(30 March 2016) From Florence to Munich for deepening the diffusion strategies of Italian abroad. After the Estates General of the Italian language in the world, hosted in the Tuscan capital in 2014 (an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with MIUR and MIBACT), a regrouping in Germany to take stock of new challenges . Building on the work begun by the Foreign Ministry two years ago and putting the spotlight on the potential of the “sweet language”, the Institute of Italian Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, in collaboration with the Italian Association of Teachers in Germany, the Italian cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in Munich, has organized the “General States of Italian in Germany”. One day, on Friday 8 April at the Ludwig Maximilian, to learn about the organizations involved in the diffusion of the italian language, to understand the potential of our language on the German market and to clarify the prospects in the context of an inter-institutional dialogue. The works will be open by the Italian Ambassador in Germany, Pietro Benassi, and are divided into different panels to acrutinize the Italian situation in the departments of Italian Language and Literature, in inter-language centers, in the courses organized by the consulates and the managing bodies, in cultural institutes and in the Dante Alighieri Society. (Sip)
