Così Harvard gioca con i proverbi dialettali italiani
Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi, si dice. Eppure, un progetto di social reading organizzato dagli studenti di Harvard University sembra provare il contrario: con #Proverbi (dall'11 al 13 novembre sulla piattaforma online Betwyll), gli studenti americani della professoressa Elvira Di Fabio hanno commentato alcuni proverbi dialettali italiani per studia...
C.A.S.IT. Launches First Innovative Italian Summer Camp
by Stefano Salimbeni The Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane (C.A.S.IT.) launched its first Innovative Italian Summer Camp program on Monday, July 8. "I still can't believe we managed to make this happen," said Maria Gioconda Motta, founder of C.A.S.IT. and one of several volunteers working at the camp. The program includes both ind...
Classi di Italiano Organizzate dal PIB
Il direttore Domenico Savio Teker Ha il piacere di annunciare: Classi di Italiano Organizzate dal PIB. Vostro figlio/a ha gia' una buona padronanza della lingua italiana e volete che non la perda? Ecco L'iniziativa che fa per voi: Il Sabato Mattina Con Le Attivita' Del PIB. Alle famiglie interessate:Salve, c...
Italian Constitutional Justice in the Global Context
The Harvard Italian Law Association is glad to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Italian Constitutional Court with a conference. Tuesday March 29th - 12:00-1:00 PM. Harvard Law School, Hauser Hall,102 Malkin -1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge On March 29, 2016, please join Justice Cartabia and other Itali...
Italian Cultural Center Scholarship Program
Our Scholarship Program is now a fifty-three year tradition in the Italian community, carrying on the program ORIGINALLY established by the United Italian Societies and Clubs of Greater Springfield. These scholarships represent the value and importance we place on the education of our young people and our commitment to help make it possible. These...
Colloquium on Dialects in Italian Literature and Culture, 1500-1800 at Dartmouth College
Italian dialects, or regional vernaculars, have played a significant role in the development of the Italian literary tradition since its origins. In the words of Gianfranco Contini, "Italian literature is the only major national literature whose dialect production viscerally and inseparably forms a corpus with the rest of its patrimony."
Pittsfield: Italian lessons at Italian-American Club
Italian language classes under the instruction of Alex Nardacci will continue from January to March at the Italian-American Club, 203 Newell St. A set of nine 1½ hour lessons will be offered Mondays through Thursdays. The classes and their start dates are as follows: Beginners Part 1 at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12; Beginners Part 2 at 5 p.m...
2013 innovative Italian summer camp program
by Lisa Cappuccio When: July 8, 2013 – July 19, 2013Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noonWhere: Eliot Innovation School — 16 Charter Street, Boston, MA C.A.S.IT. Inc. (Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane), in cooperation with the Office of the Education Director of the Italian Consulate is proud to sponsor its first Full Immersion Italian Summer Camp fo...
Victoria Pace named Stonehill College Foreign Languages Department’s 2015 Outstanding Student in Italian
by Nicola Orichuia In recognition of outstanding academic achievement, Victoria Pace '15 has been named the Stonehill College Foreign Languages Department's 2015 Outstanding Student in Italian. Pace, a psychology major with a minor in Italian studies from Everett, Massachusetts, has demonstrated a commitment to scholarship t...
NeMLA 2016 CFP: New Perspectives on the Italian canzone d’autore and Popular Music
Critical studies on the Italian canzone d'autore and popular music are becoming numerous, often intertwining society, music and poetry. Please, consider submitting an abstract for the next NeMLA Annual Convention, held from March 17 to 20, 2016 in Hartford, CT, for the panel: "New Perspectives on the Italian canzone d'autore and Popular Music." &n...
Second Annual Giangrande Family Scholarship Award Ceremony
Ten young adults from the Lawrence area were each awarded a $500 scholarship toward tuition or fees at colleges or tuition-based high schools as part of the second annual Giangrande Family Scholarship Award. The award ceremony was held July 27 at Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Health and Technology Center at Northern Essex Community College in Lawrence....
Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awards 2016 scholarships
The Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awarded annual scholarships to five recent high school graduates last month at Storrowton Tavern. Anthony Fimognari Jr., who graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School, won the $1,500 Brian Piccolo Scholarship Award. The award is given to a senior student-athlete who has exhibited excellence on...