FAU – Florida Atlantic University hosts the 9th Italy in Transit International Symposium (Feb. 4-8, 2025), an important opportunity to discuss the perspectives of Italian Studies in North America, presenting studies that explore Italy through its multiple identities and changes.
The symposium is conceived as an annual academic meeting held on the FAU Boca Raton campus, involving teachers of Italian in Florida in a program that also takes on the status of Italian Professional Development Days.
Among the contents of the 2025 edition are film screenings and musical performances by the Giacomo Puccini Conservatory of La Spezia. Here is the full program: https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/llcl/italian/symposium/. On Saturday, Feb. 8, with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Miami, starting at 2 p.m., the session “New Frontiers of Italian Teaching” includes a talk by Dr. Angela Sileo (University of Milan) entitled “Audiovisual Translation as a Language Teaching Tool: Applications and Benefits”, delving into the DAT (Didactic Audiovisual Translation) approach and its potential in foreign language classrooms, also from an inclusive perspective.
Italy in Transit (curated by Prof. Ilaria Serra) is organized by FAU Italian Studies Program, with support from the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York, the FAU Initiative for the Study of the Americas and the Italian Cultural Institute in Miami, under the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Miami.
An expanded version of Dr. Sileo’s talk is later going to be presented at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Feb. 10 starting at 3 p.m.
