Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto
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Our friends at Villa Charities are proudly celebrating their 50th anniversary on April 15, 2021, with virtual initiatives and programming throughout the year that will honour the past, celebrate the present, and look forward to future growth and opportunities to realize their mission of enriching lives through experiences and services that honour Italian culture and heritage. We invite you to view and share their special 50th anniversary edition newsletter [link in bio], or visit their website at villacharities.com. #VCI50

[purchase link in bio] Here and Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing is the most comprehensive volume yet of queer Italian-Canadian writing, and a milestone in Italian-Canadian studies and Canadian literature. The book includes short stories, poems, memoirs, excerpts of novels, plays and film scripts in English. The writings in this groundbreaking anthology take readers on a journey that interweaves private and public spaces, eliciting love and anger, laughter ...and tears. Featuring more than 30 established and emerging writers, with an introduction by literary scholars Domenic Beneventi, Michela Baldo and Paolo Frascà, the volume has garnered the support of the Queer Studies in Quebec Research Group (ÉRÉQQ), the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW), the Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian-Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto, English Language Arts Network (ELAN), the University of Calabria and Accenti Magazine. Here and Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian Writing is an essential volume for scholars and students as well as the public at large. #uoftitalian #aicw #queerstudies #lgbtq #lgbtq #utotonto #universityoftoronto #italianstudies #italianistica #genderstudies

The second and third cantos of Inferno, in Latin and in Abruzzese respectively, are now available on our YouTube channel. - Canto II read by Prof. Peter King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOWRHgrwE14 - Canto III read by Prof. George Ferzoco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGpWK_4wNg0 Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto Villa Charities

We're proud of our department's alumni! Please join us in congratulating Dr. Christina Vani for winning the 2021 Teaching Award from the McMaster Students Association. #uoftitalian #uoft #utoronto #mcmasteru #mcmasteruniversity

[link in bio] FAH393Y Studies Abroad in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture revolves around painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts that were produced in different localities of the Italian peninsula from the 15th-17th Century. Guest speakers for this course include curators, art historians, scholars of architecture and directors of museums who will virtually guide students through places such as the Bargello Museum, the Museo Buonarroti and the Galleri...a Estense. This course is still accepting applications! @uoftarthistory @uoftabroad

It is with great pleasure that we present you the readings of the cantos of Inferno of the Divine Comedy by the eternally-famous Dante Alighieri. As mentioned in our post yesterday, a diverse group of people in the Torontonian community have helped in realizing the ‘Toronto Salutes Dante’ project, in time for the 700th anniversary of the Italian poet's passing. This first video opens the series with messages from Professor Nicholas Terpstra, the Interim Emilio Goggio Chair of... Italian Studies; Veronica Manson, Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto; Giulio Ricchioni, Executive Director of Cultural Programming of Villa Charities; and then readings in the Anishinaabemowin language by Matthias Nunno (lines 1-30) and in English by the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada (1999-2005). The concluding part includes a discussion with Professor George Ferzoco, our Goggio Visiting Professor, and our very own Professor of Medieval Studies, Elisa Brilli. Enjoy and tune in to our YouTube channel in the coming days as we post the rest of the readings. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCetkfJ2Yr8Zr10V014tZPzA #uoftitalian #dantedì #25marzodantedì #dante700 #diversity #toronto #canada #italianistica #italianstudies #uoft #utoronto #universityoftoronto See more