{"id":9844,"date":"2026-10-20T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:23:41","slug":"26th-edition-of-the-italian-language-in-the-world-contest-for-k-12-schools-and-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2026\/10\/26th-edition-of-the-italian-language-in-the-world-contest-for-k-12-schools-and-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD &#8211; 26th EDITION: CONTEST FOR K-12 SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>26th Annual Edition of the Week of Italian Language in the World<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>October 19-25, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Brilliant language: Conceiving, Designing, and Creating with Italian<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), scheduled for October 19\u201324, 2026, will be themed \u201cA Language of Genius: Conceiving, Designing, and Creating with Italian.\u201d This competition draws inspiration from the chosen theme for SLIM, which celebrates the linguistic, cultural, and social sphere of the Italian language, envisioning a global community of people united by a passion for our language. Genius and creativity are embodied by those who have brought Italy\u2019s values, ideas, and vision to the United States; American students currently studying Italian will have the opportunity to interview these individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Students from K-12 schools and universities within this Consular jurisdiction are invited to participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/conssanfrancisco.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Concorso-SLIM_2026_SF.pdf\">competition <strong>\u201cA Language of Genius: Conceiving, Designing, and Creating with Italian \u2013 The Interview!\u201d<\/strong> as described here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All entries must be submitted by <strong>December 31, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"26th Annual Edition of the Week of Italian Language in the World October 19-25, 2026 Brilliant language: Conceiving, Designing, and Creating with Italian The Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), scheduled for October 19\u201324, 2026, will be themed \u201cA Language of Genius: Conceiving, Designing, and Creating with Italian.\u201d This competition draws inspiration [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9851,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9844\/revisions\/9851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}