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ITALIAN PROGRAMS ABROAD Università degli Studi di Torino Via Verdi 10 - 10124 Torino, Italy tel. +39 011.670.2675 email: info.italianabroad@unito.it (Send an email to info.italianabroad@unito.it if you would like to speak with us and we will call you back) click here to find us on GoogleMaps |
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| MARIE-BERTHE VITTOZ Program Director Marie-Berthe (Babette) Vittoz is Professor at the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Director of CLIFU, the University's Language Learning Center. A specialist in language course management, she is the founder of Torino Università Estate (TUE), the university's division for summer courses in Italian as Second Language, established in 1998. In 2011 she was awarded the French Legion d'Honneur. |
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CAROSSO Business Manager Andrea Carosso is Associate Professor of American Studies and Director of the MA program in American Studies at the Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. He has studied and taught in the U.S. He is in charge of student exchange activities within the Erasmus exchange program as well as other internship, exchange and study abroad programs. |
FERNANDA
NEGRO uniTO International Office Fernanda Negro holds an MA in Political Sciences from the Università di Torino and works for its International Office and President's Office, where she is in charge of strategic exchange programs and international activities. |
ALICE BALESTRINO Student Advisor Alice Balestrino holds an MA in Modern Languages and Literature from the Università di Torino and is currently a PhD student in American Studies. She loves traveling and enjoys working in international environments. She is in charge of communication with prospective students of the program. |
OUR TEACHING STAFF
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ERMINIA ARDISSINO. Course
taught: ITALIAN LITERATURE Erminia Ardissimo is Associate Professor of Italian Literature at the Università di Torino. She holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and one from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. Erminia Ardissino’s research has focused mainly on Italian Literature from Dante to the 17th century. She has published critical editions of ancient texts and essays about several Italian authors. She has worked as a teacher of Italian literature and language to foreign speakers and has taught at the Italian L2 Master Degree at Università per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy, and in several universities in the USA and South-America. |
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ELENA BARATONO. Course taught:
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN Elena Baratono is a certified teacher of Italian as a foreign language and holds an MA in Advanced Teaching of Italian Language and Culture to Foreigners from the Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia. She has taught at ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary and now teaches at the Università di Torino. She has been a member of the teaching staff of Torino Università Estate since 2002. |
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LAURA BLANDINO. Course taught:
ART HISTORY Laura Blandino holds a an M.A. in Art History and American Studies and a Ph. D. in Art History from the Università di Torino. She has worked for museums and art galleries in Torino as curator and tour guide. She teaches Art History seminars and is is co-editor of the Graduate School Journal of the university's Department of Art, Music and Performing Arts. |
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FRANCA BOSC. Language
teaching coordinator. Course taught: ADVANCED ITALIAN. Franca Bosc teaches Italian to Foreigners at the Università di Milano. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Promoitals Master of the Università di Milano, the Intercultural Center of the City of Torino and is a Senior Editor of the journal www.italianolinguadue.unimi.it. Bosc is also a consultant for the Italian Ministry of Education and the European Union on the teaching of Italian as a foreign and second language. She has co-authored essays, textbooks and DVDs in Italy, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, USA, and Hungary. |
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GAIA NAPOLI. Course taught:
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN. Gaia Napoli holds a cum laude degree in Italian Literature and Philosophy and a PhD from the Università di Catania and has been the teaching coordinator of the Ulisse Italian Language and Culture Centre in Catania between 2006 and 2011. She now works as an instructor of Italian as second language for public and private institutions, including the Intercultural Centre of the City of Turin and the Confucio Institute. |
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FRANCO ORTALDA. Course taught:
THE CULTURES OF FOOD AND WINE IN PIEDMONT. A gradute of the Università di Torino, Franco Ortalda is a local enterpreneur, locally well known as the owner of the pastry store and cafè “Pasticceria Bonfante”. His store and its production of “nocciolini” have received some of the most prestigious national and regional recognitions for terroir food production. His passion, strong enthusiasm and deep knowledge of the Piedmontese food and winery excellence (Franco Ortalda is also a professional wine taster) make him your ideal guide through Italy's best kept cultural treasures. |
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LAURA PELLISSETTI. Course
taught: ART HISTORY. Laura Sabrina Pelissetti is professor of History of Gardens and Landscape at Politecnico di Milano. PhD in History and Critics of Architectural and Environmental Goods from Politecnico di Torino, Laura Sabrina Pelissetti is the coordinator of Art History courses at Torino Università Estate. Along with her numerous articles and essays about architecture in Piedmont and Lombardy, Laura Sabrina Pelissetti has organized seminaries and conferences for public and academic institutions in Piedmont and Lombardy and is scientific director of the Historic Documentation Center of the city of Cinisello Balsamo. |
Torino is serviced by an international airport (TRN). Most airlines fly here
through their European hubs (London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam,
Brussels, etc.). From the airport, a shuttle bus will take you downtown in
30-45 minutes, costing € 8. A cab ride from the airport to downtown will cost
approx € 35, depending on destination.
A reasonable alternative is to fly to Milan-Malpensa (MPX). A shuttle bus
connects Malpensa to downtown Torino every 2 hours, 24/7, taking approx 90
minutes and costing € 20 each way.
We can arrange all types of airport transfers upon request.
Traveling around Italy & beyond
Italy's high speed rail links connect Torino with major and minor destinations
in the country in very short time. Milano is a quick 50 minute ride away.
Florence is at 3 hours. Venice and Rome are 4 hours away. Paris is 5 hours.
The weather in Torino
June and July are among best months of the year to visit Torino. You can hang out
in the streets and parks, ride a bike-share through Torino, hike in the
countryside and in the Alps, go to the seaside, or do just about anything to
enjoy the early summer.
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