Learn Italian on the Riviera

Alassio: May 23 to June 16

Italian language courses:
ITAL 1001 (ITAL 1101 metropolitan campus), ITAL 1002 (ITAL 1102 metro), 
ITAL 2003 (ITAL 2103 metro),

and a film and culture course: Italy, Land of Migrations (ITAL 3056)*

(ITAL 1002 is a second-semester elementary Italian course, and it fulfills the university language requirement; ITAL 2003 --Italian Conversation, intermediate level-- and ITAL 3056 fulfill the culture requirement)

We will stay in Alassio, a lovely seaside town on the western side of the Riviera, from May 23 to June 13 and have classes for 2:30 hours every day. Then we will go to Milan for the remaining three days and visit the city and its museums (including Leonardo's Last Supper and the Accademia di Brera), take a day trip to Venice (only 2:30 hours by train), and one to Lake Como or Bergamo. People who wish to travel South and go visit Florence and/or Rome will be able to do so on their own after we say our arrivederci on June 16.

Travel Package of $2500 Includes:

• Accommodations in a hotel on the beach for three weeks
• All meals
• Three nights in Milan
• All transportation within the country
• Excursions

Tuition and airfare are not included in the travel fee.

If you are interested, please send the application form to gpastor@fdu.edu 

OUR FINAL ORIENTATION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY MAY 5 AT 5 PM IN THE MANSION, THIRD FLOOR, DEPT. OF LITERATURE, LANGUAGES, WRITING, AND PHILOSOPHY

A non-refundable deposit in the amount of 500$ will be required by March 27, and the remaining balance is due the week of April 20.

There are several travel grants available:
- Carl A. Scialfa Italian Studies Award (three scholarships, $1000 each)
- Coccia Foundation (open to members of Italian Clubs on both campuses, $2000)
- Bimonte Family (for students who wish to pursue Italian Studies, $2000)

For additional information, contact x 8712 (973-443-8712), or gpastor@fdu.edu

*ITAL 3056 -- Italy: Land of Migrations:
It is estimated that at least twenty-five million Italians have migrated to North and South America and to Northern Europe in the years between 1876 and 1976, fifty percent of whom before World War I. In the last 30 years of the XX century migrations from Italy have involved mostly highly educated middle class people –the so called "fuga di cervelli" (brain drain). In the meantime, Italy has become one of the most desirable migration destinations for Africans, South East Asians, Philippinos, Chinese, and Eastern Europeans. The course explores the different nature of all this migrations to and from Italy through literature, film, and documentaries, paying particular attention to the North-American experience.

Gloria Pastorino, Assistant Professor of Italian and French, gpastor@fdu.edu