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Columbia: Italian at Columbia Is Still Going Strong After 200 Years
October 17, 2025
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 -- Columbia University issued the following issued the following Q&A on Oct. 16, 2025, with Elizabeth Leake, professor and chair of the Italian department:

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Italian at Columbia Is Still Going Strong After 200 Years

Elizabeth Leake, the new chair of the department, looks both behind and ahead.

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This year marks 200 years of Italian studies at Columbia. In 1825, the Standing Committee of the Trustees of Col . . .

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