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On the occasion of the first official visit of His Excellency the Ambassador of Italy, Dr Maurizio Zanini, to Galway, 11th May 2012, NUI Galway organised a welcome ceremony and reception. In the photo, from left to right:
The Honorary Consul of Italy, Dr Fabio Bartolozzi; The President of NUI Galway, Dr James J. Browne; His Excellency the Ambassador of Italy, Dr Maurizio Zanini; Professor Paolo Bartoloni, Head of Italian.
Doctor Lindsay Myers, Professor Paolo Bartoloni, Professor Nollaig Mac Congáil, Registrar and Deputy President, and Professor Peter Hunt (professor Emeritus in Children’s Literature at Cardiff University) at the book launch for ’
Making the Italians’: Poetics and Politics of Italian Children’s Fantasy a recent publication in the fields of Children’s Studies and Italian which was published by Peter Lang in 2012 and launched at the Moore Institute on January 26th, 2012.
NEW PUBLICATION: DR. LINDSAY MYERS
’Making the Italians’: Poetics and Politics of Italian Children’s Fantasy
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2012. XII, 251 pp.
ISBN 978-3-03911-361-3 pb.
Italian children's literature has a diverse and unusual tradition of fantasy. With the exception of Carlo Collodi's
Pinocchio, however, it has remained almost entirely unknown outside of Italy. Why is it that Italian children's fantasy has remained such a well-kept secret? How 'international' is the term 'fantasy', and to what extent has its development been influenced by local as well as global factors? Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research into this neglected area is essential if we are to enrich our understanding of this important literary genre.
This book charts the history and evolution of Italian children's fantasy, from its first appearance in the 1870s to the present day. It traces the structural and thematic progression of the genre in Italy and situates this development against the changing backdrop of Italian culture, society and politics. The author argues that ever since the foundation of Italy as a nation-state the Italian people have been actively involved in an ongoing process of identity formation and that the development of children's fantasy texts has been inextricably intertwined with sociopolitical and cultural imperatives.
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“Professor Paolo Bartoloni, the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture Dublin, Dr Angela Tangianu, the Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, Dr Edward Herring, and Dr Enrico Dal Lago at the opening of the workshop “Debating the Italian Nation”, 27 May 2011, NUI Galway.
Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin are holding a series of talks on Monday, 9th May & Tuesday,10th May 2011 at 7.00pm
Click here
for further information.
barricelli Book Prize: Anne O’Connor
The Barricelli Book Prize, awarded by the
International Conference on Romanticism for the best book on Romanticism published in 2010, has been awarded to
European Romanticism. A Reader (general editor Stephen Prickett) and Italian editor Anne O’Connor. Dr. O’Connor was responsible for the Italian scholarly introduction to the volume and for the selection and translation of the Italian texts in the anthology. The Jean-Pierre Barricelli prize is given for the book judged to be the year's most distinguished contribution to Romanticism studies. Nominations are made by publishers and an international committee of scholars makes the decision.
Congratulations to NUI Galway student Florry O’Driscoll who won first prize in Italian in the prestigious Henry Hutchinson Stewart Scholarships. The awards are run annually and are based on the results of the First Arts Examinations in Italian in the NUI Universities. For more information see
http://www.nui.ie/awards/undergraduates.asp.
Dr. Laura McLoughlin and Dott. Francesca Magnoni present three intercultural projects, currently ongoing within Italian Studies, during the 0pen Day of "La settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo (10th edition)" at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Dublin.
The event is sponsored by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and is held every year in Italian Cultural Institute all over the world.
Click here for copy of presentation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="Ey7IF-komFY
"Courtesy of
http://www.italvideonews.com/"
Italian Studies at NUI Galway wins European Language Award for an unprecedented third consecutive year
For the third year running, Italian at NUI Galway has won the European Award for Languages (also known as the European Language Label) which recognises creativity and innovation in improving the quality of language learning and teaching. The Award, which is coordinated by the European Commission, is an annual award given to projects where participants have found creative ways to improve the quality of language teaching, motivate students, and make the best of available resources. In 2007 the award was given to Dr. Anne O’Connor for her project ’Service Learning in Italian’, a course under which final year university students teach introductory classes in Italian in local primary schools. In 2008 Dr. Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin and Dott. Francesca Magnoni received the award for the project L’Italia in Diretta, an interactive website designed and managed by final year students of the Bachelor of Commerce International (Italian) degree for the use of secondary school pupils. The project aims to promote awareness of Italian culture, society and language through transmission of information from student to student. In 2009, Dr. Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin and Dott. Jennifer Lertola were awarded the European Language Label for their course Learning Italian through creation of subtitles, which exploits the innovative opportunities afforded by digital technology for the development of cultural awareness and translation skills. The latter project is part of a research programme sponsored by the IRCHSS, Irish research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences.
The unprecedented success of the Italian Studies at NUIG in repeatedly winning this European Award shows the commitment of staff to new and innovative ways of teaching and learning languages. The prestigious achievement is unique amongst university language departments in Ireland.
Dr. H.H. Stewart Literary Scholarship for 2009
Louise Kennedy, Second Year Arts student in Italian Studies, is the recipient of a prestigious NUI Award, the Dr. H. H. Stewart Literary Scholarship 2009 (Third Prize). Our sincere congratulation to Louise for this significant recognition.
L'Italia in Diretta website project wins 2008 European Award for Languages
The project which is aimed at secondary school students and features an interactive website,
http://
http://www.newitalianliving.com/ recently won a 2008 European Award for Languages. The website was created by students undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce International (Italian) Degree. The award was presented to
Dr. Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin and
Dott. Francesca Magnoni of the Department of Italian, NUI Galway. According to Dr. McLoughlin:"We are thrilled to receive the prestigious European Award for Languages. This is an important recognition of the work and the level of commitment of students and lecturers in the Department. Our undergraduate students designed the website, chose the topics, researched and created all the material, and now they keep the site regularly updated. This is an on-going project which will be expanded in future years. We are particularly grateful to the Istituto Italiano di Cultura for their continuing sponsorship and support".
The awards were made by Simon Coveney, T.D. at a special celebration to mark the European Day of Languages on 26th September, 2008. You can find further information on the European Award for Languages from the Léargas
web site. 
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'Service Learning in Italian' project wins 2007 European Award for Languages
The NUIG Community Knowledge Initiative
Service Learning in Italian
pilot programme recently won a 2007 European Award for Languages.
This new programme has been developed by
Dr. Anne O’Connor in the NUIG Department of Italian and gives university students the opportunity to learn about language acquisition and allows them to put this learning into practice by teaching introductory classes in Italian to primary schools in the Galway area. Due to the nature of the practical work in the context of primary school children, there is a strong emphasis on language acquisition through fun and games.
Click
here to listen to Anne discussing the project with Paul Gormley, Coordinator of the NDLR Modern Languages' Community of Practice, as part of their
podcast series.
Further information on Community Knowledge Initiatives at NUI Galway can be found
here. You can find further information on the European Award for Languages from the Léargas
web site.
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