AUR will be pleased to welcome as guest of honor and Honorary Degree recipient one of Italy’s most renowned cultural figures, Francesco Guccini, who will be recognized for his long career as a song writer, singer and author.

The American University of Rome apre le sue porte ai ragazzi e alle famiglie che pretendono il massimo per il loro futuro.  Visitate, scoprite, vivete per un giorno il nostro Campus americano nel cuore di Roma, sul Gianicolo, in Via Pietro Roselli 4.

Durante la giornata, sarà possibile verificare il livello di conoscenza della lingua inglese svolgendo il test equivalente al TOEFL/IELTS/Cambridge per la domanda di ammissione a AUR.

Programma

• 13:00 – 15:00: Barbercue di benvenuto
• 15:00 – 18:00 (a rotazione):
• Presentazione dei corsi di Laurea da parte dei docenti
• Informazioni tecniche su corsi, modalità di iscrizione, borse di studio e stage
• Testimonianze di studenti e laureati
• Presentazione del corso Intensivo di inglese e delle attività extra curriculari
• Visita al Campus universitario
• 17:00 – 18:00: Test di inglese (facoltativo)

Non perdere questa opportunità unica e compila oggi il modulo sottostante:

Per ulteriori informazioni contatta L’Ufficio Admissions via email (admissions@aur.edu) o telefonicamente al numero 06 5833 0919 dal lunedì al venerdì, dalle 9.00 alle 17.00.

The Future of Italian Teaching: Media, Social Networks, New Technologies & Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives

The Department of Italian Studies at The American University of Rome invites all with an interest in the study of teaching Italian language, culture and literature to an international and multidisciplinary conference on October 5-6, 2012. The conference will be held at The American University of Rome.

The conference addresses multiple disciplinary perspectives, including teaching Italian through literature, art, cinema, music and other fields as well as innovative approaches to language pedagogy, use of new technology and social media in the language classroom.

Proposals for 20 minute papers will be accepted as well as workshop proposals. Submissions for pre-formed three-person panels will be considered.

The conference languages are English and Italian and papers can be delivered in either language. We hope to publish selected papers and are currently seeking a publisher.

E-mail submissions are preferred. Please send a 250 word abstract, a short bio and your institutional affiliation, e-mail address, a postal address at which you can be reached and any expected audio-visual needs.

Proposals should be sent to Catherine Ramsey-Portolano and Lucy Delogu at fit@aur.edu

The deadline for proposals is May 14, 2012. Applicants will be notified by early June.

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Il Dipartimento di Italian Studies di The American University of Rome invita gli studiosi di lingua, letteratura e cultura italiana ad una conferenza internazionale sulle prospettive didattiche dell’italiano LS/L2. La conferenza si propone di raccogliere contributi che investigano in prospettiva multidisciplinare l’apprendimento dell’italiano in Italia e all’estero, attraverso la letteratura, l’arte, la musica, il cinema o attraverso l’uso di nuove tecnologie.

Si accettano relazioni sia in italiano che in inglese, sessioni complete (formate da un presidente e tre relatori) e workshops. Ogni relatore avrà 20 minuti per la propria presentazione.

Gli studiosi interessati a intervenire sono pregati di inviare le loro proposte, entro il 14 maggio 2012, a Catherine Ramsey-Portolano e Lucy Delogu all’indirizzo di posta elettronica: fit@aur.edu.

Oltre al titolo e all’abstract (250 parole) della relazione si prega di inviare una breve nota biografica (nome, cognome, istituzioni di appartenenza, e-mail e indirizzo postale).

Gli organizzatori comunicheranno la scelta dei relatori all’inizio di giugno 2012 e si occuperanno di cercare una casa editrice per la redazione e pubblicazione degli atti.

Lecture in English. All are welcome!

2012 is a very special year. It is the 5th anniversary of the Spring Event, and we are looking forward to celebrating it.

This year the focus will be on the Digital Omnivore. Speakers will include Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Erik Boekesteijn and Japp van de Geer , authors of the Sanachie Tour and This Week in Libraries, Matteo Bittanti, Professor in the Visual & Critical Studies programs at the California College of the Arts, Jeffrey Schnapp, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Jannik Mulvad, librarian at Mediaspace, Aarhus, Denmark, Nicola Cavalli, researcher and senior member of the Osservatorio sui Nuovi Media (NuMediaBiOs) of Milano Bicocca University, Francesco Mazzetta, director of the Biblioteca comunale Fiorenzula d’Arda, Karen Hartman, U.S. State Department, and Ross Todd, Director, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, State University of New Jersey

The seminar will be of interest to all professions of the information and digital media sectors, including librarians, information professionals, publishers and booksellers, as well as students of library sciences, communication sciences, learning sciences, visual arts, and publishing.

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• Date: April 10th, 2012
• Time: 18:40 – 20:00
• Location: Auriana Auditorium

In collaboration with the US Embassy, Roberto Menotti of the Aspen Institute and Raffaello Matarazzo of the Istituto per gli Affari Internazionali analyse the personalities, the policies and the issues which will face the United States between now and the November elections. Representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties will take part in the debate.

Stephen Anderson, Embassy Spokesman, will moderate.

Mina Tavano and Luigi Birilli of the American Citizen Services of the US Consulate will be available before and after the debate to advise Americans on voter registration.

• Date: April 11th, 2012
• Time: 6:30 pm
• Location: Auriana Auditorium

Emilia A. Puma, Cultural Affairs Officer of the United States Embassy to Rome, will be featured for the third lecture in the “Women in Leadership” Series co-hosted by AUR’s Business Studies Department and USA Girl Scouts Overseas. Ms. Puma will talk about lessons learned during her 20-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, in a lecture entitled “Women in Leadership in Government – And How to Get There.”

Ms. Puma’s assignment as Cultural Attachè in Rome Rome – which had long been her dream position – is her tenth posting. She has also served in New Delhi, India; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Calcutta, India; Bridgetown, Barbados; Torino, Italy; Ottawa, Canada; and Pristina, Kosovo, in addition to two tours in Washington, DC. A Philadelphia native, Ms PUma received her B.A from the University of Pennsylvania (double major in French and English literatures); an M.A. in English literature from UCLA; and an M.A. in French literature from Columbia University.

The “Women in Leadership” series is one of thousands of events around the world celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting, and has so far featured UN Agency Ethics Officer Olivia Graham and Author and Former CEO Janice Holly Booth.

This lecture is open to the public.

Click to view the Communication and English Week 2012 Poster.

From April 2 – 4, 2012, The American University of Rome will present the eighth annual Communication and English Department Week. The events held every year during Comm. Week have proven extremely popular to both students and visitors to campus.

On Monday, April 2, AUR will present the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international touring festival of award-winning short narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated films. On Tuesday, April 3, the AUR Student Media and Photography Show will exhibit the best work created over the last year by both full-time and study abroad students in AUR’s Film and Digital Media courses. And on Wednesday, April 4, AUR’s Student Literary Journal Remus: Volume VI will be released. Students published in the journal will read selections from their work, followed by a closing reception.

Communication and English Department Week is free and open to the public, refreshments will be served, and all events begin at 7:00pm in the AUR Auditorium. For inquiries, please email Prof. Paul Zinder at p.zinder@aur.edu.

• Date: April 4th, 2012
• Time: 18:40 – 20:00
• Location: Room B204

Saklaine Hederaly, the legal officer in the Office of the Prosecutor conducted the prosecution of Croatian general Ante Gotovina in the The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

A question and answer session with the audience will follow his presentation.

• Date: March 28th, 2012
• Time: 18:40 – 21:00
• Location: Auriana Auditorium

Ghana’s 2008 presidential election was only decided after three ballots over a whole month. In Kenya the year before, thousands died in the controversial elections. In the US in 2000, the Supreme Court had to decide. Despite the nail biting closeness of the results, Ghana chose its new president with almost no violence and no recourse to the courts, an example in democracy not just to Africa but to the rest of the world.

Swiss born filmmaker, Jarreth Merz grew up in Ghana, Germany and Switzerland and studied directing at NYU. This film gives the flavour of Ghana and the character of the politicians in the election but above all, it is a thriller in which no one knows the outcome until the end of the film.

Merz will present the film and discuss it afterwards.

Links

• “An African Election” Website