Claire L. Huffman

Education:

Ph.D., with highest honors, Harvard University - 1973 (Romance Languages and Literatures)

M.A., Harvard University - 1967 (Romance Languages and Literatures)

B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard College - 1966 (Romance Languages and Literatures)

Books and Publications

A large historical project chronicling the cultural roles of three families that came to the United States from Italy and France in the 17th century. 2016 to the present, in progress, unfunded.. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2019

Montale and the Occasions of Poetry. Princeton Legacy Library. Paperback. (Books and Publications: Book) 2014

Preface to E. Montale, Satura (transl. by William Arrowsmith) Norton, 1998.
Eugenio Montale: Tradotto dai Poeti. Symposium.
(Review) Landscape Poetry, for Forum Italicum
Review article, Montale, Cuttlefish Bones, transl. W. Arrowsmith, Forum italicum.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000

Translations of Annalisa Cima, Sesamon, Forum Italicum 27 (1993)
Il Vento di Debussy: La poesia di Montale nella cultura del Novecento," Italica 63, No. 4.
Allegory at the limits of classicism: Eugenioi Montale's La bufera e altro Forum italicum
"Annalisa Cima," in Dictionary of Literary Biography 128 (1993), 120- 24.
Preface to E. Montale, Satura (transl. by William Arrowsmith) Norton, 1998.
Eugenio Montale: Tradotto dai Poeti. Symposium.
(Review) Landscape Poetry, for Forum Italicum
Review article, Montale, Cuttlefish Bones, transl. W. Arrowsmith, Forum italicum
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1993

"Montale for the English Speaking: The Case of 'In limine.'" Forum Italicum 23: 121-46. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1989

"Eugenio Montale and Giacomo Leopardi." Italian Quarterly 28: 25-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987

"The Storm and Other Things, by Eugenio Montale." Translated, with Preface and Commentary, by William Arrowsmith. New York: Norton. Philadelphia Enquirer. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1985

Eugenio Montale and the Occasions of Poetry. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Reviews have appeared in Italian Studies, Journal of Modern Literature, Italica, Modern Language Review and Autografo. (Books and Publications: Book) 1983

"Montale, Eliot and the Poetic Object." Italian Quarterly 21: 63-82. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1980

"Structuralist Literary Criticism." Modern Language Review 72: 322-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1977

Co-author, "Firenzuola, Surrey and Thomas Watson Once More." Revue des Langues Vivantes 42: 403-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1976

"Eugenio Montale: Questions, Answers and Contexts." The Yearbook of Italian Studies, 1973-75: 219-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1975

"T.S. Eliot, Eugenio Montale and the Vagaries of Influence." Comparative Literature XXVII: 193-207. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1975

"Vitaliano Brancati: A Reassessment." Forum Italicum VI: 356-77. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1972

"La narrativa di Vitaliano Brancati, by V.G. Stacchini." Forum Italicum V: 656-59. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1971

"Farfalla di Dinard of Eugenio Montale." Forum Italicum III: 232-51. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1969

"The Poetic Language of Eugenio Montale." Italian Quarterly XII: 105-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1969

Review of "Allegory at the Limits of Classicism." Forum Italicum. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1968

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) Fellowship (year grant). (Grants and Fellowships) 1985

Andrew Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School/Italian/Comparative Literature, 1977-78. (Grants and Fellowships) 1978

National Endowment for the Humanities summer grant, years 1974 and 1975. (Grants and Fellowships) 1974

Harvard University Fellowship, 1968-70; PhD with highest honors, 1972. (Grants and Fellowships) 1972

Harvard University Travel-Study Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 1969

Fulbright Fellowship, University of Pavia (Honorary) (Grants and Fellowships) 1967

George Welwood Murray Alumnae Fellow, Barnard College, 1967-68. (Grants and Fellowships) 1967

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1967-68) and Discretionary Award (1968-69). (Grants and Fellowships) 1967

Research Activities

"Further Studies in Montale" and "Eugenio Montale: Complete Annotated Edition, With Translation." 2018

In 2017-18 Spring semesters, sabbatical for research. 2017

Istituto Filosofico, Napoli, ongoing member. 2017

Member, Harvard Faculty Club (annual) 2016

Editorial consultant for W.W. Norton, Wesleyan University Press and Viking Press. 2009

Annual research visits, 1990-2006, to La Fenice theater library for research in ballet history with reference to English ballets, dancers, dance companies and mutual influences. 2000

Fondazione Schlesinger (Switzerland) , Board Member. 1993

Annual visits, beginning in 1980 and continuing until 2006, to Venice for research in the Marciana Library (16th century English-Venetial cultural relations). 1980

CUNY Faculty Research Grants for summers 1974, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1992. 1974

Professional Leadership

Modern Languages and Literatures Department Coordinator for Language Assessment. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2016

Past, Recent and Current Committee Service in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures include being Member and Chair of the Curriculum Committee, member of the Appointments Committee, Division Representative, and Department Representative to the Faculty Council. I have also been representative to Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2016

In 2015-16, Brooklyn College/Department of Modern Languages and Literatures/Italian representative to CUNY Calandra Institute. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2015

From 2013 to the present, Department Appointments Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013

Committee member and reader of grant proposals, American Council of Learned Societies. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 1987

Over the years 1975-80, member and 1980-84 Chair, Prize Essay Selection Committee, Dante Society of America. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 1975

Pedagogical Achievements

Over the years in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, I developed and/or implemented new courses, including CORE 3106; Landmarks of Italian Literature (3610); Business Italian (2432); Translation (3240), Italian Literature and Film (3810), Italy's Cities - A Multimedia Journey (3518) and I have updated offerings to be hybrid courses in furtherance of CUNY mandate to develop online teaching to improve access. Courses I have taught include Italian 1010, 1020, 1030 (the first three semesters of language instruction), 2021 (Integrated Language Skills) , 2030w (Advanced Language Skills), 2120 (Understanding Texts in Italian ), 3158, Early Italian Poetry (Italian 20.50, 3620), the Italian Short Story (22.50, 3622) and the 20th century Italian novel (21.50, 3621). I have also taught numerous times the Honors Seminar (84.1, 5084) on each of the following authors: Dante, Dante and his Sources, Montale, Lampedusa.
2016

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Coordinator, Language Laboratory. 2016

Certification diploma, CUNY workshop for online teaching competency 2015

"Best Teaching Fellow," Harvard University, 1968-69. 1968

B.A. Barnard College, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1966

Community Activities

Continuing member, English Speaking Union (annual). 2016

In charge of Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Film Festival. 2016

Other Professional Activities

Continuing member, Academy of American Poets (annual). 2016

Cambridge University International Biography Center listing ("one of the most valuable academics of the 20th century"). 1996

Reader of grant proposals for American Council of Learned Societies. 1982

Reader of grant proposals for American Council of Learned Societies. 1981

Member, Prize Essay Selection Committee, Dante Society of America. 1978

Member, Prize Essay Selection Committee, Dante Society of America. 1977