Scudit
Italian Language and Culture
School for Foreigners
THE GIULIA GRASSI SCHOLARSHIP
THE GIULIA GRASSI SCHOLARSHIP
Scudit awards the Giulia Grassi Scholarship every year. The scholarship is presented to the winners of an international online competition hosted on Matdid, our website dedicated to teaching resources for learners and teachers of Italian.
From 22 January to 22 February, visitors can take part in the competition by completing an online quiz published on Matdid.
🏆 First Prize
Two weeks of tuition plus accommodation
🏆 Second Prize
Two weeks of tuition
Every participant also receives a prize, proportional to the number of correct answers given in the quiz.
The competition is open to all foreign citizens.
No knowledge of Italian is required. Everyone is welcome to take part, including people who have never studied Italian before.
Don't forget: on 22 January, visit Matdid and join the competition.
You'll always win something. You'll never lose.
Giulia Grassi co-founded Scudit together with Roberto Tartaglione.
A specialist in Byzantine studies and archaeology, she was responsible for the school's entire cultural programme. From the late 1990s onwards she designed and led many of our history and art activities, organised countless special events and was in charge of the "Two Weeks in Rome" programme.
Her greatest gift was guiding students through Rome. Every visit became a lesson in art and Roman history. The clarity of her explanations - and, above all, the clarity of her ideas - made even complex subjects accessible to students whose Italian was still quite limited.
When people asked her, "How do you manage to make yourself understood by everyone?", she would usually reply:
"I've spent my whole life trying to explain things to Italian fifteen-year-olds who weren't exactly bursting with enthusiasm. Making myself understood by a Japanese beginner at A1 level... that's easy!"
The teacher-training videos and webinars that are now part of Scudit's archive continue to provide the foundation for the guided visits we organise today.
Her way of teaching is still alive and well.