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In partnership with New York Law School: Law & Global Society Summer School

The New York Law School (NYLS) and The American University of Rome (AUR) have partnered to offer this unique Summer School on Law and Global Society in Rome. The program will be delivered on AUR’s campus in June 2023.

Field Trip to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Early in Spring '23, students from AUR's BA in International Relations and Global Politics, class of Humanitarian Assistance, visited the Italian Headquarters of UNCHR with Professor Cornet. There they met Enrico Guida, Protection Associate at UNCHR.

War and Cultural Heritage – opening the global conversation.

The ability to access the cultural assets of Rome is something that we probably take for granted, but for many people today, their culture and identity are under attack as never before.

Spring Film & Lecture Series: Rome & its Neighborhoods

Presented by the Italian Studies department at The American University of Rome, this series of four films & lectures focus on the lives of various protagonists in Rome and feature the characteristics and vitalities of Rome's neighbourhoods.

 

Working together to End Global Hunger: the U.S. and the UN Agencies in Rome

How do the UN food agencies work together to end world hunger?  What are the strengths and complementarities of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP)?

Conversations with AUR alumni filmmakers

All events will be held in the AUR Auditorium in Rome and also streamed online via Zoom. Please register, at the foot of this page, to attend live or virtually.

AUR Alumna, Kendra Schneider; a circular economy entrepreneur.

Kendra Schneider doesn't let challenges stand in her way. Once upon a time, she decided, "on a whim," she says, that she needed to study in Rome. She arrived at AUR with her young daughter in tow "without knowing anything or anyone..." and hasn't looked back since.

Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives in Italian Language Teaching.

This is a graduate-level, 2-credit, 30-hour seminar.

Academic field trip: 'Sicily Against the Mafia.'

Led by Professor Valentina Dorato, the one-credit field trip course has been designed to present students with differentiated views of Sicily and its relationship with the mafia, as the island continues to develop an overt culture of mafia opposition and an enhanced rule of law.

Sociolinguist Vera Gheno: Questions of gender in Italian

On November 28, 2022, The Italian Studies Program at The American University of Rome hosted sociolinguist and researcher Vera Gheno for a presentation on the topic of gender in the Italian language.