Event

Join us Wednesday 22 October, 4:30pm to celebrate the 14th World Week of the Italian Language, under the High Patronage of the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. This year's theme is "Writing the New Europe: Italian Publishers, Authors and Readers in the Digital Era," from which our event draws its title. The theme will be discussed by faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students in the Italian Program who will introduce our audience to the great innovations brought on by the digital era to writing, reading, teaching, and learning.

4:30pm Presentations by faculty and graduate students:

Mitch Fraas, Introduction to the Digital Humanities for Italian Studies and Beyond

Eva Del Soldato, Private Philosophical Libraries: A Work in Progress

Andrea Gazzoni, I Found Myself in a Dark Digital Wood: Italian Studies and DH Resources

Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia and Michael Edwards, The Virtual Page: Pedagogy in the Digital Era

6:00pm Presentations by undergraduate students:

Italian 201 Students (Advanced Language and Culture, Lillyrose Veneziano Broccia), Domani è già qui: Digital Learning at Work

Italian 300 Students (Vernacular Science, Eva Del Soldato), From Manuscript to iPad

Light refreshments will follow