Surviving Italian: From Ordering a Cup of Coffee to Cruising the Market
Course (4+ sessions) | Registration opens Tuesday, February 4, 2025 10:00 AM
Are you ready for a trip to Italy, or simply interested in learning about the country’s language and customs? Join Dr. Ryan Calabretta- Sajder, Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Arkansas, for a 6-week journey filled with essential phrases and travel tips. This course will cover a variety of topics, including preparing for your trip, salutations, navigating the airport, ordering food and drinks, shopping, traveling within Italy, and ensuring your safety. Get ready to embark on this exciting adventure!
This class will meet in person at the OLLI offices, located at 481 S. Shiloh Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704. Please read your class reminder email for the exact room location.
Class changes occasionally happen, please watch for (and read) announcements or emails from OLLI regarding your class.
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OLLI HQ
Ryan Calabretta- Sajder
Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder is Associate Professor and Section Head of Italian, Director of International and Global Studies, and Associate Director of Gender Studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he teaches courses in Italian, African and African American Studies, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Film and Media, Jewish, and Gender Studies. He is the author of Divergenze in celluloide: colore, migrazione e identità sessuale nei film gay di Ferzan Özpetek (Mimesis editore), editor of Pasolini’s Lasting Impressions: Death, Eros, and Literary Enterprise in the Opus of Pier Paolo Pasolini (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press), and co-editor of Italian Americans On Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future (Lexington Books), and Italian Americans on the Page: Re-Reading the Classics and Examining Underexplored Subjects (forthcoming with SUNY Press). He is the founding and current director of Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association. In Fall 2024, he will hold the highly sought after, Tiro a Segno Fellowship, at New York University.