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2007 News Archive
Study abroad programs rank sixth nationally
The University of Notre Dame has the sixth-highest percentage among
American research universities of students participating in study abroad
programs, according to a recently released report from the Institute
of International Education (IIE).
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Learning to Love Dante: Moevs, Teaching, and Transcendence
Ask most students their opinion about Dante’s Inferno, and
you may prompt grimaces, pained looks, or half-smiles. Ask Christian
Moevs’ students the same question, and you will provoke surprisingly
passionate responses.
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Notre Dame humanities scholars meet with Roman colleagues
If not exactly a Roman holiday, it was evidently as pleasant as one. Perhaps it could be called a Roman working vacation. However described, the "Primo Colloquio" or First Colloquium, held in June at the University of Rome La Sapienza, clearly delighted the eight Notre Dame faculty members in attendance.
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DellaNeva publishes new book on Renaissance literature
The fundamental aspects of Renaissance literary production are the subject of a new book edited by JoAnn DellaNeva, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame. Published by Harvard University Press, “Ciceronian Controversies" is a volume of The I Tatti Renaissance Library.”
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Theater proves perfect stage for Italian instruction
“Ragazzi,” declares Laura Colangelo, calling the students of her Italian theater workshop to order in an O’Shaughnessy Hall classroom at Notre Dame.”
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Professor Bernard Doering’s translation of Maritain biography wins awards
“Jacques and Raissa Maritain: Beggars for Heaven,” a biography by Jean–Luc Barré, translated by Bernard E. Doering, professor emeritus of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame, and published by University of Notre Dame Press, has won two recent honors from the Catholic Press Association and the Association of American University Presses.
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Italian professor wins national book award
Christian Moevs, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Howard R. Marraro Prize by the Modern Language Association (MLA) for his recent book “The Metaphysics of Dante’s ‘Comedy’,” in which he sheds new light on the interpretation of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
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