Christopher Penello (FCRH ’19), a Theology major and Italian and Jewish Studies double minor, was awarded an ETA Fulbright to teach English in Italy. We wish to congratulate him on this outstanding achievement. Bravo!
We are excited to host Getty Photo Journalist Misha Friedman to discuss his inspired work-THE IDEALISTS-on the transformation of the police force in Ukraine. In the early 2000s, there were almost no female police officers. Now women comprise 25% of the force is female, including the deputy interior minister and the national police chief. Read […]
Students interested in pursuing internship, employment, and volunteer opportunities related to modern languages, linguistics, and literatures should consult the organizations listed below. ARABIC Council on Foreign Relations. CFR’s volunteer internships give selected volunteer interns the opportunity to receive training in the area of foreign policy; as well as skills training in areas such as writing, […]
On Tuesday November 27, professors Alessandro Daniele and Alessia Valfredini led a “lezione di cucina” (cooking class) in which they demonstrated (and had the students engage in) cooking pasta alla puttanesca, in a vegetarian and more traditional, anchovy-laden version. Students raved about the results. The event was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Aramark and […]
SPAN 3770, Cultures of Memory and Postmemory in Contemporary Chile, is now accepting students. This course will explore artifacts and movements of Chile’s cultural memory—literature, criticism, film, photography, and other media—that illuminate efforts to come to terms with the country’s dictatorial past. We will also discuss these artifacts in light of the idea of “postmemory”: […]
On Friday November 17th drawing artist and director Andrea Mastrovito was interviewed by the students in Dr. Valfredini’s Intermediate Italian II courses on his last work, NYsferatu, that they had watched in September with a live music performance at the Italian Institute of culture in NY. Thanks to Andrea Mastrovito for his wonderful generosity in […]
Join us for a wonderful masterclass with Caroline Champetier, a cinematographer who has worked with filmmakers including Los Carax, Jean-Luc Godard, Benoît Jacquot, Margarethe von Trotta,Jacques Doillon, or Claude Lanzmann to mention a few. The Alliance Française/FIAF is currently curating a retrospective of 8 of Champetier’s most iconic films as a cinematographer. http://www.fiaf.org/events/fall2017/2017-09-cinesalon.shtml On Tuesday, […]
On Tuesday, September 19th students from two sections of Intermediate Italian II traveled to the Italian Institute of Culture to attend the screening of NYsferatu, Symphony of a Century by Andrea Mastrovito, an animated feature accompanied by an extraordinary live music improvisation by Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio featuring Marco Cappelli on guitar, Ken Filiano on […]
This year’s topic is “Je est un autre”! 7 students will be representing Fordham University on April 24 at 6 pm (Albertine Bookstore) This is public event!