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
2024-25 Courses
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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
Books
- Bellocchio, M. L., Cavatorta, B., Gaspar, B., Fabbri, F., Monzingo, J., & Meli, M. R. (2020). 'Italian in Wonderland. An Online Textbook for Intermediate Italian'.More infoTogether with Beppe Cavatorta, Borbala Gaspar, Federico Fabbri, Maria Rita Meli, Jacob Monzingo, I worked on a new online textbook project for Intermediate Italian, entitled 'Italian Language in Wonderland.' This online textbook will cover several cultural topics related to environment, food, fashion, work and immigration, and will offer interactive reading, listening and writing exercises to engage students to create connections between Italian language and culture and their own language and culture. In Fall 2019 Borbala Gaspar and I completed the first draft for the chapter on Italian Fashion.During Spring, Summer and Fall 2020 we completed the online textbook Italian in Wonderland and it is the official textbook for ITAL 202 in Spring 2021.
Chapters
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2017). Francesca Comencini’ Single Moms and Family Law”. In Motherhood on Screen. Palgrave Macmillan.More infoEssay on Motherhood in Italian contemporary films by Francesca Comencini
Journals/Publications
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2022). ‘Knowing everything. Interview with Maura Delpero.’. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, JICMS 10:2, 2022, 367-78.More infoInterview with the Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero. Zoom interview conducted by Maria Letizia Bellocchio on May 20, 2020. See attachment, pages 367-78.
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2022). “Is there no place like home? Women’s quest for their place in Maura Delpero’s cinema.”. Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, JICMS 10:2, 2022, 203-14.More infoArticle on the Italian Filmmaker Maura Delpero. See attachment pages 203-214.
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2017). Gli imprenditori italiani in Visconti, Moretti, Rosi, Francesca Comencini e Molaioli. Italian Quarterly.
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2017). Special issue of the journal Italian Quarterly. Italian Business. Money and Culture in Post-War Italy. Italian Quarterly.More infoMaria Letizia Bellocchio and Francesca Cadel editors. Special Issue of the Italian Quarterly on Italian Business. Money and Culture in Post-War Italy. Essays on Italian Literature, Film, and Economy
Presentations
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2023, Fall).
Title of the Session: “Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform for Italian courses” Delivered paper: “The Italian in Wonderland Platform.”
. ACTFL Conference (Chicago, November 18-21, 2023). Chicago: ACTFL.More infoAt the ACTFL Convention 2023 (Chicago, November 18-21, 2023), Borbala Gaspar and Beppe Cavatorta, I presented the panel “Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform for Italian courses,” and I presented the paper “The Italian in Wonderland Platform.” - Bellocchio, M. L. (2022, June). Paper: "A casa mia? La ricerca della propria casa per le protagoniste di Maura Delpero". Italian cinema and media: Past and present, continuity and change, expectations for the future. Third Edition of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies International Conference.. Rome: JICMS - The American University of Rome.More infoI will present the paper "A casa mia? La ricerca della propria casa per le protagoniste di Maura Delpero" at the Third Edition of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies International Conference: "Italian cinema and media: Past and present, continuity and change, expectations for the future."
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2022, May). Panel: “Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform.” Paper: “Exploring Italian in Wonderland Design.”. American Association of Teachers of Italian Convention 2022 - AATI 2022. Lucca: AATI.More infoI organized the panel “Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform.” I will present the paper: “Exploring Italian in Wonderland Design.”
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2022, November). Panel "Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform for Italian 102." Paper: “The Challenges and Benefits of Creating and Using an Open-Educational Digital Platform for Basic Language Courses.”. ACTFL 2022. Boston: ACTFL.More infoI organized the panel "Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Digital Platform for Italian 102," and I will present the paper: “The Challenges and Benefits of Creating and Using an Open-Educational Digital Platform for Basic Language Courses.”
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2021, May28-June6, 2021). Roundtable 'CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE, CINEMA, AND PERFORMING ARTS'. AAIS 2021. Virtual: AAIS.More infoRountable on Cultural Adaption - AAIS 2021 Virtual Conference
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2021, November 19-21, 2021). Panel 'Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Resource Textbook for Italian'. ACTFL 2021. San Diego: ACTFL.More infoPanel 'Italian in Wonderland. An Open Education Resource Textbook for Italian' - ACTFL Conference 2021 (San Diego November 19-21, 2021).
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2019, May). Visconti's Theatre Lost in Time. Intersezioni/Intersections 2019. Florence, Italy: School of Humanities and Social Sciences - The College of New Jersey.More infoConference Program
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2019, November). Macbeth Obsession. American Literary Translators Association 42 Sight and Sound. Rochester, NY.More infoConference Program
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2018, June). PANEL: LAW AND ITALIAN CULTURE. AAIS CONFERENCE 14-17 June 2018 | Sant’Anna Institute Sorrento, Italy. Sorrento, Italy: AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies).
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2018, June). PAPER: L’asincronia tra le famiglie e il diritto di famiglia nel cinema italiano. AAIS CONFERENCE 14-17 June 2018 | Sant’Anna Institute Sorrento, Italy. Sorrento, Italy: AAIS American Association for Italian Studies.
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2017, June). "Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Ghosts of the Urban Space and the Peasants of Lucania". Urban Space and the Body (University College Cork, Ireland). Cork, Ireland: University College Cork, Ireland.
Poster Presentations
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2023, January). "Developing Foreign Culture Courses for the Professions" in the MLA 2023 Language and Literature Program Innovation Room.. Modern Language Association 2023. MLA San Francisco January 5-8, 2023.More infoDrs. Carine Bourget, Barbara Kosta, Barbara Citera and I will present posters for the NEH funded project "Developing Foreign Culture Courses for the Professions" in the MLA 2023 Language and Literature Program Innovation Room.My poster focus on the Italian Business course I created for the NEH project.
Reviews
- Bellocchio, M. L. (2017. “Il cinema di Marco Tullio Giordana: interventi critici”.