Amara Lakhous joins the Department of Italian Studies

February 20, 2023

We are delighted that Amara Lakhous, award-winning novelist of Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio, Divorzio all’islamica a Viale Marconi and other works in Italian and Arabic, will be joining us this fall as the department’s first Professor in the Practice. Amara’s appointment will allow us to significantly expand our offerings to undergraduates and graduate students in translation, creative writing, and Mediterranean Studies, while he will also be active in organizing workshops and talks aimed at bringing to New Haven a wide range of creative artists and scholars. We are grateful to Amara for choosing to come to Yale, and to FAS for giving Italian Studies the opportunity to continue expanding its horizons!