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Category Archives: Events
Facing Italy’s Challenges through Filmmaking
Professor Clarissa Clò‘s insightful presentation attracted a large crowd of students and local folks eager to learn about the complexities of contemporary Italy. The presentation described how innovative techniques in documentary filmmaking are generating new narratives in facing and dealing with the critical challenges of … Continue reading
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La Serata celebrates the magic of ingredients: pizza making and community building
Students and local folks gathered on Wednesday evening to spend some Italian quality time together. Paul Romano, president of the Patrons of Italian Culture and board member of Chapman’s Italian Studies Council, shared the history of his organization and reminded the students of … Continue reading
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A look at the critical challenges of today’s Italian society with Dr. Clarissa Clò on November 12
“Italy Love it or Leave it: Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi’s Film Trilogy” Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi’s documentaries reflect on some of the critical challenges of today’s Italian society, from the country’s backward civil legislation preventing LGBTQ rights to … Continue reading
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The Rome where people live: mending communities through literature and film
Last week a number of students and local folks attended Dr. Letizia Modena’s original and engaging lecture. The talk shed new light on the complex reality of lesser-known areas of Rome, on the role that highways have had in molding community life in the city’s … Continue reading
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La Serata – Join Us this Year!
Open to all who want to improve their language skills, learn about the Italian culture, share their talents, speak with native speakers, and socialize with members of the local community and other students!
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What does it mean to inhabit the Italian city today? Discover the answer at Chapman this week
“Walk, Write, Film: Reimagining Urban Renewal in Italy”. A lecture by Dr. Letizia Modena (Vanderbilt University). Thursday October 29, 7:30-9 p.m. Argyros Forum, room 209A. Prof. Modena surveys how Italian fiction and cinema search for what it means today to … Continue reading
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Feeling Italian: A Piazza at the Center of Chapman
Balmy autumn weather, great company and amazing Italian food made Paul’s Pasta Piazza Party the place to be on Chapman University’s campus this past Columbus Day. The Attallah piazza with all its magic, cheer, and color was transformed into an Italian square. The … Continue reading
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Vicky Carabini, Chair of CU Italian Studies Council, Receives Heritage Award by the Renaissance Lodge and Foundation
Vicky Carabini, a committed supporter of Italian education and community in Orange County, and patron to the Italian Studies program at Chapman University was recently recognized for her tireless efforts in preserving and fostering the Italian heritage in the region. … Continue reading
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A Memorable Dinner with the Muscos at Il Barone
Earlier this semester, Marybelle and Paul Musco graciously invited Chapman students working on an Italian Studies degree, the Italian faculty, and Chancellor Struppa out to dinner at the famed restaurant Il Barone. Chef Franco Barone, who is originally from Sicily and is considered … Continue reading
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Speak Italian without words! Non-verbal communication specialist Luca Vullo leads La Serata on October 7
Luca Vullo will offer an entertaining and instructive workshop on the peculiar code of non-verbal communication that distinguishes Sicilians (and Italians at large) throughout the world. Artist in residence at Middlebury College Italian School at Mills College, in Oakland, Luca Vullo … Continue reading
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Paul’s 7th Annual Piazza Pasta Party – October 12 at Chapman
Monday October 12, 5:30 p.m. – Attallah Piazza at Chapman University Join the Fun and Celebrate with Us! Enjoy an Italian feast of Rigatoni alla Musco, Italian meatballs and sauce, and fresh … Continue reading
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Opportunities for Italian teachers training at Chapman University sponsored by the Italian Studies Council
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End of the year Italian Studies luncheon with chef Alberto Tilicone
Yesterday the Italian Studies program family celebrated the end of a fruitful academic year at Francoli in the Piazza of Orange. Chef Alberto Tilicone presented a cultured menu of traditional dishes from various areas of Italy. Buona estate a tutti! Arrivederci ad autunno! The Italian Studies faculty; from … Continue reading
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More music and laughter at La Serata!
At the last La Serata, Rosario Monetti and Giovanna Gattuso performed a playful show based on Italian songs with food themes for the pleasure of Italian students and faculty. In the photograph below, from the left, Rosario, Federico, Giovanna and … Continue reading
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How would you explain Italy to a child? Join us for the screening of “Sarà un paese” (2014) with director Nicola Campiotti in attendance
Wednesday, May 6th. 7:30-9:00pm. Argyros Forum 212. Following the path of the Phoenician hero Cadmus, to whom mythology attributes the introduction of the alphabet into Greece, Nicola, a thirtysomething who is uncertain about the future, and his 10- year-old brother … Continue reading
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