22th-23th June 2024
Welcome everyone to Padua
MONDAY 24th June
Welcome event
Gabriele Bizzarri, Director of the Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari (DiSLL)
Francesca Gambino, Luigi Marfè, Zuleika Murat, Summer School Coordinators
Francesco Borghesi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) and Yixu Lu (Head of the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney), Sapere aude!
Guided tours of central University building, Palazzo Bo
Room 2
Eliana Pasquali, Laura Pieropan, Chiara Stasolla, Exploring the Beato Pellegrino Library
Room 2: group A -- Room 4: group B -- Room 5: group C -- Room 6: group D -- Room 7: group E
Spritz at Piazza dei Signori and meeting with other Italian students
TUESDAY 25th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Tobia Zanon, A Brief History of the Italian Language
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 9: group E
Room 2
Margarita Gleba, Archaeological Textiles of Italy and What We Can Learn from Them
Evening at the Portello along the canals with some Italian students
WEDNESDAY 26th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Maria Ferroni, Illuminating Days and Nights: Liturgical Manuscripts in Medieval Life
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 9: group E
In front of the main entrance, The Baptistery, Piazza del Duomo
Guided tour of the Baptistery (proff. Cristina Guarnieri, Carlo Rettore, Rachele Fassanelli)
THURSDAY 27th June at DiSLL
Room 9
Leonardo Bellomo, Varieties of Contemporary Italian
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 9: group E
Room 9
Luca Zuliani, How Italian for Music Works
Evening of Renaissance Dances (“Il tappeto volante ASD”)
FRIDAY 28th June
Train transfer: Meeting point (at 8.30 am): Train station, Piazzale stazione
- Discovering Venice:
Departure from Padua at 8.53 a.m., return at 7.10 p.m.
(group A + B, proff. Elena Cera, Simone Fatuzzo, Giacomo Costa, Mattia Petricola, Valentina Vignotto).
Free lunch time
- Discovering Verona:
Departure from Padua at 8.40 a.m., return at 6.22 p.m.
(group A + B, proff. Valentina Baradel, Mattia Petricola, Davide Tramarin, tutors).
Free lunch time
SUNDAY 30th June
Departure from Padua at 7 p.m
Theatre evening at the Scene di Paglia Festival
(registration by 15 July by writing to info@associazioneacta.com)
MONDAY 1st July
Guided tour of the Scrovegni Chapel (proff. Davide Tramarin, Giacomo Costa, Rachele Fassanelli)
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 1: group A -- Room 4: group B -- Room 5: group C -- Room 6: group D -- Room 7: group E
Room 1
Priscilla Manfren, Studioli of the Italian Renaissance, Small Rooms of Culture and Beauty
Room 1
Laura Moure Cecchini, Futurism: A Paradoxical Avant
TUESDAY 2nd July at DiSLL
Room 9
Marco Malvestio, Italian Science Fiction: An Overview
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 9: group E
(Botanical Garden, main entrance, Via Orto Botanico, 15)
Denis Brotto, Cinema and Italian Identity, followed by visit to the Botanical Garden with viewing of video installation (Mattia Petricola, Valentina Vignotto, tutors)
Evening of “Pizzica” Dance (Terra tremula group)
WEDNESDAY 3rd July
Train transfer: Meeting point (at 8.30 am): Train station, Piazzale stazione
- Discovering Venice:
Departure from Padua at 8.53 a.m., return at 7.10 p.m.
(group C + D + E, proff. Francesca Gambino, Elena Cera, Simone Fatuzzo, Jacopo Fois, tutors).
Free lunch time
- Discovering Verona:
Departure from Padua at 8.40 a.m., return at 6.22 p.m.
(group A + B, proff. Valentina Baradel, Mattia Petricola, Davide Tramarin, tutors).
Free lunch time
THURSDAY 4th July at DiSLL
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 12: group E
In front of the main entrance, Basilica del Santo, Piazza del Santo, 11
Visit of the Basilica del Santo (prof. Eleonora Lombardo, Valentina Baradel, Mattia Petricola, tutors)
Dress code: Cover shoulders and legs from the knee upwards
FRIDAY 5th July at DiSLL
Complesso Beato Pellegrino
Room 4: group A -- Room 5: group B -- Room 6: group C -- Room 7: group D -- Room 14: group E
Room 2
Enrico Zucchi, Italian Food and Literature
End of summer school buffet