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2015 AAIS conference, March 26-29, Boulder, CO

Bridging Italian Studies and the Community: The Service-Learning Component (roundtable)

Community engagement is becoming an increasingly prominent goal within higher education. This roundtable invites contributions that discuss service-learning components as introduced in classes of Italian language, literature, culture, cinema, and history. Please, send a 150-200 word abstract in English or Italian by December 15 to the roundtable’s organizer, Chiara De Santi, State University of New York at Fredonia, desanti@fredonia.edu Please, include in your abstract any audio-visual needs. Thank you.

2015 AAIS conference, March 26-29, Boulder, CO

Food in Italian Film (session)

This panel invites papers that discuss how food is depicted in Italian films from the silent era to the present, from either a social, cultural, historical, or aesthetic point of view. Please, send a 150-200 word abstract in English or Italian by December 15 to the session’s organizer, Chiara De Santi, State University of New York at Fredonia, desanti@fredonia.edu

Please, include in your abstract any audio-visual needs. Thank you.

Northeast Modern Language Association

46th Annual Convention (Toronto: April 30-May 3, 2015)

Teaching Fully Online or Blended Italian Language, Literature, Culture Courses

The roundtable has the goal of discussing different strategies of teaching online courses in a fully online mode or in a blended format (at least 20% delivered online) in the area of Italian studies. We are especially interested in evaluating pros and cons, costs and benefits, and the different types of assessment, of language instruction at the lower and upper level, as well as courses of Italian literature, culture, and film delivered online (fully or blended). Please, send a 200-word abstract in English or in Italian to Chiara De Santi.

Chair: Chiara De Santi

Area: Italian           Cross: Pedagogy & Professional

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