BLACK
ITALIA
Dr. Paolo Frascà
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto (Canada)
An important task for academics in the Humanities is asking ourselves which voices are missing from the hi/stories we teach, and why. The Teaching Black Italy course for professors provides an opportunity to begin repairing a number of important shortcomings.
Dr. Kombola Mussa
Lecturer
Cardiff University (UK)
As a Black researcher, I must also add that by the end of course I (finally) felt that I was not alone. This experience was deeply empowering.
Dr. Debora Bellinzani
Ph.D. Candidate in Italian
University of Wisconsin (USA)
The group of the invited guest speakers was large and made the experience lively and tight to the real contemporary world; in order to make the classes even more lively and close to us, at the end of every talk we were invited to interact with the guests and to ask them questions.
Dr. Luisanna Sardu
Assistant Professor
Manhattan College (USA)
As a Latino woman who grew up in Italy and as a professor of Italian Studies, I would recommend this workshop to anyone who is grappling with the meaning of diversity in Italian culture in comparison with diversity in the United States, and to those who wish to reframe their Italian course to be more inclusive and diverse.
Dr. Elena Minelli
Lecturer
University of Bath (UK)
This course also gave me the great opportunity to work with colleagues from different Institution, including Universities based in the USA. The network we have established is the basis for our fruitful and future collaboration.
Patti Gunther
Teacher
W.H. High School (USA)
I would recommend the course to both K-12 and college teachers of Italian language and culture.
Dr. Carolina Travaglia
Professor
H.W.S. College (USA)
We took ‘Teaching Black Italy’ in order to make sure that the Black Italian community becomes part of our teaching from day one in ‘Italian 101’
