Harvard Summer Program in Abruzzo, Italy

  Italy

Term: Summer 
Dates: June-July (dates vary)

Description: This program offers two courses of language and culture immersion, unified outside the classroom in the examination of foodways and community interaction, and converging as one class during the last three weeks of the program.

The five-week course, Italian S-52 Favolare is intended for students who seek an intermediate course of intense grammar review, with emphasis on reading and conversation skills. ITAL S-52 students are invited to participate in a special arts laboratory for Vasto children (412 years old), where fables come to life through interrelated reading hours at the Bottega delle Storie and ceramic workshops at the Laboratorio Creta Rossa.

The eight-week course, ITAL S-96r Assaggi delle belle arti is intended for students who seek an advanced immersion in language and culture while engaging in arts workshops. During the first weeks of the course, the faculty at the Carla Rossi Academy in Monsummano Terme (Pistoia, Tuscany) guide students in close readings of selected literary and visual texts; next, working with professionals in the artspainters, poets, photographers, dancers, videographers, musicians, etc.students translate these texts into another interpretive art form, ranging from visual to performing arts. These projects will then be expanded and reworked for public exhibition in Vasto.

Activities based on blogs and living labs are intended to encourage students to observe and contextualize their immersion experience by describing products, interpreting practices, evaluating perspectives, and documenting through photographs and video. A twice-weekly diction workshop is shared by Vasto students (1618 years old), providing an excellent opportunity for interaction and cultural exchange.

Class timewhether in a traditional classroom or in the living lab of the communityis supplemented by special seminars on varying topics of relevance to the geographical location.

ITAL S-52 Favolare: June 27 to July 31, 2010 (Vasto/Chieti, Abruzzo)
ITAL S-96r Assaggi delle belle arti: June 6 to July 7, 2010 (Monsummano Terme/Pistoia, Tuscany), July 11 to July 31, 2010 (Vasto/Chieti, Abruzzo).

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: 7,350 USD and 7,500 USD

- tuition
- room and some meals
- excursions (including meals when appropriate)

Experience Required: yes

Prerequisites: at least two semesters of college-level Italian or the equivalent

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Application Process Involves:

• Essay
• Transcript
• Written Application

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