Call for Nominations
AATI Elections 2021
The AATI nominating committee requests your nominations to carry out elections for the following offices:
- Secretary/Treasurer (2022-2025)
- New York State (2022-2025)*
- Graduate Student Rep (2022-2024)
*The Regional Representatives must teach anywhere in their respective regions.
Nominees
Before making nominations/self-nominations, please read the following:
- All nominees for any position on the Executive Council, must have been a member in good standing with the organization for a minimum of three consecutive years.
- Before making a nomination, please confirm with the person you intend to nominate that he or she is willing to accept.
- Please read the descriptions at the bottom of this email carefully before nominating someone for a position and make sure that she/he is aware of the responsibilities.
- All nominees will be required to submit
- a CV
- a short bio (no more than 200 words),
- a paragraph explaining why she/he is interested in taking the position (no more than 250 words).
- The term of office in every case shall begin on January 1, 2022.
- The AATI Constitution and By-Laws allow for an elected member of the Executive Council to serve a second term.
When submitting a nomination, please clearly state the person’s name and include accompanying documentation in one Microsoft Word file or PDF with all the documents combined. Send it to Daniele De Feo at danieled@princeton.edu
Please forward all materials by Monday, November 29th, 2021.
Questions: Email Daniele De Feo: danieled@princeton.edu
Position Descriptions taken from the AATI By-Laws:
The Secretary-Treasurer
The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive and disburse all monies on behalf of the Association, and keep an accurate record thereof. She/he shall report on the membership and finances of the Association at the Annual Meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer will also prepare any necessary tax forms and an annual financial report that shall be published in the Spring issue of the AATI Newsletter and on the official Website. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be provided funds in an amount authorized by the Executive Council. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also keep an accurate record of the proceedings of meetings of the Association and of the Executive Council, which shall be distributed within two weeks after an Executive Council meeting and subsequently published on the official Website. The Secretary-Treasurer will aid in the maintenance of the membership database along with manage the renewals and collection of dues, as well as communicating with Italica.
Regional Representatives
Regional Representatives need to procure and maintain relationships with the following:
- Consulates
- Enti Gestori
- Cultural/Community Centers (Italian, Italian American)
- Regional MLA Organization
Regional representatives will be asked to file an annual report to the VP for Colleges and Universities by June 30 of the calendar year. A rubric shall be provided to regional representatives by the VP of Colleges and Universities. The report’s objective is to demonstrate active contact with the representative regions, as well as show how representatives promote Italian and highlight their regions’ activities during the year. The Regional Representatives for Canada and of Europe/Italy shall present an annual report albeit with less detail because of the size of their constituencies. Nevertheless, she/he should inform the EC of major events related to Italian Studies in their respective geographical areas.
Regional representatives are asked to attend annual meetings, held at our annual conferences, along with be active in email discussions and voting.
Graduate Student Representative
The Graduate Student Representative elected to the Executive Council represents her/his constituency within the organization. This representative will serve a two-year term, non-renewable. She/he should be a member in good standing for at least one year prior to the nomination and must be a graduate student at the time of nomination. Should she/he successfully defend his dissertation during her/his term, she/he will complete it. The Graduate Student Representative is elected by the graduate student constituency.
- The Graduate Student Representative assists in organizing conference sessions appropriate to graduate students and junior faculty. This position works closely with the VP for Colleges and Universities.
- The Graduate Student Representative serves as the liaison between the EC and the Graduate Student Caucus along with Directors of Graduate Studies.
- The Graduate Student Caucus, under the advisement of Vice President of Colleges and Universities, assists in creating activities, networking and academic opportunities within the field.
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The AATI Conference Committee is still accepting host/site proposals for future conferences.
Click here to read more!
Questions?
Email: aaticonferencecommittee@gmail.com
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AATI/AAIS Joint Conference in Lucca, IT
May 26-29, 2022
CFP Reminder!
The AATI Conference Committee would like to remind you that the deadline for conference session/roundtable and paper submissions is November 7, 2021.
Please see full details on the AATI Conference webpage.
Questions? Email: AATIConferenceCommittee@gmail.com
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The Italian Program at Florida Atlantic University presented a great number of activities this Spring 2021.
We had virtual meetings with Dante scholar Teodolina Barolini, with writers Tiziano Scarpa and Elisabetta Tiveron from Venice, poet Eleonora Molisani from Milan, writers Brittni Rallson and Kathy Powell from Bergamo and San Marino, Mario Bolognese from Padua, Marino Magliani, Alessandro Gianetti, Patrizio Zurru from the Netherlands, Sevilla, Sardinia (part of the new series In-Between).
We proposed the Live Tour of Roman Forum and Roman Ghetto, and a Dante Alighieri Candlelight Reading.
We opened the II edition of the Italian American Film Festival (three nights), and collaborated with the Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival (with the movies “Dolce fine giornata” and “Thou Shall Not Kill”).
We had the V International Symposium Italy in Transit with 40 speakers. This edition included the Michele D. Serra New Italian Cinema Series with filmmaker Marco Bonfanti and producer Anna Godano, and the I World Summit of Italians in Transit (across 24 time zones).
We proposed the GKA Research Day centered on Digital Humanities and the painter Tom DiSalvo.
We hosted a one-day Professional Development with FATI (Florida AssociationTeachers of Italian).
We ended our Spring with “Concerto per Myriam”: a beautiful live concert with tenor Carlos De Antonis and director Barbara Salani, dedicated to the retirement of Professoressa Myriam Ruthenberg, after 35 fruitful years. Myriam, we will miss you!
For pictures and descriptions, visit our page https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/llcl/italian/program-highlights/
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In occasione della celebrazioni per la XXI Settimana della Lingua Italiana, il Consolato italiano di Miami in collaborazione con l’ente gestore O.D.L.I e le universita’ e le scuole locali, ha programmato una ricco calendario per celebrare il sommo poeta. Tra le tante attivita’ proposte ricordiamo il concorso video Le Interviste Impossibili dove gli studenti sono invitati ad intervistare un personaggio dantesco e, in seguito, verranno premiati i video piu’ originali.
L’Inno di Dante con il sonetto:”Tanto Gentile e Tanto Onesta Pare” musicato e diretto dalla pianista Barbara Salani, con la partecipazione del tenore Carlos De Antonis e il coro che unisce studenti di Italiano negli USA. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHvPEu9O_Y8&ab_channel=MusicforInternational
La conferenza “Weren’t Dante’s Devils Fashionably Dressed? Temptations and Damnations in Medieval Iconographies” incontro in remoto a cura della Prof.ssa Sara Paci Piccolo esperta di sartoria e costumi medioevali.
Infine, “La moda al tempo di Dante” mostra di costumi di alta sartoria cuciti circa 60 anni fa su disegni, dipinti, o cartoni del XIV secolo. A cura del Consolato Generale d’Italia a Miami in collaborazione con l’Odli, Associazione Corsa all’Anello di Narni e Istituto di Moda Marangoni.
Per la prima volta in Florida. Un invito anche a conoscere l’Italia e la moda al tempo di Dante.
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ITANJ (Italian Teachers of Italian of New Jersey)
For the AATI Fall 2021 Newsletter
Submitted by: Anna Ranieri
ITANJ would like to wish its members and all educators and enthusiastic lovers of the Italian language and culture a successful and productive school year. In an attempt to help teachers and students transition to a more normal school opening but, with the full understanding that new challenges have presented themselves over the course of the past eighteen months, ITANJ held its annual Primo Incontro Idee Nuove per una Nuova Ripartenza with that in mind. The event, held virtually via Zoom for the second consecutive year in August, was truly an invaluable contribution which exposed teachers to new and innovative tools for teaching the language and for surmounting the gaps that might have been created due to last year’s virtual school year.
Roberta Pennasilico, a favorite ITANJ webinar speaker, presented Strategies to Navigate the Return to the Classroom followed by Fiorella Bologno’s L’Eredita` del Virtuale, Steven La Peruta’s Flipped Classroom Approach, and Teresa Del Giudice and Francesca Sivano’s Ways to Assess, Review, and Engage in starting the new school year. Additionally, participants were able to choose between a round table discussion on incorporating Italian music or utilizing social media in breakout rooms.
Participants were given a rich and extensive plethora of materials and strategies arming them with wonderful ideas and inspiration to tackle a school year which presents new challenges but also exciting innovations. Participants’ responses and feedback to the creativity of the presentations were particularly enthusiastic.
On the future webinar scene ITANJ is happy to have Maria Borsa presenting on Escape Rooms and on December 2 Roberta Pennasilico will be back to present incorporating Italian culture in the classroom. ITANJ’s Primo Incontro materials were available for purchase for a limited time as are the webinars it continues to present in conjunction with the AATI Long Island chapter.
In the spring ITANJ held its “Virtually Italian” Italian Language Culture Day in lieu of the traditional live event which students looked forward to every spring.
Students who study Italian from across the state of New Jersey submitted their entries, a mixed media video which really expressed both language skills and technical creativity, and had a chance to win monetary prizes for their group and their respective schools. The event was held in conjunction with Montclair Sate University and the Coccia Institute and the top three winning entry videos were posted on social media. First prize went to students from Frank Ciccarrell Academy in Elizabeth with their entry Che tempo Fa?” second place was held by Red Bank Regional HS with L’Italia Virtuale, and third place to St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City with Che Fine Hanno Fatto? At the bottom of this article are the winning students names.
The Borsa committee this year will continue to offer grants for teachers and are happy to announce that they working on plans to offer a HS scholarship and college scholarship for students. Additional information on this will be made available to ITANJ members at a future date.
If you go to the ITANJ webpage, you will find that there is always something happening at ITANJ. ITANJ also keeps its members informed of everything Italian, whether it is linguistic, cultural, social, or methodology through its daily email blast. More details are available online at itanj.org, twitter hash tag (www.itanj14) or Face book. Membership goes from July 1-June 30. Come join us and help us promote and encourage the study of the Italian culture and language.
Winners of the Virtually Italian Student Competition:
1st prize: Che Tempo Fa? – Frank Ciccarell Academy, Elizabeth, NJ
Students: Victoria Almeyda, Rachael Anyosa, Maryoris Castillo, Angie Hurtado, Olivia Iheke, Shamaila Joseph, Javier Linero-Quintana, Valerie Londono, Josue` Marrero
2nd prize: L’Italia Virtuale- Red Bank Regional HS, Red Bank, NJ
Students: Clare Gibb, Wayne Johnson, Patrick Murray
3rd prize: Che fine hanno fatto? – St. Peter’s Prep, Jersey City, NJ
Rishi Bhandari, Matthew Blomgren, Gabriel Doria, Joaquin Matt, Gabriel Russel