Osservatorio Nazionale della Lingua Italiana: a Washington la prima riunione del 2020
Si è svolta presso la sede dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, negli Stati Uniti, la prima riunione semestrale dell'Osservatorio Nazionale della Lingua Italiana, organismo che riunisce i principali protagonisti attivi nella promozione della lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. Presenti alla riunione i Consoli Generali, i Dirigenti degli Uffici Ist...
Stuckeman School to host international Italian Imprints symposium at Penn State
Nearly 20 international scholars will come together at the Stuckeman Family Building on Penn State's University Park campus later this month to discuss how historians and scholars have processed Italy’s sustained importance for architecture and its history over the 20th century. Hosted jointly by the Stuckeman School and the Department of Architect...
Immersive Italy: Princeton launches summer program in Pisa
This past summer, six Princeton students from different academic backgrounds embarked on the inaugural year of the language immersion program in Pisa, Italy. For four weeks, students explored various themes, ultimately improving their Italian language proficiency while simultaneously gaining a deeper understanding of the country’s rich and diverse...
The Embassy of Italy in the United States and the Consulate General in Philadelphia sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Education of Maryland
The Embassy of Italy in the United States and the Consulate General in Philadelphia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Education (DoE) of Maryland. The new Memorandum replaces the previous one of 2015, updating and integrating it, to further improve the program of Italian language and culture in the State. The main objectiv...
Call for Papers: Bruce Springsteen Symposium
Date: October 2, 2020 to October 4, 2020. Location: New Jersey, United States. Subject Fields: American History / Studies, Contemporary History, Cultural History / Studies, Music and Music History, Popular Culture Studies. You are cordially invited to submit abstracts and/or panel suggestions for an international scholarly conference devoted to the...
“Fulbright-Roberto Wirth”: la borsa di studio che porta studenti sordi negli USA
È disponibile ora il bando di concorso per l’assegnazione della borsa di studio dedicata alle persone sorde, valida per l’Anno Accademico 2020/2021, “Fulbright-Roberto Wirth Fund Scholarship at Gallaudet University”, che porterà il vincitore all’Università di Washington D.C., negli Stati Uniti, il primo ateneo al mondo accessibile a studenti sordi...
Washington and Lee alumna Rossella Gabriele among 2020 Class of Rhodes Scholars
Rossella Gabriele, a 2019 magna cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University who received a BS with a double major in physics and global politics, is the university’s 17th Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Trust announced Sunday that Gabriele, 22, of St. Louis, Missouri, was one of 32 scholars chosen this year. The scholarship, which averages $70,0...
Corso di Aggiornamento di Lingua Italiana e Didattica per Docenti del Tri-State (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York)
Dalla sinergia fra FUA – Florence University of the Arts - The American University of Florence, la High School of Fashion Industries di New York City e con la gradita partecipazione dell’Ufficio Istruzione del Consolato Generale di New York, nella persona della Dott.ssa Annavaleria Guazzieri, nasce il Corso di Aggiornamento di Lingua Italiana e Did...
Jhumpa Lahiri wants people to consider the power of language
Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri gave Montclair State University a public lecture titled “Unbuilding Walls, Expanding Cultural Horizons: Jhumpa Lahiri on Translation.” The lecture took place Nov. 18, on the seventh floor of University Hall from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Lahiri is the editor and partial translator of “The Penguin Book of Ita...
Riunione presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington dell’Italian Scientist and Scholars in North America Foundation (November 14, 2019)
The Embassy of Italy in Washington hosted the annual meeting of the Italian Scientist and Scholars in the North America Foundation (ISSNAF). The meeting, held under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, was opened by the Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio and by the President of the Foundation Vito Campese, who was awarded the Ord...
SHRO Presents Medicine, Media & Patients: A New Professional Language -Annual Medical Conference Panel Convenes During NIAF 44th Anniversary Gala Weekend
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that Medicine, Media, and Patients: A New Professional Language, presented by Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), will convene on Saturday, November 2, from 9 - 11:30 a.m. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel as part of the NIAF 44th Anniversary Gala Weekend. The conference will i...
2019 ISSNAF Annual Event. Science and Beauty: Leonardo's legacy
November 14th 2019, Embassy of Italy, Washington DC. Please RSVP through this link: www.issnaf.org/issnaf-annual-event-2019-registration-form.html THE THEME OF THE ANNUAL EVENT. This year the main theme is linked to the world celebrations related to the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci. Art scholars, scientists and researchers wi...