Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Annam Iyer   Many different groups have come and taken power in Sicily. In chronological order, Sicily has been possessed by the Greeks, Phoenicians/Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spanish, Bourbons, and the US and England in modern times before being considered fully part of Italy. Thus, Sicily’s population and…

Posted by annam on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Bernstein and Pellegrino Makes Summer Hit With Assistance From Hayley

We put a lot of effort into making a full music video from scratch–we produced, wrote, filmed, and edited ourselves. Hope you enjoy:  

Posted by alexb on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Interview with Vittoria

I interviewed Vittoria on the train ride back to Cefalù from Siracusa, which was June 1 around 2:00 pm. Vittora is a teacher at Culturforum in Cefalù and has been our tour guide throughout this trip. She lives in a town about 10km outside of Palermo. I was interested in the differences between family life…

Posted by Caroline Powers on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Alex Bernstein, Chase Janikowsi, and Dylan Folsom take on Siracusa!

In our final adventure, we have decided to give you an interactive tour with the city. The link is below:

Posted by alexb on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Who Impacted Sicilian Culture the Most?

http://philome.la/emstudentacount/who-impacted-sicilian-culture-the-most Here is the link to the “game” I created for my final project to see who they choose to be most influential to Sicilian culture. Essentially this game is completely dependent on the person playing it and their answer choices. Questions are given and the player must choose the choice they think they align…

Posted by emily on June 2, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Leaving Sicily

On Saturday at 12:30pm, I began my walk to the Cefalù train station. At 1:06pm I boarded a train to Palermo, and then took a bus to the airport. At 5pm, I flew from Palermo to Rome. Then, at 10pm, I flew from Rome to Dublin. I spent the night in Ireland and finally departed…

Posted by on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Interview with Jessica from Cathedral Coffee

For my one-on-one interview, I spoke with Jessica, a hostess/waitress at Cathedral Coffee at Piazza del Duomo. She is a middle-aged woman, born and brought up in Cefalu. She works at Cathedral Coffee from 7am-3pm; then she gets involved with local Cefalu politics. Jessica is the daughter of the owner of Cathedral Coffee. She started…

Posted by annam on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Julieni from Tentazioni Mediterranee

The following interview has been scribed and paraphrased by me through listening to the 20-minute recording and translating as much as I could. Although it may not be perfect, I found the experience satisfying and hope that most of the information is correct and conveys Julieni’s answers well: Audio Recording I decided to interview Julieni,…

Posted by chase on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Phoinissai and Seven Against Thebes

On Wednesday, we went to Siracusa’s ancient theatre and saw a presentation of Phoinissai (“The Phoenician Women”) by Euripides, which follows a similar plot to “Seven Against Thebes” by Aeschylus. Both plays depict the conflict between Polynices and Eteocles for the Theban throne; because the brothers had attempted to hide their father away for his shame in marrying his mother, Oedipus…

Posted by dylan on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Siracusa Video Tour

Watch my video tour of Siracusa here! Sources: Tour guide: Walking tour of Sicily http://www.dl.ket.org/latin/mythology/3fables/love/alpheus.htm http://www.italianways.com/the-fountain-of-diana-in-syracuse-and-arethusas-metamorphosis/ http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art423.htm

Posted by Izzy Lewis on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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