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IONA COLLEGE. La Penta MacGrath A-B. New Rochelle, NY. May 13, 2016. 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Iona College is pleased to present its Fifth Annual Professional Development Workshop on Teaching Italian Culture. The colloquium wishes to provide an overview of new perspectives while promoting awareness and appreciation of the cultural...

For high school students, one of the most exciting things to experience is the chance to study abroad in a whole new country and be immersed in something very different to their usual norm. If not personally experiencing that themselves, the next best thing is getting to know someone who is a foreign exchange student.   This year, Fillmore C...

by Ilaria Liberatore Vai alla City University di New York per parlare della moda italiana nel Rinascimento e ti ritrovi a conversare di New York, di Antonioni, di sarte femministe e di fashion blogger contemporanei.   È quello che accade quando incontri personaggi come Eugenia Paulicelli, barese di nascita e americana di adozione dagli anni '80,...

Questa è la XIV Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo e in America le celebrazioni sono partite con la premiazione - sabato scorso al Consolato di New York - di 22 studenti vincitori delle borse di studio EduItalia. New York è anche protagonista come modello delle strategie per diffondere l'italiano all'estero, tema di cui si parla in questi gi...

UTICA — Griffo, Brindisi announce |scholarshipsState Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, and Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi, D-Utica, announced that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $1,500 scholarships to be awarded June 10 at the Annual Legislative Conference Day.

The Eastchester Italian American Citizens Club has given out eleven scholarships to graduates of both Tuckahoe and Eastchester High.   Ten of the students received $1,000 and one of the graduates received $2,000 because of an outstanding essay that she had written. The scholarships were awarded at the Eastchester Italian American Citizens Cl...

After more than 50 years as a teacher, professor Michael D'innocenzo will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Association of Italian American Educators.All but two of the 56 years that D'innocenzo has spent as a teacher have been spent at Hofstra University, 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria reported. "Studying American history is the greatest em...

di Maurita Cardone   C'è chi vuole andare alla ricerca delle proprie radici, chi vuole finalmente imparare a parlare con la nonna, chi invece si prepara al viaggio di una vita. Chi vuole darsi un tocco di charme o chi vuole vantarsi ordinando la cena italiana con accento perfetto. C'è sempre un buon motivo per imparare l'Italiano. E insieme...

In the current academic year 2014-15, the Department of Humanistic Studies, in cooperation with the Department of Political and Social Sciences, will start at UniCal a series of scientific and didactic activities focused on Italian diasporas. The first activities are dedicated to the Italian American Culture and Literature of the United States. On...

Gli studi italoamericani diventano un ponte tra l'Italia e l'America e da New York attraversano l'Atlantico per arrivare in Calabria. Un incontro che si concretizza in un accordo tra il John D. Calandra Italian American Institute del Queens College (CUNY) e l'Università della Calabria.   A firmare l'accordo sono stati, lunedì 6 ottobre, nell...

The MLA Italian American Literature Discussion group is seeking scholars and instructors interested in presenting at its round-table session—Negotiating Ethnic Politics: Teaching Ethnic Literature in an Italian American Context—scheduled for the 2016 MLA Convention in Austin, TX, January 7-10.   The session proposes to explore approaches by...

One year appointment with possibility of renewal to teach five sections of beginning and intermediate Italian. Other responsibilities include participation in co-curricular course related activities such as the Italian Table and Film Series.   Requirements: Master's degree, ABD or PhD; fluency in Italian and English; demonstrated college lev...