Nerenberg, Ellen

Associate Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures
Romance Languages and Literatures Department
3087

Associate Professor, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
3087

AB Stanford University
AM University of Chicago
PHD University of Chicago

EMAIL:

enerenberg@wesleyan.edu

COURSES TAUGHT:

ITAL221 - 01
ITAL249 - 01

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Twentieth-century Italian Literature, Italian Cinema, Italian Cultural Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Prison Terms (U of Toronto P, 2001) concerned the spaces of confinement in Italian narrative between the years 1930 and 1960. I am currently at work on a study of the representation, in Italian cultural expression and the media, of three cases of homicide in Italy since 1989.

ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS:

Modern Languages Association, American Association for Italian Studies, American Association of Teachers of Italian

AWARDS WON:

2001 Howard R. Marraro prize, awarded biannually by the Modern Languages Association for the best book published in North America on an Italian subject. Awarded for Prison Terms: Representing Confinement During and After Italian Fascism (U of Toronto P, 2001).
Millicent McIntosh Fellowship (2005-06)

OFFICE HOURS:

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