1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/The transformations of an itinerant mind — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lD1ejGbAU1"><a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/02/the-transformations-of-an-itinerant-mind/">The transformations of an itinerant mind</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/02/the-transformations-of-an-itinerant-mind/embed/#?secret=lD1ejGbAU1" width="600" height="338" title="“The transformations of an itinerant mind” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="lD1ejGbAU1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Looking at the courses Francesco Erspamer is teaching his first year at Harvard, one is struck by their historical breadth. There is a course on the great figures of the Italian Renaissance, one on the writers of the decadent period at the turn of the 20th century, and two that examine the Italy of today, its politics, culture, fiction, and cinema.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/3-erspamer1-225-1.jpg