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