Who can apply?
The Italian Diaspora Writing Seminar 2025 is not designed only for professional writers and academic scholars. It is open to anyone interested in improving their own writing and exploring their personal and family history, whether connected to Italy or to some other region. It offers an opportunity to immers oneself in Southern Italy, to learn and write about Italy and the Italian diaspora and to visit places of significance in the emigration story, including places of departure.
There will be a maximum of 20 participants.
Why apply?
The Italian Diaspora Writing Seminar 2025 promises to be a rejuvenating experience. It is a cultural endeavor, an occasion to search for roots and identity, to interact with well-known writers and scholars, and to strengthen social bonds destined to last. It is also an extraordinary chance to visit Calabria’s beautiful Northern Tyrrhenian coast in a non-touristy way - and at a reasonable cost for a high-quality program.
Through visual, artistic, linguistic, and culinary immersion, this seminar will connect participants to a living, true image of Southern Italy and the meaning of Italian origins and Calabrian roots. It also offers the tools with which to explore other ethnic backgrounds, histories, and origins.