The Department of Italian at Georgetown University together with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. invites you to a conference titled Teaching Italian Culture. The one-day conference will take place on October 19th 2013 during the Italian Language Week as part of a series of events celebrating the Year of Ita...

By Riccardo Chioni Quest'anno la Niaf per la 38esima edizione annuale della convention nella capitale ha abbandonato i colonnati, preferendo come scenografia un pergolato fiorito dove ha sistemato il tavolo con gli ospiti d'onore, mentre il soffitto della sala delle feste del Hilton Hotel risplendeva di un azzurro cielo con il logo della Fondazion...

Taking on a new job can be an overwhelming feet for anyone, but perhaps a bit more when you are the new Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Armando Varrichio recently took on this position and moved to the U.S. only two months ago with his passion for expanding Italian culture leading the way. The Veneto born diplomat began his career with the U.S. in...

È online da pochi giorni "Italy Art LA", l'applicazione per Android e iOS dedicata all'esplorazione dell'arte italiana a Los Angeles. Completamente gratuita, l'app è stata ideata dal nostro Istituto di cultura e fortemente sostenuta dall'ambasciata d'Italia a Washington e dal Consolato Generale a Los Angeles.   Obiettivo è far conoscere una...

The Role of Medicine at the Court of the Medici Grand Dukes September 18, 2013 - Washington DC - Embassy of Italy A lecture by Sheila Barker   Medici, the name of the family that ruled Tuscany for two hundred years, means 'doctors.' This curious fact, however, is only the beginning of the epic story of this Italian court's role i...

Il ministro della Salute, Beatrice Lorenzin, ha detto che proporrà di introdurre in Italia la defiscalizzazione totale degli investimenti sulla ricerca scientifica come avviene negli Stati Uniti.   Parlando con i giornalisti durante una visita ufficiale di quattro giorni negli Stati Uniti, il ministro ha detto che inserirà la proposta nella...

Si e' svolto presso l'ambasciata d'Italia a Washington un seminario on-line al quale hanno partecipato un centinaio di imprese italiane appartenenti alla filiera delle cosiddette "energie rinnovabili" e "tecnologie pulite".   L'iniziativa, realizzata in collegamento con la sede del Gestore Servizi Elettrici Italiano (Gse) a Roma, e' stata pr...

Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 Time: 6:30PM Venue: Embassy of Italy: 3000 Whitehaven Street NW - Washington, DC   Professor Barry Goldsmith - the architectural-travel historian whose specialty is recommending sites around the world missed by most tourists (and even missed by many natives) - will reveal his favorite seldom-visited sites in It...

The prestigious Foreigners University of Perugia, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in Washington DC is offering 50 scholarships in celebration of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US.   Twenty-five scholarships are offered to American high school AP Italian students, while the other...

The Italian language is undeniably a fundamental part of the representation of our country in the entire world: it is an instrument of culture, pride, historical evidence, and even marketing. It is a rich and prestigious language, even if it is not among the most spoken in the world.   In the United States, Italian is often synonymous with qualit...