A 10-week basic conversational Italian course will begin Monday, Oct. 21 at La Famiglia Deli, 1327 6th Ave., Huntington. Instructor for the sessions, which run from 7 to 9 p.m., will be John Patrick Grace, who served as an Associated Press correspondent in Rome in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has a master's degree in Italian/French and a...

By Riccardo Chioni Una delle più consolidate eccellenze italiane presenti nella Big Apple in campo educativo si avvia a compiere quaranta anni di attività, mentre venerdì al tradizionale gala annuale si è parlato con palpabile entusiasmo di una nuova e più consona sede per la Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi". Oltre 450 ospiti della Scuola si s...

Il Sindaco della città di Castelvetrano Selinunte, Avv. Felice Errante, ha ricevuto la Presidente dell'Association of Italian American Educators, Josephine Buscaglia Maietta.   L'Associazione,che ha sede presso l'Hofstra University di Long Island a New York, è nata per far progredire l'immagine e la presenza italiana nel mondo accademico, e...

If education is all about breaking boundaries and surpassing limits, studying abroad may be one of the most effective and enjoyable ways to learn, at least according to Davide Bolognesi, former visiting professor of Italian.   "I was particularly impressed by the students," he says of his time teaching at CC during the Spring 2014 semester....

AFSAI, Associazione per la Formazione, gli Scambi e le Attività Interculturali, rende noto che sono aperte nuove disponibilità per i programmi scolastici negli Stati Uniti: le candidature vanno inviate entro il 15 aprile prossimo.   Entro tale termine è anche possibile candidarsi per i programmi scolastici in Francia (con possibilità di cors...

Take summer courses in Italian Studies at UC Berkeley!Language courses in Italian, culture courses in English, for all skill levels!Italian conversation (theme: Italian families); Dante's Divine Comedy; Italian cinema. To enroll, go to the Summer Sessions website: http://summer.berkeley.edu/registration. For a more detailed programme, click on th...

The Italian Club has a lot of fun Summer News to announce. We hope that you will join us.   Classes We have 3 classes beginning in July: Beginning Italian – Tuesdays beginning 7/22 from 5:30 to 7:00. Taught by Davide.Beginning Italian 3 – Saturdays beginning 7/19 from 11:30 to 1:00. Taught by Natasha.Intermediate Italian 3 – Saturdays begi...

by Anthony J. Tamburri   Study Italian Diaspora Culture. In Calabria through a Unique Summer Program. This three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) takes place June 15th through July 3rd and is designed to introduce participants (doctoral students and professors) to cultural studies of the Itali...

By Mary O'Leary   Sal Milardo broke down several times as he described the last four years following his mother's deportation to Italy after she had lived in the United States for almost 50 years.    "My mother has served as a caretaker and guardian angel for all of us," Milardo said. "She has always been there when we neede...

The Italian Studies Division in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Italian Studies. The candidate should have a PhD and native or near native proficiency in Italian; a strong background in 20th- & 21st-century literature, and in...