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From Our Eyes: An Italian Perspective Exploring the Significance of Space and Culture

March 26, 2025 by Bella Brancato (‘25 Creative Writing) | News

This edition of From Our Eyes features Bella Brancato (‘25 Creative Writing). Brancato attended “Space and Culture: An Italian Perspective,” hosted by the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research, which featured presentations and discussions with astronauts, artists, and experts in the sector. I had the privilege of attending “Space and Culture: An Italian Perspective,”

Wilkinson College Chinese Program Hosts National Book Award Winners

March 4, 2025 by Diego Fondevilla (’26 Data Science; Chinese and Business of Entertainment minors) and Lauren Chen (’27 Communication Studies; Asian American Studies and Analytics minors) | News

Wilkinson College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences and the Department of World Languages and Cultures recently hosted Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and Taiwanese and American translator Lin King to discuss their 2024 award-winning novel, Taiwan Travelogue. The book follows the fictionalized story of a Japanese author visiting Taiwan in the 1930s during Japan’s colonization.

Bridging Disciplines: Dr. Valenzuela and Dr. Rivera Investigate the Contributions of Indigenous Interpreters to Technical Communication

January 21, 2025 by | News

During a lunch at the Marvin W. Meyer Faculty Athenaeum, Dr. Nora Rivera (English) and Dr. Pilar Valenzuela (World Languages and Cultures) realized the unique interconnections of their research using testimonios, a Spanish term for first-person narratives that share personal experiences of social or political injustice, oppression or marginalization. It was then that they decided

Career Corner Top Career Trends for 2024: Emerging Career Trends for Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Graduates

July 9, 2024 by | News

The job market is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements and social changes. This means new and exciting career opportunities for Wilkinson College graduates. Let’s dive deeper into some of the emerging career trends, understanding the context and the skills required for these roles. Interested in some of these career paths? Consider an internship in

January Abroad: Chapman Students Carry on Field Research in Rome

January 29, 2024 by Federico Pacchioni | News

Rome is the quintessential site for examining the evolution of various cultural phenomena across millennia, the structuring of political power, intertextual relationships in virtually all of the arts, the development of religion, the aesthetic exploration of place, and more. The city stands as a theater of humanity where themes and questions can be explored within

Veronique Olivier Awarded Two Grants to Facilitate Global Exchange

January 26, 2024 by Allison DeVries | News

Dr. Veronique Olivier (World Languages and Cultures) was recently awarded a $14,280 grant from the Cultural Services French Embassy in the United States’ Transatlantic Mobility Program. Dr. Olivier plans to continue facilitating virtual exchanges between Caen and Chapman students during the 2023-24 academic year. Ultimately, this initiative seeks to build a bilateral partnership that will

Bridges to Life The Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research: Windows to Italy Series

October 10, 2023 by Sweet Lou Mader Dauk | Events

The Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research hosted its first talk in the Windows to Italy series with a lecture by Dr. Thomas Harrison, a professor of Italian Studies at UCLA, whose lecture explored how the concept of bridges is a staple in Italian history. Introducing the series’s concept, Institute Director Dr. Federico Pacchioni

A Historic Event for the Amahuaca People of Peru

May 27, 2023 by | News

The Amahuaca people number fewer than 1,000 individuals, of whom only 330 speak the Native language. For the first time, thanks to the work of Wilkinson College’s Dr. Pilar Valenzuela, representatives from all the Amahuaca villages gathered in the city of Pucallpa in Peru to assess the status of their Native language and prepare a

Razzano Family Legacy Gift Strengthens the Future of Italian Studies at Chapman University

April 21, 2023 by Dr. Federico Pacchioni | News

Mr. Razzano is a third-generation Italian American with ancestral roots in Campania, Italy. In 2018, he met Dr. Federico Pacchioni, the founding director of the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research, while attending the Italian Perspectives series. Impressed by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman, the two men struck up a friendship. After a

Ferrucci Family’s $1.5 Million Gift Fuels Chapman University Students’ Continued Studies in Italy The second major gift announced by Chapman in as many months puts the interdisciplinary studies curriculum focus on filmmaking, food culture and music, and brings the campaign total to nearly $318 million

March 14, 2023 by Cerise Valenzuela Metzger | News

Chapman University announced Saturday, March 11 that a $1.5 million gift from the Ferrucci family will create the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research within Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science. The cross-disciplinary program will support Italy-based research and coursework for faculty and students. Federico Pacchioni, who holds the Sebastian P. (Paul)

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