The annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) will take place from June 20-23, 2024, at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia.

As the next 100 years of AATI begin, the conference seeks to align itself with the mission of AATI by strengthening its focus on the teaching and learning of Italian language, literature, and cultures. Thus, in keeping with the mission of the AATI, we encourage interdisciplinary approaches that are relevant and applicable to the teaching at the K-12 and college level. We invite interested presenters to submit proposals for complete sessions, roundtables, or individual presentations which prioritize the teaching and learning of Italian and Italian Studies; we especially encourage proposals directly related to the teaching and learning of the culture, language, and literary works. We also encourage papers focusing on aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging in language pedagogy and/or Italian Studies. 

Some possible areas of interest include the teaching, learning and integration of language, culture, intercultural competence, linguistics, literature, cinema and media studies, diversity, social justice, other disciplines such as sciences and art. For a more detailed list of possible topics, please see the AATI Conference website, as soon as it is live.

Eligibility and regulations: Participants can be involved in no more than 1 session as presenter, 1 round table and chair/moderate 1 session. There is a limit of 4 presenters per session and 8 presenters per roundtable. Please note that double/triple sessions (ex. Part I and Part II) will be considered but cannot be guaranteed acceptance and may require a change in format. Please be mindful of this as you create or accept abstracts for completed sessions. 

Timeline for Proposals:

November 20, 2023: Open session proposals only due to conference committee. Instructions for proposal submissions, as well as the conference webpage, are forthcoming.

November 22, 2023: A complete list of open sessions will be disseminated to the AATI listserv and posted on the website.

December 15, 2023: All Completed Sessions or completed roundtables, and Individual proposals due. Individual presenters are encouraged to submit directly to an appropriate specific session or roundtable organizer whenever possible. Remaining individual presentations will be grouped or inserted into sessions at the discretion of the committee. Instructions for completed sessions submissions are forthcoming.  NOTE: organizers of open session will also need to (re)submit their now completed session in this round with all the necessary presenter details.

February 1, 2024: All notifications of acceptance will be sent out by the conference committee. Please note that all presenters must be current on their AATI membership in order for their proposals to be accepted for the conference. 

February 1 – April 15, 2024: Early Bird Registration Pricing

April 15 – May 15, 2024: Regular Registration Pricing (+$25 or more depending on membership level)

May 15, 2024: Conference Registration Deadline.

Please note that this is an in-person conference, and that no streaming sessions, online presentations, or pre-recorded participation can be accommodated.