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Image headerSettimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo
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19 October 2018
“L’italiano e la rete, le reti per l’italiano”

All’IIC di Sidney il 16 ottobre, ha avuto luogo un convegno “L’italiano e la rete, le reti per l’italiano”, in lingua italiana: partendo infatti dal tema centrale dell’intera Settimana della Lingua, ogni relatore invitato a partecipare, si occuperà di uno specifico aspetto legato a quanto la lingua italiana, in tempi recenti, stia subendo. Il fenomeno […]

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19 October 2018
What social media followers identify as the most popular Italian words

The Italian Consulate General in Canton has launched an online survey on the Wechat platform. The survey, which takes place from 15 to 21 October, is meant to identify what Italian words are the most popular among the followers of the Canton CG social media account. The Consulate’s Wechat and Weibo accounts will host seven […]

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19 October 2018
​From vinyl to social media. Italian pop songs in the new millennium

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels hosted a lecture by Ernesto Assante on 15 October to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World. A journalist and a music critic. Assante writes for dailies and magazines –  La Repubblica, L’Espresso and Rolling Stones. His lecture, which was entitled “Dal 45 giri ai […]

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19 October 2018
“Speaking, writing, inventing”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has set up a rich programme of events to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the world.   The event organized on 15 October and entitled “Parlare, scrivere, inventare: la lingua italiana tra YouTube e letteratura” (Speaking, writing, inventing: the Italian language between YouTube and Literature)  […]

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19 October 2018
Seminar on social media and the promotion of fashion and style

The Miami Marangoni Institute, with the support of the Consulate, hosted a seminar on 17 October, which focused on the impact of social media in promoting Made in Italy fashion and style. The event was divided into three parts: the first part started from changes in our language due to the influence of the Internet as […]

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19 October 2018
“Campiello al Fairmont”

Il 12 ottobre l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Monaco ha ospitato, in occasione dell’apertura della XVIII edizione della settimana della lingua, il Premio letterario Campiello, concorso di narrativa italiana contemporanea organizzato dalla Fondazione II Campiello- Confindustria Veneto. Per gli autori è intervenuto Francesco Targhetta che, con “Le vie potenziali” (Mondadori), ha ottenuto, il secondo posto, raccontando la […]

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19 October 2018
“Campiello al Fairmont”

On 12 October, to kick off the 18th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Embassy in Munich held the Campiello Literary Prize, a contemporary Italian novel-writing contest organised by the Fondazione II Campiello-Confindustria Veneto. The speaker on behalf of the authors was Francesco Targhetta who won the second prize with his “Le […]

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19 October 2018
Pininfarina: Arte, Cultura, Design

Si è tenuto all’Istituto di Cultura di Los Angeles il 16 ottobre, in apertura della Settimana della Lingua Italiana del Mondo e in occasione delle Giornate del Contemporaneo l’evento “Pininfarina: Arte, Cultura, Design”. Silvio Pietro Angori ha raccontato l’evoluzione dell’iconico marchio italiano che combina arte, design, cultura e imprenditorialità’, e ha presentato la rivista letteraria […]

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19 October 2018
“Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies”

On 15 October, the Round Table on “Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies” was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Beijing and held at its Auditorium. The initiative offered a forum for the exchange of experiences and opinions by Italian and Chinese teachers and experts and to debate the new MOOC (Massive […]

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19 October 2018
“My story continues…”, collective writing attempts

A meeting was held on 17 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin to present the online collective writing project “Continua la mia storia…”, [My story continues], marking the 18th edition of the Italian Language in the World. The event was held in association with the Berlin Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society and […]

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19 October 2018
In Prague ‘L’Arminuta’ kicks off the Week of Italian Language in the World

In Prague, the Week of the Italian Language in the World kicked off with a novel that is rooted in Abruzzo, a land rich in popular traditions.  Donatella Di Pietrantonio presented her ‘L’arminuta’, the winner of last year’s Campiello Prize, at the Kavarna Retezova Literary Café in Prague, as part of the events promoted by […]

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19 October 2018
THE DANTE ALIGHIERI OPENS AN OFFICE IN RAMALLAH

The Palestine Committee of the “Dante Alighieri” Society was officially inaugurated in Ramallah under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General in Jerusalem. The inauguration ceremony was held as part of the events organised by the Italian Consulate for the 18thWeek of the Italian Language in the World. The ceremony was attended by the Consul […]

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