Italian Studies records, 1967-1975. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 45054654

The Center began operation during the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy . Through the Center's efforts, and with the cooperation of relevant departments, new courses in Italian Studies were developed at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, along with a graduate program in Italian Literature. As part of its program, the Center sponsored visiting lecturers, as well as a trip to Italy in the hopes of developing a junior-year Study Abroad program. The Center also worked with the library to increase acquisitions in the area of Italian Studies.

The Center received a grant of $33,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a half hour television program in the Italian Renaissance entitled "Man in the Renaissance". The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year, a victim of budget constraints and its own admission that it had not been successful at accomplishing its stated objective.

From the guide to the University of Connecticut, Center for Italian Studies Records., undated, 1967-1975., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)