Submitted by Michael Rich
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Please join us in congratulating Albert Sbragia, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, on his retirement. Professor Sbragia had a distinguished career at the UW, he served for 32 years teaching 19th and 20th century Italian cultural history and Italian language courses.
Professor Sbragia was instrumental in developing large outreach courses in FIS, in particular his very popular course on Rome, which was jointly offered with History and Art History. He also served as chair of FIS for 5 years, led study abroad programs to the UW Rome Center, and was an affiliate faculty member with Comparative Literature, Cinema, & Media Studies.
The Department of French & Italian Studies would like to wish him the all the best in retirement!