Came in knowing nothing about Italian culture, this guy is definetely interesting. He was intimidating to me at first, but it's only cas he's so darn smart. Lectures dry at times, I think it's just the course though. Take him, he's cool.

Easily the most interesting lecture I have ever attended

Took this class completely randomly, and i'd maybe say it was the best class i have taken in my 3 years here. Just plain interesting and if you read a good amount you will do fine.

Great Prof, cares about what he teaches and cares about his students. Motivates you to think, very intellectual, and philosophical. classes get a little hard to follow sometimes but he is always willing to help, grades papers pretty easy also.

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Basically one of the hardest history classes you'll ever take. Theres a LOT of reading, lectures are unclear, and concepts aren't conveyed well. But he's really nice and can be quite helpful in office hours. And he said next time he teaches it he'll show films once a week, so I think the class will be much different next time...

The first half of this class is a historical account of all Italy's history and then towards the end he finally gets into the culture part of the course. A ton ton ton of reading. He genuinely wants his students to do well and is nothing but avaliable and helpful for office hours but does have high expectations.