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Club meetings - Spring Semester 2009  Pitt Italian Club Events
January 29, 8:30pm CL 232
guest speaker
Angelantonio Rosato.

Angelantonio is at the University of Pittsburgh as a Fulbright-Schuman Research Scholar with the University Center for International Studies.

He is an Army Lieutenant and a journalist from Abruzzo, Italy and the focus of his research is in central Europe, Russia, Eurasia, and geo-political energy. He has written articles for various publications such as L'Espresso, Il Riformista, and AGI Energia.

This is a link to his most recent article (in italian) on January 20, 2009, in AGI Energia: http://www.agienergia.it/Notizia.aspx?idd=301&id=45&ante=0


Sat., Oct. 4       A trip down to the Strip

Wed., Nov. 5     Cheese Tasting & Calendar
                            photo competition - WPU

                            Bocce Tournament
Mark your calendar! Italian Film Nights
Sept. 30, 8:30 CL 232

"A Wedding for Bella"
a film (in English) that was shot in Pittsburgh's Strip District


 Italian Events in the Pittsburgh Area
Sept. 26-28      Bloomfield Little Italy Days

Oct. 6, 2008   Italian Blues man "Zucchero"  in concert, Carnegie Music Hall

Saturday Nov 8, 2008 Elisa in Concert
at Club Café in the Southside.

University of Pittsburgh International events Pitt Italian Lectures
Friday, Sept. 26 11:00-3:00

International Fair 
Ballroom and Kurtzman Rooms of the Willam Pitt Union. This is a great opportunity for students to familiarize themselves with their options regarding study abroad, academic opportunities, and organizations.

Tuesday, October 7  4:00- 6:30

French and Italian Open House

WPU Ballroom
4:00pm Italian Major/Minor meeting – this meeting is for all Italian majors & minors and for those considering the major/minor

4:30pm French Major/Minor Meeting – this meeting is for all French majors & minors and for those considering the major/minor

5:00pm Study Abroad Panel Discussion – six students with study abroad experience will be participating in a panel discussion.  Jeff Whitehead, Study Abroad office will be the moderator.

 WPU Assembly Room
Doors Open at 5:30 – Marketplace & Refreshments.


Sunday September 28, 2008
 

Dante Alighieri Society Lecture

Dr. Lina Insana, Department of French and Italian will be giving a lecture entitled "Making (Sicilians into) Italians: The Bridge over the Strait of Messina in Berlusconi's Italy" 2:30 in Dining Room A of the William Pitt Union

Monday, October 27 - 4:00 pm, CL 501

Mauro Perani (University of Bologna)

"What is the 'European Genizah'? A survey of Hebrew Manuscript Discoveries in Italy and Spain and their Importance for Jewish Studies"

Thursday November 6, 4:00pm CL G24

Julia Reinhard Lupton (UC Irvine)
"Ms. Polonius Goes to Italy: An intimate Guide to Shakespeare's Europe"

Friday Nov. 7, 1:30pm  CL 362

"Shakespeare and Italy: Enter through Theory"

Friday, November 14  - 5:00pm CL 144

Nicholas C. Tucci Lecture
Ellen Nerenberg (Wesleyan Univ.)

"Murder, Real and Represented: The "Caso Cogne and Contemporary Italian Narrative"

Reception to follow