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26-30.09.2024 European Day of Languages 2024 in Venice and Treviso

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European Day of Languages - Languages for History: Travellers and Travelling Women

26 September 9.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Auditorium Santa Margherita - Emanuele Severino, Dorsoduro 3689, Venice
30 September 5.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. Casa Robegan, via Antonio Canova 38, Treviso

Free admission subject to availability

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On Thursday 26 September 2024, the European Day of Languages was celebrated throughout Europe. Venice and Treviso took part in the official celebrations with the event "European Day of Languages - Languages for History: Travelling Men and Women".

The Ca' Foscari University of Venice with the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies and the CLA Centro Linguistico di Ateneo, the USR Veneto Regional School Office, the Italian office of the Council of Europe, the Mazzotti Foundation, the Marciana National Library, the Marco Polo Committee for the 700th anniversary of the death of the famous Venetian traveller and Europe Direct of the Venice City Council - the European Union's information network which in Veneto has the Venice City Council as its leader - organised the European Day of Languages 2024.

Since 2021 Europe Direct of the Municipality of Venice has been the national contact point for the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe in Graz, responsible for the official website translated into 37 different languages.

As in previous editions and since 2001, the initiative invites people to reflect on the importance of language learning for the integral growth of the individual and on the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity as an intangible heritage to be cherished, respected and protected.

2024 is the European Year of Skills! The European Commission has designated 2024 as the European Year of Skills in order to give more importance and space to the priorities of young people in policy areas relevant to the European Union and the European Day of Languages 2024 is part of the activities dedicated to young Europeans.

The 24th edition of the European Day of Languages was held in Veneto on 26 and 30 September 2024 in Venice and Treviso with two days of events open to the public (free admission subject to availability).
This year's theme: "Languages for History: Travelling Men and Women" celebrated linguistic and cultural plurality in Europe. The European Day of Languages saw students from schools in the Veneto Region and Ca' Foscari University involved in various educational activities for the acquisition of several languages and cultural awareness.

This year, the event was held in collaboration with the University Language Centre (CLA) of Ca' Foscari University in Venice. On Thursday 26 September 2024, it organized in the garden of Palazzina Briati an afternoon of workshops for adults, families and children on the Mongolian language and culture entitled "In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Let's get to know Mongolian language and culture" to commemorate 700th anniversary of the death of the famous Venetian traveler Marco Polo.

In the evening of Thursday 26 September, Biennale Musica kicked off with the inaugural concert “Polyphonies.” at the Teatro la Fenice. More information here: https://www.labiennale.org/en/music/2024.

PROGRAMME OF THE 26 SEPTEMBER IN VENICE:

9.30 a.m. Institutional greetings
Tiziana Lippiello, Rector of Ca' Foscari University in Venice
Alessio Cotugno, Pro-rector for Communication and Knowledge Enhancement, Ca' Foscari University in Venice
Mario Schwetz, Director of the Italian office of the Council of Europe in Venice
Angela Riggio, Head of Office II - Regional School Office for the Veneto Region
Coordinates

Caterina Carpinato, Ca' Foscari University in Venice

10.00 a.m. The journey through books
Stefano Trovato, Director of the Marciana National Library
10.15 a.m. The journey between discovery, wonder and adventure
Chiara De Caprio, University of Naples Federico II
10.30 a.m. European youth mobility: fostering multilingualism
Francesca Vianello, Head of Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the City of Venice
10.45 a.m. Award ceremony for students from schools in the Veneto region
11.30 a.m. Award ceremony for Ca' Foscari students: reading of sentences from the beginning of Marco Polo's “The Million” in some languages taught at Ca' Foscari University in Venice
12.10 p.m. Presentation of the play “Rise and Fall of Oedipus the Bourgeois”
Theater workshop in Central and Southeast European languages of the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies, University of Padua
12.25 p.m. Musical Closure
Musical Ensemble of Marco Polo High School, Venice
4.00 p.m. Presentation of the play “Rise and Fall of Oedipus the Bourgeois”
Theater workshop in Central and Southeast European languages of the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies, University of Padua
5.30 p.m. Closing of the Day

2.00 - 6.45 p.m. “In the footsteps of Marco Polo: let's learn about Mongolian language and culture”
Elisabetta Ragagnin, Raima Auyeskhan, Ca' Foscari University in Venice
Palazzina Briati (Fondamenta Briati, Dorsoduro 2530, Venice), garden
2.00 - 2.45 p.m. Workshop for children/children
3.00 - 3.45 p.m. Workshop for children/and parents
6.00 - 6.45 p.m. Workshop for adults

8.00 p.m. Biennale Musica 2024 inaugural concert "Polyphonies”

REBECCA SAUNDERS (1967) WOUND * (2022) (38’) for ensemble and orchestra

Teatro La Fenice, Venice

PROGRAMME OF THE 30 SEPTEMBER IN TREVISO:

5.00 p.m. Institutional greetings

Maria Teresa De Gregorio, Councillor for Culture, Museums, Libraries, Cultural Heritage, Territorial Marketing and Tourism of the Municipality of Treviso
Alessio Cotugno, Pro-rector for Communication and Knowledge Enhancement, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Stefano Soriani, Director of the Interdepartmental Center “School in Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship for International Exchanges” Ca' Foscari University Venice
Caterina Carpinato, Ca' Foscari University in Venice
Angela Riggio, Head of Office II - Regional School Office for the Veneto Region
Coordinates
Emma Sdegno, Ca' Foscari University in Venice and President of the Giuseppe Mazzotti Foundation

5.25 p.m. European youth mobility: fostering multilingualism
Francesca Vianello, Head of Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the City of Venice

5.40 p.m. Marco Polo. Stories and comics

Marco Tabilio, author of "Marco Polo. The Silk Road"

6.00 p.m. Presentation of the project “Translating Comics in Treviso. Travelling with Marco Polo on the Silk Road.”

Translations of the graphic novel "Marco Polo. The Silk Road" in English, LIS and Spanish by lecturers and students/students of the Master's Degree Course in Translation and Interpretation at Ca' Foscari University in Venice.

8:00 p.m. Final greetings

Since 2021 EUROPE DIRECT Venezia Veneto has been the national contact point for the European Day of Languages.

Visit the dedicated section of the website to find useful downloadable materials and for information if you would like to join the initiative by organising your own event.

The European Day of Languages is an event held across Europe every year on September 26 with the aim of raising awareness of the wide variety of languages in Europe promote cultural and linguistic diversity encourage people of all ages to learn languages, because speaking more than one makes it easier to get in touch with people and helps people find jobs and grow businesses.

The European Day of Languages was established by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, representing 800 million Europeans from 47 different countries. Many cultural and language institutes, associations, universities and, in particular, schools participate. Established in 2001, on the occasion of the European Year of Languages, this day has been celebrated every year since then.

On 26 September and the days before and afterwards, language courses, games, talks, radio programmes and many other initiatives were organised throughout Europe.

- EVENTS IN EUROPE: events can be found on the Council of Europe's European Day of Languages website

- EVENTS IN ITALY: events can be found on the website of the European Commission Representation (in cooperation with their partners in all EU Member States)

Visit the official website of the European Day of Languages

To commemorate the European Day of Languages, the Executive Director of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe, Sarah Breslin, made a short video which is available in English and French.

Moreover, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, issued a statement for the European Day of Languages. Lithuania currently holds the presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for the term May-November 2024.

Some photos of the event: