2009 Program 

FRENCH STRAND: Sponsored by AATF E. MA Chapter
THEME: “Métissages culturels et politiques”
Facilitator: Johann Sadock, MIT
Session A) Pratima Prasad, UMASS/Boston “Identités metissées dans l’histoire française”
Johann Sadock, MIT “Quelques Cas de Figures”
Session B) Marie-Christine Masse – Drew Univ., “Répresentation photographique ā l’époque coloniale”
Meaghan Emery, University of Vermont, “Le Renouveau du métissage”
Session C) Samuel Pierre, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, “Ces Québeçois venus d’ailleurs.”

ITALIAN STRAND: Sponsored by MITA
THEME: “C per CULTURA”
Facilitator: Stella Cocchiara, Melrose Public Schools
Session A) Elvira Di Fabio, Harvard University, “Da LOT a HOT: Elevare le abilitá cognitive”
Session B) Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College, “Amori Assassini: La Violenza Contro le Donne”
Session C) Carlo Cippollone, Italian Consulate, La nouva immagine dell’Italia nel mondo”

SPANISH STRAND: Facilitator: Beatriz desLoges, Concord-Carlisle High School
Session A) Olmanda Hernandez, Brandeis University, “La Diversidad de culturas en España a lo largo de la historia”
Session B) Michele Dávila Goncalves, Salem State College, “ Diversidad y unidad: las multiples caras del Caribe”
Session C) Emilce Cordeiro, Framingham St. College, “Pluralidad lingüística: el lunfardo, el quechua, el aymará y el guarani.”

ELL STRAND Facilitator: Nancy Mangari, Springfield Public Schools
THEME: Diversity: What it means for you and your students
Join your colleagues as we explore: the range of ELL programs offered and realistic outcomes to be expected; the range of learners in our classrooms and how to address their needs; and, a range of instructional strategies that promote language acquisition, not only just learning “about” a language.

2008 Program

FRENCH STRAND
Facilitator: Joyce Beckwith
THEME: “L’identité nationale”
Session A) Pratima Prasad, UMASS/Boston “L’Impossible Citoyen: l’identité nationale et le colonialisme”
Session B) Johann Sadock MIT “L’identité nationale aujourd’hui: défis et enjeux”
Session C) Brian Thompson, UMASS/Boston “Tékitoi? l’identité nationale ā travers la chanson”

ITALIAN STRAND
Facilitator: Stella Cocchiara
Session A) Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College “Tarantismo: Rapresentazioni della Cultura Popolare nel Cinema Italiano”
Session B) Christina Luchetti Tracey, Newton Public Schools “Scoprire le bellezze delle Marche”
Session C) Tanya Ferretto Steel, Newton Public Schools “La Serenísima: tradizioni e storia di Venecia”

LATIN STRAND
Facilitator: Madelyn Gonnerman
THEME: Women in Antiquity: Representations in Art and Literature
Session A) Jacqui Carlon, UMASS/Boston “Beyond Wool and Chastity: Praising Women in Letters and Epitaphs”
Session B) Doug and Kathy Ryan, Hingham HS “Women as Represented in Egyptian and Classical Art”
Session C) Teacher Materials Exchange