Ermelinda Campani

Personal bio
Ermelinda M. Campani is the Spogli Family Director of Stanford's Breyer Center for Overseas Studies in Florence. A native of Emilia Romagna (Italy), she earned an M.A. in Italian literature and a Ph.D. with an emphasis in film studies from Brown University. Prior to joining Stanford University in 1993, she taught courses both at Brown and Rhode Island School of Design and served as acting director of the Brown University Program in Bologna. She has been teaching film to Stanford undergraduates since 1993. Her teaching and research focus on film history and criticism, film style and interpretation, film culture, modernism and film, feminist film theory. Her published works include a book on Bernardo Bertolucci, one on cinema and the sacred (translated into French in 2007), and a book on cinema's representations of the human body. She has written articles both on European and US film journals, has contributed entries to the encyclopedia of World Cinema and has lectured widely. Her current research revolves around iconology and the film image.

Currently teaching

OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2 (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 30F: Italian Cinema: The Masterpieces (Autumn, Spring)
OSPFLOR 87F: Global Transformations and Ethical Visions: Lessons and Legacies from the Cold War (Autumn)
OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 26: Economics of the EU (Autumn)
OSPFLOR 57: Accademia Italiana (Autumn, Winter)
OSPFLOR 25F: Sculpting the Renaissance: Aesthetics, Materials & Innovation (Autumn)
OSPFLOR 60: Exploring Medieval Florence: Art, Architecture, and People (Winter)
OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1 (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian, Part A (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 95F: Italian Colonialism (Winter)
OSPFLOR 56F: Investing in the Future: Ethical Finance (Winter)
OSPFLOR 67: Women in Film (Winter)
OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 50R: Made in Italy and the Sustainable Call in Fashion (Winter)
OSPFLOR 15: Lunchtime Talks: Cracking the Italian Code (Autumn, Winter, Spring)
OSPFLOR 78F: A Global Renaissance in Florence (Spring)
OSPFLOR 66F: Security, Conflict & Human Rights (Spring)
OSPFLOR 53F: Italy's Fascist Era: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates (Spring)
OSPFLOR 100F: University of Florence Courses (Autumn, Spring)
OSPFLOR 70F: Environment and Society: Perspectives of Sustainability (Spring)
OSPFLOR 69F: Italy and Humanism from Dante to Vasari (Spring)
OSPFLOR 83F: Studio Marangoni Foundation (Spring)
OSPFLOR 74F: Muslims and the Making of Contemporary Italy (Spring)
OSPFLOR 86F: Tradition and Transformation: The Making of Renaissance Florence (Winter)
OSPFLOR 65F: Crisis Governance and the Migration Debate in Modern Europe. (Autumn)
OSPFLOR 98F: Climate Justice in Europe: Theory, Policy and Practice (Autumn)