Fabian R Alfie
- Professor, French and Italian
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-5559
- Modern Languages, Rm. 000584
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- alfie@arizona.edu
Biography
I am an affiliated faculty member with Judaic Studies (since Fall 2010); with the Institute for LGBT Studies (Since Fall 2013); and with Religious Studies (since Fall 2013).
Degrees
- Ph.D. Italian
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- “Se io potesse con la lingua dire”: Tradition and Innovation in Cecco Angiolieri’s Poetry.
- M.A. Italian
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- B.A. Italian, English
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2012 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2003 - 2012)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1997 - 2003)
- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1995 - 1997)
Awards
- Certificate (cohort 4)
- "Inclusive Leadership Institute" (ILI), offered through the University of Arizona Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Spring 2023
- Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award
- Humanities Seminars Program, Fall 2018
- Superior Teaching Award
- Humanities Seminars Program, Fall 2013
- Member, Cohort 2
- UA Academic Leadership Institute (ALI), Fall 2011
- Provosts Authors Support Fund
- UA Provosts Office, Fall 2011
- Distinguished Teaching Award
- College of Humanities, Spring 2008
Interests
Teaching
All aspects of Italian language, literature, and culture, and including Italian folklore. I have taught extensively on medieval Italian literature, including courses on Dante's "Divine Comedy." This interest has led me to promote Dante in the community, including working with St. Philips in the Hills Episcopal Church with their annual All-Night Reading of Dante's "Inferno" as part of their Maundy Thursday observance. I've also given several interviews on Dante in the local media.
Research
Literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, particularly the comic / satiric literature of the period; authors include Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarch, as well as lesser-known poets such as Rustico Filippi, Cecco Angiolieri, Folgore da San Gimignano, and Burchiello.
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Elementary Italian I
ITAL 101 (Spring 2026) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2026) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Spring 2026) -
Honors Thesis
ITAL 498H (Fall 2025) -
The Italian Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Independent Study
ITAL 399 (Summer I 2025) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Summer I 2025) -
Tops Adv Ital Studies
ITAL 496A (Summer I 2025) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2025) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Spring 2025) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
ITAL 431 (Fall 2024) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
RELI 431 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
ITAL 499 (Fall 2024) -
The Italian Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Spring 2024) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2024)
2022-23 Courses
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Elementary Italian I
ITAL 101 (Spring 2023) -
Honors Thesis
ITAL 498H (Spring 2023) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2023) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2022) -
Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Divine Comedy By Dante
ITAL 431 (Spring 2022) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
RELI 431 (Spring 2022) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2022) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2022) -
The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2021) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Divine Comedy By Dante
ITAL 431 (Spring 2021) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
RELI 431 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
ITAL 399 (Spring 2021) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2021) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Intermediate Italian II
ITAL 202 (Spring 2020) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2020) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Spring 2020) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Fall 2019) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2019) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2019) -
The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Spring 2019) -
The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2018) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Independent Study
ITAL 599 (Summer I 2018) -
Intensive Inter Italian
ITAL 202Z (Summer I 2018) -
Tops Adv Ital Studies
ITAL 496A (Summer I 2018) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
ITAL 431 (Spring 2018) -
Divine Comedy By Dante
RELI 431 (Spring 2018) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2018) -
The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2017) -
The Renaissance
ITAL 250B (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Independent Study
ITAL 399 (Fall 2016) -
Independent Study
ITAL 499 (Fall 2016) -
The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Fall 2016) -
Writ Ital Cultr Context
ITAL 320 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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The Middle Ages
ITAL 250A (Summer I 2016) -
Independent Study
ITAL 399 (Spring 2016) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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