Carla Rossi Academy – International Institute of Italian Studies (CRA-INITS) is a private Italian cultural non-profit institution founded in 1993/1994.
Since 1994, CRA-INITS has organized research projects and seminars for scholars and students of various international universities:
- Bard College, U.S.A.
- Brown University, U.S.A.
- Columbia University, U.S.A.
- EFL University of Hyderabad – INDIA
- Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest – HUNGARY
- Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia/University of Mexico City MEXICO
- Federal University of Viçosa – BRASIL
- Georgetown University, U.S.A.
- Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, CHINA
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, POLAND
- Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
- La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA
- Luxun Academy of Arts in Jinshitan/Dalian, CHINA
- McGill University, CANADA
- Monash University of Melbourne – AUSTRALIA
- Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
- Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, POLAND
- Saints Cyril and Methodius University, MACEDONIA
- San Francisco State University, U.S.A.
- Università di Bergamo – ITALY
- Università di Bologna – ITALY
- Università di Catania, ITALY
- Università di Firenze, ITALY
- Università di Foggia, ITALY
- Università di Genova, ITALY
- Università di Lecce, ITALY
- Università di Milano, ITALY
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, ITALY
- Università Federico II di Napoli, ITALY
- Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, ITALY
- Università di Palermo, ITALY
- Università di Pisa, ITALY
- Università La Sapienza di Roma, ITALY
- Università di Torino, ITALY
- Università di Urbino, ITALY
- University of Ankara, TURKEY
- University of Connecticut, U.S.A.
- University of Delhi, INDIA
- University of Istanbul, TURKEY
- University of Pittsburg, U.S.A.
- University of São Paulo “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, BRASIL
- University of Stettin, POLAND
- University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- University of the Witwaterstrand/ Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
- Temple University, U.S.A.
- Tufts University, U.S.A.
- Yale University, U.S.A.
- From 1998 to 2010, CRA-INITS, enrolled in its courses on Dante Hermeneutics, Italian Literature, Medieval and Renaissance Art graduate e undergraduate students of Harvard University U.S.A. (Harvard University Graduate Program in Italian Studies / Harvard Summer Program Abroad ).