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Italian Language Study in Perugia

The University for Foreigners in Perugia offers year-round, monthly courses that can be taken at any level and for any length of time from one month to 3 years. It is a full immersion approach with language lab and 20 hours of study a week. These are offered within the Faculty of Italian Language and Culture: Italian language and separate culture courses, refresher and training courses for teachers of italian as a second language, first and second level degree courses for Italian and foreign students in the fields of teaching and promotion of the Italian language and culture and international communicaiton and publicity. Postgraduate degree courses coomplete the offer.

Perugia is one of the most interesting cities in Italy in terms of its artistic, historic and monumental patrimony. Located in central Italy, between Rome and Florence, Perugia is the protagonist of a lively and modern cultural present characterized by a rich annal agenda of events and exhibitons, that allow for an interesting stay every month of the year.

Taormina Film Fest 2009 & the Cinema of the Mediterranean Through the Italian Lens (Taormina, June 14-28)

"The International Film Fest in Taormina, Sicily has been a renowned European tradition for the past 54 years and is one of the oldest established international film festivals in Italy. Over the years, the festival has introduced critically acclaimed films and hosted outstanding directors, producers, screenwriters and actors from around the world. Five of 2008's featured films and 8 of 2007’s films were nominated for Best Film Awards in their respective countries. Deborah Young, Chief International Film Critic for The Hollywood Reporter will again direct the festival in 2009."

Consortium Language Center in Genoa

The Consortium Language Center in Genoa, Italy is now offering Italian language and culture courses year-round for all levels. Located in Via Caffaro, near Genoa's famed Via Garibaldi palaces, part of the UNESCO world heritage sites, Consortium offers an authentic, full-immersion experience in a culturally vibrant, contemporary city, rich in history.
The director of Consortium is Suzanne Branciforte, author of the textbook Parliamo italiano!, and professor of methodology for the teaching of Italian to foreigners at the University of Genoa.
In addition to our regular offerings, Consortium can tailor-make programs for you or your institution's needs.
Please consult our website for further information about our courses, including a full integration program for study at the University of Genoa.

On-Line Italian from L.I.P.U.S.

The Libero Istituto Universitario Per Stranieri “Francesco De Sanctis”
Scuola di Formazione e Specializzazione offers distance learning of the Italian Langauge and Culture.

Intensive Summer Program Course of Language and Italian Culture

The private University Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA), located on via 21 Traspontina, Rome (near the Vatican City), offers an Intensive Summer Program Course of Language and Italian Culture for American university students.

Dates: Monday June 30th to Saturday August 10th 2008.

Lodging is at "Regina Mundi" near the Termini and the University “La Sapienza.”

The summer program includes language study, Italian Art History, Italian History, and Italian Civics. It integrates visits to the city of Rome and other Italian cities and places from the artistic and historical interest. Also included are recreational and leisure activities.

The program offers 30 credits.
The cost is 4,500.00 Euros and includes roundtrip flight fares, lodging, bus fares for day trips, and other expenses. Students are responsible for out of pockets expenses: meals, shopping, personal laundry and spending monies, estimated at 30 Euros per day.

For more information and for those students interested in enrollment please contact:
Prof. Marinella Andreotti
marinellaandreotti@yahoo.com

Pescosolido Familhy Scholarship Foundation

Pescosolido Family Scholarships Foundation, Inc. for the tenth year, will award scholarships for study at accredited and acceptable educational institutions in Italy. In addition to the application, please submit (i) transcripts; (ii) at least two letters of recommendation; and (iii) essay. The application is due on May 15, 2008. Scholarships are based on academic merit; the applications are judged by a selection committee as provided by the By-laws of the Pescosolido Family Scholarship Foundation, Inc. The purpose of the foundation “is to encourage, promote, assist and further the study of Italy by students from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the Italian language along with culture, civilization and history of Italy.”


For more information and an application, please contact Dott. Carlo Cipollone
Ufficio Scolastico, at the Italian Consulate

Internship in Lombardy

The Italian government is calling for students interested in becoming
trained to serve for a year as English-language Assistants in the
public schools of Lombardy, Italy. Contact Dott. Carlo Cippolone,
at the Ufficio Scolastico of the Consolato Generale d'Italia
for details.



De Rada Summer Program 2008

Study at the De Rada Summer Institute and discover Mediterranean Culture!
If you are interested in an unforgettable summer experience, intensive
language lessons and profound cultural immersion, please visit our websites.

Take this unique opportunity and learn Italian from experienced, professional
instructors while staying in San Demetrio Corone, an old Italian coastal town
built by the Albanian people who fled the Turkish Empire's conquest in the
fifteenth century. San Demetrio is a very safe, friendly and relaxing place,
located in Calabria, a beautiful region in the South of Italy with historical
roots in the cultures of ancient Greece, Albania, Normandy and Byzantium.

Dates: 5/30-6/26, 6/27-7/24
In San Demetrio Corone, Calabria

Siena School for Liberal Arts

The Siena School for Liberal Arts in Siena, Italy is pleased to announce the launch of a new study abroad scholarship program for outstanding students interested in having a high quality study abroad experience in Italy. Full-tuition scholarships for Fall 2008 will now be available on a competitive basis to students enrolled full-time in a U.S. college or university who submit a completed application to the Siena School by March 15, 2008.

Welcome to the Italian eCenter

The Italian eCenter is an innovative project initiated by Professor
Laurie Shepard at Boston College.

The objective of the site is to provide a portal for contemporary Italian
cinema, literature, music, art, media, and other cultural events,
as well as educational and employment opportunities.

We envision our public to include Italiophiles of every kind, students, professors and
non specialists alike, opera lovers, film enthusiasts, history buffs and tourists.

On the site we include local and national events and publications that pertain to Italian culture, as well as events in Italy of interest to tourists, scholars and local residents.

We have chosen English as a principal language for the site, and many links are in Italian.