(14 September, 2016) Alejandro Patat is a researcher in Italian Literature at the Foreigner’s University of Siena and visiting professor of Italian Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. Patat is currently visiting Mexico: from September 26 – 30 (9:30-13:00) he will be hosting a free course for Italian teachers: “Teaching Italian in Spanish speaking areas”. The course reflects on issues regarding teaching of Italian language and culture in Spanish speaking areas with a particular focus on Latin America. Issues of linguistic and cultural contact between both realities will be addressed, and didactic proposals to solve problems resulting from this will be illustrated. Patat has also taught courses in Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland and Tunisia. He conducted the Dante Alighieri of Buenos Aires (1997-2001) and was the Italian Language Project Coordinator for Latin America of the Dante Alighieri Society of Rome (2002-2003). In 2012 he received, the title of “Knight of the Italian Republic” from the former President, Giorgio Napolitano for his contribution to spreading Italian language and culture in Latin America. (Red)
