Program Director - Michelangelo La Luna, Ph.D., Harvard University. Associate Professor of Italian, University of Rhode Island. Winner of the 1998 Travel Study Prize for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. Professor La Luna is the author of four books on Girolamo De Rada.

Faculty - All of our faculty is comprised of highly qualified professionals with backgrounds and expertise in various fields. 

 

Talk Italian/Eat Italian.

The Art and Taste of Italian Cuisine.

- Cooking is one of the finest art in Italy and, as a recent survey says, is the main reason why tourists from all over the world visit our country.  Students taking Italian language courses will have the opportunity to study and learn the Art of Italian cuisine through labs, seminars, cooking classes, readings, field trips, and of course a taste of Italian food. The labs and seminars are upon director's and instructors' selection (the selection will be made based on the syllabus, and on the level of Italian required for each activity). In case a student is  interested only in learning how to cook, he or she should sign up for the internship course.

 

The Special Guest for the Summer 2010 will be Tommaso Affaldano, one of the best gelato (Italian ice-cream) maker in the world (for more information see our special guests web page).  Students will also have the opportunity to work with the following: Mr. Stilla, one of the best pastry-makers in Italy (for more info see the evaluation of Joanna Joka and others at our student evaluations web page); Massimo, excellent chef from the Dante Restaurant; Enzo, special chef from Corsini Restaurant; Gianfranco, a bread, pizza, and local pastries maker; Franco Bifano and Francesco Macri, our experts of wine and olive oil; and of course our mammas Anna Maria, Nella, Fifina, and Carmela, who can teach you how to prepare unforgettable traditional Italian meals.

Special Cooking Lunch: During our Special Cooking Lunch  students will prepare and taste exquisite Italian home made food with our mammas and experts: pasta dishes such as fusilli, tagliatelle, gnocchi, lasagne, cannelloni, spaghetti carbonara, etc.; second dishes of eggplants (parmigiana, caponata, ripieni, etc.),  zucchine (ripiene, fritte), meat (meatballs, vragioli), fish, etc.; side dishes of potato croquette, fried potatos and peppers; green salad and tomatos, bruschetta, etc.; dessert such as cannuoli, deliziose, torta moretto, etc. Each dish is made with local organic olive oil. Each Special Cooking Lunch will be accompanied by our traditional home made wine.

For pictures of our Cooking lessons please visit the Photo Gallery.

This will be a unique opportunity to learn Italian and to discover Mediterranean culture, tradition, and cuisine. 
 

 

Special High School Program for Italian Instructors and Students

 

Centro Internazionale di Studi Deradiani is pleased to offer free room and board and local transportation to those high school instructors who are willing to accompany and chaperone a group of students from their and/or other high schools to participate in the Summer Program in Calabria.  Instructors will also have free tuition, which gives them the opportunity to take one or more advanced Italian classes for credits.  In addition, upon requests and availability, instructors may also teach Italian classes and get a salary for their work as a teacher. For further details please contact us at info@derada.com.

Please Note: Students accompanied by high school instructor need to send their applications directly to the De Rada Italian Institute.  

 

 

Art Project

 I Colori del Mediterraneo

Mediterranean's Colors

Art project directed by

the international recognized painter

Franco Azzinari

(Photo Gallery)

 

Inspired by the Mediterranean colors and culture students can paint, make pictures, write poems, etc. The work will then be selected and exposed in an art exhibition. 

 

A painting by Franco Azzinari

 

 

Also check the new course

Byzantine Art: Theory and Practice (Byz 400)

with the Maestro Rita Chiurco

 

Rita Chiurco: Madre di Dio della tenerezza

 

Seminars & Lectures
There are also seminars and lectures held by prominent scholars, poets and writers. 

Subjects include:

• Dante and the Divine Comedy
• Italian Renaissance 
• Contemporary Literature
• Renaissance Art
• Foreign Travelers in Southern Italy
• Local Greek History and Culture
• Mediterranean History, Anthropology and Culture
• Italian-Albanian History and Culture
• De Rada's Life and Work
• Italian Journalism
• European Union
• Greek Byzantine Religion
• Medieval History and Philosophy
• "Mens Sana in Corpore Sano" (Health and Wellness)
• History of Italian Architecture 
• Poetry, Novels, and Creative Writing
• Italian-American Writers
• History of Italian Theater