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Roberta

Roberta Kaye Waldbaum

Anna Maglione-Sie Endowed Professor of Italian Culture; Teaching Professor, Italian

roberta.waldbaum@du.edu

303-871-2186 (Office)

Sturm Hall, 2000 East Asbury Avenue Denver, CO 80208

What I do

Roberta K. Waldbaum is the Anna Maglione-Sie Endowed Professor in Italian culture, and Teaching Professor of Italian in the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures at the University of Denver where she teaches Italian language, literature, cinema and culture in the Italian Program and English courses in the common curriculum.

Professional Biography

Roberta K. Waldbaum is Teaching Professor of Italian, the Anna Maglione-Sie Endowed Chair in Italian Culture, in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Denver (DU) where she teaches Italian language, literature, film and culture in the Italian Program and in the common curriculum. She co-founded and co-directed the DU/Bologna International Center for Civic Engagement in Bologna, Italy, and serves on the advisory board for the annual Maria and Tommaso Maglione Italian film award and the Showcase on Italian Cinema at the Denver Film Festival. She has published book chapters, translations, journal articles and has given conference papers in Italian Studies in the areas of international civic engagement, cinema and the teaching of language, Italian Jewish Literature and Film, and food studies. She is the guest editor of the international journal of European Popular Culture, "Soggiorno in Italia-Sojourn in Italy", (May 2019) that contains articles written by DU CAHSS faculty who received travel grants to Italy.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, University of Denver, 1996
  • MA, Italian Literature, University of Colorado, 1979
  • BA, Italian, University of Colorado, 1963

Professional Affiliations

  • Amercan Association for Italian Studies
  • American Association of Teachers of Italian
  • South Atlantic Modern Language Association
  • Western Jewish Studies Association
  • Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association

Research

Co-translated and co-edited the English translation of "Se a parlare sono rimaste soltanto le pietre" (If the Stones Alone Are Left to Speak), by Angelo Angeletti (Tipografia Pliniana di Selci-Lama Press 2019); is the guest editor of “Soggiorno in Italia-Sojourn in Italy (Journal of European Popular Culture, Volume 10 Number 1, Intellect Journals Ltd., UK, 2019); and published book chapter, ‘Keys to the city: Opening the Gates to Italian Culture through Literature and Film’, in Fostering Culture Through Film (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2016).

Areas of Research

20th century Italian literature and film
21st century Italian literature and film
Images of Rome in Literature and Film
Italian Jewish Literature and Film
Literature of testimony and memorialization in the Italian Jewish Diaspora
Translation Studies
19th century Italian education and innovation

Featured Publications

Waldbaum , Roberta K et al. “Soggiorno in Italia: Sojourn in Italy.”Ed. Waldbaum , Roberta K. Journal of Popular European Culture 1 (2019).
Waldbaum, Roberta Kaye, and Sestilio Polimanti. Angeletti, Angelo, If the Stones Alone Are Left to Speak. Ed. Waldbaum, Roberta Kaye. Editrice Pliniana, 2019.
Waldbaum, Roberta Kaye. “"Keys to the City: Opening the Gates to Italian Culture".” Fostering Culture Through Film: A Resource For Teaching Foreign Languages And Cultural Studies". Ed. Buonanno Foley, Elda and Patrizia Comello. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016: 119-137.
Waldbaum, Roberta Kaye. “"The University and the City: Strengthening Students' Global Learning".” Contours of the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of Urban Space Editrice La Mandragora (2014): 103-116.

Presentations

Waldbaum, Roberta K. “"Ethical Edibles: Visions of the Table in Italian Cinema" .” Perugia Food Conference, 2018, Perugia, Italy .
Waldbaum, Roberta K. “"Maximizing Study Abroad Programs in Italy".” AAIS Annual Conference, 2018, Sorrento, Italy.
Waldbaum, Roberta K. “"The Denver Film Festival: Focus on Italian Cinema" .” Innovations and Tensions: Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World , 2017, The American University of Rome, Italy.
Waldbaum, Roberta K. “"Teaching Languages & Culture Through Film: Imagining and Imagining Rome," .” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, 2015, Eugene, OR.
Waldbaum, Roberta Kaye. “"Real and Imagined Belly Aches: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and The Belly of an Architect" .” American Association of Teachers of Italian, 2013, Strasbourg, France.

Awards

  • DU's Most Outstanding Faculty Member Contributing to Impactful Teaching, Office of the Provost