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by Federico Pacchioni On Sunday, March 5th, over 200 students and community leaders gathered for the Italian Studies Council's conference Culture and Business: An Italian Perspective. The conference brought together innovative business leaders representing film, architecture, design, agriculture and other industries from California and Italy. &nb...

Riapre anche per il 2014 il bando Fulbright Best, un programma di interscambio Italia-USA che offre ai giovani italiani, possessori di un'idea imprenditoriale innovativa, l'opportunità di trascorrere 6 mesi negli Stati Uniti.   Durante questo periodo i partecipanti selezionati avranno la possibilità di frequentare corsi intensivi di "Entrepr...

The first session of the 2014-2015 Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar will take place on September 23, when Natalia Molina of the University of California—San Diego will present on the role of history, memory, and the vernacular landscape in a Los Angeles neighborhood's evolving identity.   Subsequent sessions will introduce us to...

Presentation about the Reggio Emilia educational method by the pedagogical specialist and Reggio Emilia educator Claudia Giudici and the architect Michele Zini, who designed the Italian International School (La Scuola) in San Francisco and specialises in architecture for young children. Please register here for the presentation at the IIC.  ...

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Italian: L'ITALIA E I DOCUMENTARI/ ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIES - Graduate Student Conference - January 15-16, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Alina Marazzi (Film Director), Paola Bonifazio (University of Texas, Austin). Since the early 20th century, documentary films, rang...

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...

A Los Angeles City Council committee held an exploratory hearing Tuesday on a controversial proposal to swap out Columbus Day for a new holiday known as Indigenous Peoples Day.   The proposal has proven to be divisive, as many Italian Americans view Columbus Day as a celebration of their national heritage, while many Native Americans view the day...

L'associazione D.I.V.E. di Los Angeles (Donne Italiane che Vivono all'Estero) ha tenuto l'annuale Festa di Natale domenica 11 dicembre presso la sede del Beverly Hills Women's Club (BHWC).   Ha inaugurato la serata la cantante jazz Paulette Dozier, accompagnata dal pianista Rich Eames in un repertorio "Gospel" e di classici di Natale, come la cel...

The Italian American Academy is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that was founded in 2010. It provides specialized Italian language classes to all children in San Diego.   The academy is the creation of three individuals possessing similar traits: all are native Italian, women, mothers of young children, experienced foreign language educator...

By Mauro Battocchi   I'm delighted to report that La Scuola has officially received accreditation from the International Baccalaureate Organization, which makes this special organization San Francisco's very first PreK-8 International Baccalaureate for the Primary Years Program (IB PYP) school.   These welcomed news calls for a resoun...

Diane Favro, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, as well as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of the Arts and Architecture, is one of the most prominent experts in Ancient Roman architecture.   Don't tell her that it is impossible to travel back in time and space? She would say you that you're definitely wrong...

Dear friends, After more than ten years as the International Italian Students Association (IISA), we have decided to join forces with the Berkeley Italian Network (BIN), an informal network of Italian students and researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and, together, form the 'Italian Society at Berkeley'. Wit...