The 18th Italian Language Week in the World is an
event promoted yearly by the cultural and diplomatic network in the third week
of October. It focuses on a theme that acts as the leitmotif of a vast cultural
programme to promote the diffusion of the Italian language. The initiative was
launched in 2001 through the joint action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation and the Accademia della Crusca
The 18th edition of the Week of the Italian Language
in the World, will take place from 15 to 21 October 2018, and will be
dedicated to “Italian and the web, social networks for the Italian
Language”.
The Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland programme
for the week:
Every day from 15 to 21 October 2018 we will post we
will post a tile with an Italian word to learn on FB, Instagram, Twitter and
other Social Media.
Also, on Saturday 20 October we will have two
events, one in the morning and one in the afternoon:
11am - Auckland Art Gallery, free talk by Dr Bruno Ferraro: Transgression and Punishment in Dante's Inferno
Sat
20 October 2018 5:00pm – 6:30pm - St Lukes Church, a concert of
classical Italian music:
Festival Italiano
Concert (Followed
by Italian Aperitivo)
