Giovanni Spani

Giovanni Spani is Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Middlebury
College. He earned his Laurea in Political Science from the University
of Padua (1998) and received his Ph.D. in Italian Literature from
Indiana University in 2007. He is also the co-author of /Streetwise
Italian: The User-Friendly Guide to Italian Slang and Idioms/ (McGraw
Hill 2005).
His principal research interests include, Italian literature of the
Middle Ages, Medieval and contemporary Italian history and
historiography, Italian culture (especially its socio-political aspects)
and modern Italian literature.

Giovanni Spani
Visiting Assistant Professor
Italian Department
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-443-5989