Research Bio
Mia Fuller, Ph.D. Berkeley, is Gladyce Arata Terrill Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies. She is a cultural anthropologist who has combined fieldwork and archival research in her studies of architecture and city planning in the Italian colonies between 1869 and 1943. Her book on the subject, Moderns Abroad: Italian Colonial Architecture and Urbanism, was published by Routledge in 2007 and will appear in a translated, updated Italian edition in 2025. She is also the co-editor (with Ruth Ben-Ghiat) of Italian Colonialism: A Reader (Palgrave, 2005). Currently, she is preparing an ethnographic, architectural, and oral-historical study of the 'New Towns' built in 1930s Italy, titled Monuments and Mussolini: A Cultural History of Fascist Memory.
Research Expertise and Interest
anthropology, Italy, fascism, urban design, architecture, Italian colonialism
Teaching
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies [ITALIAN 248]
Directed Readings in Italian Literature and Culture [ITALIAN 260]
Seminar Research Course [ITALIAN 270]
Prospectus Tutorial [ITALIAN 282]
Special Study [ITALIAN 298]
Directed Research [ITALIAN 299]
Individual Studies for Doctoral Students [ITALIAN 602]
Supervised Research: Humanities [UGIS 192A]
Directed Readings in Italian Literature and Culture [ITALIAN 260]
Seminar Research Course [ITALIAN 270]
Prospectus Tutorial [ITALIAN 282]
Special Study [ITALIAN 298]
Directed Research [ITALIAN 299]
Individual Studies for M.A. Candidates [ITALIAN 601]
Individual Studies for Doctoral Students [ITALIAN 602]
Supervised Research: Humanities [UGIS 192A]
History of Italian Culture [ITALIAN 105]
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Italian Studies [ITALIAN 248]
Directed Readings in Italian Literature and Culture [ITALIAN 260]
Seminar Research Course [ITALIAN 270]
Prospectus Tutorial [ITALIAN 282]
Special Study [ITALIAN 298]
Directed Research [ITALIAN 299]
Individual Studies for Doctoral Students [ITALIAN 602]
Supervised Research: Humanities [UGIS 192A]