BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4035-a26b45c27ce8001397a47ff8b45b4181@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260529T205651Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T153000 SUMMARY:“Global Italy: Bringing the Contemporary Society in Class” DESCRIPTION:\nThe talk series &ldquo\;Global Italy: Bringing the Contemp orary Society in Class&rdquo\; will virtually bring to campus four speak ers with the goal of enriching the colleagues&rsquo\; expertise in topic s that are currently re-shaping the Italian study field and beyond\, suc h as immigration\, gender equality\, inclusive language\, and the LGBTQ+ community. Each speaker is going to offer a talk on one of these contem porary topics that affect the global society\, not just Italy\, and a re flection on how to implement these topics in Italian classes (and beyond ) starting from language classes. The structure of each talk includes a first part where the guest speaker presents their topic in a lecture mod eling how to integrate this kind of material in class\, and\, then\, a s econd part where the guest speaker addresses the pedagogical implication s of the topic selected. \;\n\n&ldquo\;Immigration\, Media\, and Com munity Engagement: A Conversation with Journalist Clelia Pettini&rdquo\; \n\nThe talk is going to revolve around her book \;Anime Sospese (Ha nging Souls)\, \;which collects interviews with migrants and social workers living and working in reception centers in Grosseto\, Tuscany. B ecause the book collects first-hand experiences of the process of immigr ation\, the book is a useful instrument for classes that aim at interact ing with and deciphering a contemporary event while it is happening. Our speaker is going to talk about how some local high schools and middle s chools adopted the book to help students understand and reflect on a com plicated phenomenon affecting the contemporary society. The book was pub lished amidst the peak of the emergency connected to migrants in Italy a nd when the mainstream media were paying attention only to certain aspec ts of migration: the travel by sea\, the reception in specific structure s\, the discontent of part of the population\, and the antagonism of som e political parties. Therefore\, this talk encourages teachers to select contemporary events through the lenses of local stories in order to dis cuss complicated phenomena and guide students through connections with o ther historic events. The perspective of the book and the school project s also promote caring and understanding of the local community and can i nspire new projects of community engagement in our department. \;\n\ nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/global-italy_092822/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The talk series “Global Italy: Bringing the Contemporary Society in Class” will virtually bring to campus four speakers with the goal of enriching the colleagues’ expertise in topics that are currently re-shaping the Italian study field and beyond, such as immigration, gender equality , inclusive language, and the LGBTQ+ community. Each speaker is going to offer a talk on one of these contemporary topics that affect the global society, not just Italy, and a reflection on how to implement these top ics in Italian classes (and beyond) starting from language classes. The structure of each talk includes a first part where the guest speaker pre sents their topic in a lecture modeling how to integrate this kind of ma terial in class, and, then, a second part where the guest speaker addres ses the pedagogical implications of the topic selected. 

& ldquo;Immigration, Media, and Community Engagement: A Conversation with Journalist Clelia Pettini”

The talk is going to revolve around her book Anime Sospese (Hanging Souls), which co llects interviews with migrants and social workers living and working in reception centers in Grosseto, Tuscany. Because the book collects first -hand experiences of the process of immigration, the book is a useful in strument for classes that aim at interacting with and deciphering a cont emporary event while it is happening. Our speaker is going to talk about how some local high schools and middle schools adopted the book to help students understand and reflect on a complicated phenomenon affecting t he contemporary society. The book was published amidst the peak of the e mergency connected to migrants in Italy and when the mainstream media we re paying attention only to certain aspects of migration: the travel by sea, the reception in specific structures, the discontent of part of the population, and the antagonism of some political parties. Therefore, th is talk encourages teachers to select contemporary events through the le nses of local stories in order to discuss complicated phenomena and guid e students through connections with other historic events. The perspecti ve of the book and the school projects also promote caring and understan ding of the local community and can inspire new projects of community en gagement in our department. 

For more details: https://events.la.psu.e du/event/global-italy_092822/

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