The University of Arkansas' Daniela D'Eugenio, assistant professor of Italian, recently presented "Comics and Graffiti for the 'Week of the Italian Language in the World'" on the  roundtable session "Teaching Popular Culture in the Intermediate Language Courses" at the 52nd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA).

The Week of the Italian Language in the World (la settimana della lingua italiana) is an annual event, promoted by the cultural and diplomatic network, that occurs the third week of October focusing on a theme that acts as a culture motif to be explored through Italian language and culture courses internationally.