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The Department of Italian of Columbia University announces The Italian and Mediterranean Colloquium for Spring 2015March 10, 6:10-7:30 pm613 HamiltonEric Dursteler (Brigham Young University),Can Women Speak Languages? Gender and Multilingualism in the Early Modern Mediterranean.April 10, 12:15-2:30 pm507 HamiltonElisabetta Benigni (Italian Academy) and Andrea Celli (UConn),“L’aiuola che ci fa tanto feroci”. The debate on Islamic influences on Dante and the Arabic Translations of the Divine ComedyApril 16, 4:00-6:00 pm501 HamiltonClaudio Fogu (UC Santa Barbara),The View from the Mediterranean: turning Center into South. Discussant: Nelson Moe (Columbia U, Barnard College).May 1, 12:15-1:40 pm,507 HamiltonJames Amelang (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid),Discovering the Mediterranean: Carlo Levi, Fernand Braudel, Ernesto De Martino.Contact:Pier Mattia TommasinoAssistant ProfessorColumbia U, Department of Italian pmt2114@columbia.edu