
Maria Letizia Bellocchio
- Associate Professor of Practice, French and Italian
- (520) 621-5345
- Modern Languages, Rm. 549
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- bellocchio@arizona.edu
Biography
Maria Letizia Bellocchio is Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Arizona. She earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies from the University of Siena in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Italian from Rutgers University in 2014. Her current research examines the tension between tradition and innovation in the filmic construction of the politics, practices and symbolic values of the Italian family. Her areas of expertise are Film Studies, 19-20-21 century Italian Literature and Theatre, Intermediality, Italian Culture and Law. She published articles and presented papers on Cinema and Theatre. She edited the book Finestre (Firenze: Le Monnier, 2006) and the Special Issue of the journal Italian Quarterly on Italian business in Post-War Italy (2017). She is working on two book projects: Italian Family Law in Contemporary Cinema and Visconti and Shakespeare. Cinema and Theatre.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Italian Studies
- Rutgers Univeristy, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
- (A)morality of Kinship in Italian Cinema from the Sixties to Today
- Ph.D. Comparative Literatures
- University of Siena, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
- Visconti e Shakespeare. Regie, progetti, riscritture teatrali e cinematografiche (Visconti and Shakespeare)
Awards
- Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence
- University of Arizona, Academic Affairs and Provost, Spring 2023
- COH Distinguished Teaching Award
- COH, Spring 2021
- APBC
- University of Arizona COH, Spring 2019
- University of Arizona COH, Spring 2018
- APBC Salary Increase $ 7000 FY 2018-19
- University of Arizona, Fall 2018
Interests
Research
19th-20th-21st century Italian Literature and Theatre, Film Studies, Intermediality, Italian culture and Law.
Teaching
19th-20th-21st century Italian Literature and Theatre, Film Studies, Intermediality, Italian culture and Law, the representation of Family in literature, film, theatre, TV.
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2025) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2025) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2025) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Summer I 2025) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2025) -
General Education Portfolio
UNIV 301 (Spring 2025) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Spring 2025) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2025) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2024) -
Intermediate Italian I
ITAL 201 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2024) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Food for Thought: Ital Culture
ITAL 160D1 (Summer I 2024) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2024) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2024) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2024) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Spring 2024) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2023) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Winter 2023) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2023) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2023) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2023) -
Intermediate Italian I
ITAL 201 (Spring 2023) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Spring 2023) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2023) -
Italian Business
ITAL 433 (Spring 2023) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2022) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Winter 2022) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2022) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2022) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2022) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Spring 2022) -
Italian Business
ITAL 433 (Spring 2022) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Spring 2022) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Winter 2021) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2021) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2021) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2021) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Spring 2021) -
Italian Fiction/Film
ITAL 410 (Spring 2021) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2020) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Winter 2020) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2020) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2020) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2020) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Summer I 2020) -
Intermediate Italian II
ITAL 202 (Spring 2020) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Spring 2020) -
Italian Theatre
ITAL 250C (Spring 2020) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2019) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Winter 2019) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2019) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2019) -
Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Summer I 2019) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Summer I 2019) -
Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Summer I 2019) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Spring 2019) -
Intermediate Italian II
ITAL 202 (Spring 2019) -
Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Spring 2019) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Winter 2018) -
Adv Italian Composition
ITAL 302 (Fall 2018) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Summer I 2018) -
Adv Italian Composition
ITAL 302 (Spring 2018) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Spring 2018) -
Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Spring 2018) -
Adv Italian Composition
ITAL 302 (Fall 2017) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2017) -
Intro to Italian Culture
ITAL 230 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Adv Italian Composition
ITAL 302 (Spring 2017) -
Ital Folklore+Pop Cult
ITAL 240 (Spring 2017) -
Spoken Ital Cult Context
ITAL 310 (Spring 2017) -
Adv Italian Composition
ITAL 302 (Fall 2016) -
Adv Italian Conversation
ITAL 301 (Fall 2016) -
Italian Theater
ITAL 250C (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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