To Sandro and Parviz:
Perhaps a source of funding for Studia Italica, if not other initiatives in
Italianistica?
Charles
At 02:43 PM 2/14/00 +1030, you wrote:
>MEDIA STATEMENT
>Monday, February 7, 2000
>
>EIGHT UNIVERSITIES BENEFIT FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATION
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>Eleven prestigious Cassamarca Foundation Lectureships to promote Italian
>language and culture have been awarded to universities across Australia.
>
>In April last year, the Cassmarca Foundation, based in Treviso, Italy,
>committed nearly three million Australian dollars to fund eleven
>lectureships (Level B) for three years (2000-2002) to promote the study of
>Italian language and culture. The University of Western Australia
>administers the grants working with an Australian Project Committee,
>chaired by Dr Loretta Baldassar.
>
>The awards are the first since the Foundation's commitment made last year
>to boost Italian Studies in Australian universities. Selection committee
>chairman, Professor David Moss, said the lectureships had been awarded to
>various departments of universities including joint arrangements across
>fields of study.
>
>Universities to benefit are: Flinders; Griffith; Melbourne jointly in the
>Department of French and Italian Studies; Monash jointly in the Department
>of History and Italian Studies, and another in the Department of Italian
>Studies; South Australia; Sunshine Coast; Sydney in the Department of
>History and in the Department of Italian; The University of Western
>Australia jointly in the Departments of History and Anthropology and
>another in the Department of Italian.
>
>"The awards have been distributed by field of study with seven in language
>and literature; one in language and cultural studies, one in Renaissance
>literature and history, two in migration studies," Professor Moss said.
>
>"In the Committee's view, the outcome accommodates as far as possible the
>diversity of the eligible applications. We are very aware that the limited
>number of lectureships to be awarded meant many worthy applications could
>not be successful."
>
>Professor Moss said the quality and number of applications made it clear
>how much work is being done to sustain Italian Studies at a time when many
>universities are seemingly indifferent to the area.
>
>"Appreciation of the very great generosity of the Cassamarca Foundation in
>offering the lectureships should be accompanied by the Committee's regret
>that it could not make awards to all applicants deserving of support."
>
>He said evaluation of the annual progress reports from successful
>applicants was a condition of the continuation of funding for the second
>and third years of the award.
>
>Applications were received from departments based in 19 universities. The
>distribution by state is: New South Wales (2), Queensland (2), South
>Australia (2), Victoria (3), and Western Australia (2).
>
>MEDIA REFERENCE:
>Professor David Moss +61
>Dr Loretta Baldassar +61 8 93803997
>Colin Campbell-Fraser +61 8 93802889 or 0419947718
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>Marinella Caruso
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