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Stephen Nichols
Department Chair

German and Romance
Languages and Literatures

Gilman Hall 330
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Office Phone: 410.516.7227
Fax: 410.516.5358
Email: grll@jhu.edu

Fri Aug 29, 2008
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Pier Massimo Forni


Professor of Italian Literature

Romance Languages and Literatures
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21218

Telephone: 410-516-8047
E-mail: forni@jhu.edu

 

Professor P.M. Forni graduated from the University of Pavia in 1974 and received his Ph.D. in Italian literature at UCLA in 1981. A faculty member at Johns Hopkins since 1985, he received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association's Excellence in Teaching Award (School of Continuing Studies, 1998) and the Outstanding Faculty Award (for undergraduate teaching, 1993). He has written extensively on the works of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Among the visiting appointments he was granted are those from the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania. He was the co-founder and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Civility Project and continues to publish on the topic of civility.






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