Video Library

• Literature

PEN 2015: The Passion of Elena Ferrante [2015]

Presented as part of The Literary Mews – a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival. Award-winning translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker) in conversation with NYU professor Rebecca Falkoff. May 8, 2015

• Literature

PEN 2015: Édouard Glissant – Everything Scatter, Scatter [2015]

Presented as part of The Literary Mews – a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival. A celebration of the late Martinican writer, poet and cultural commentator. With Kaiama Glover, Achille Mbembe and Veronique Tadjo. Moderated by Christopher Winks. May 8, 2015

• Fashion

A Conversation with Carlos Souza [2015]

Grazia d’Annunzio interviews Carlos Souza, as part of the series AdDRESSing Style. May 5, 2015.

• Literature

InScena 2015: Viola di mare [2015]

From the opening night of the 2015 InScena Italian theater festival. Viola di mare: By and with Isabella Carloni, based on the novel Minchia di re by Giacomo Pilati / Rovine Circolari Company (Ancona/Marche). May 4, 2015

Vanni S.F. Bookstore [2015]

Vanni Bookstore re-opens its doors after 20 years as "a pop-up bookstore and cultural space" under the auspices of the Primo Levi Center. Interviews by Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini. May 18, 2015.

Ota Benga – A Conversation with Antonio Monda [2015]

Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini interviews Antonio Monda, Italian writer, essayist, and professor, author of Ota Benga (2015). May 11, 2015.

• Literature

InScena 2015: Homage to Pasolini [2015]

From the opening night of the 2015 InScena Italian Theater Festival. Homage to Pasolini: A staged reading directed by Marco Calvani, with Rocco Sisto, Carlotta Brentan and Jacopo Rampini. May 4, 2015

• Art

AFRO [2015]

Interviews during the opening of the exhibition AFRO with works by Afro Basaldella (1912-1976). April 23 – May 29, 2015.

• History & Politics

Race, Law and Identity in Fascist Italy [2015]

A discussion on Race and Law based on Michael Livingston’s book "The Fascists and the Jews of Italy: Mussolini’s Race Laws, 1938–1943". April 30, 2015.

• Italian Society

Leaving Italy and American Success [2015]

A comparison between two books: "The Country where Anything is Possible" by Elisa Simonelli and "Far from Us" by Elena A. Perazzini. Moderated by Antonio Monda (NYU), with the participation of Mario Fratti, Elisabetta Volpe, Luca Lanzillotta and – from Italy – Emanuele Trevi. April 29, 2015

• Music

A Conversation with Piotr Beczala [2015]

Fred Plotkin in conversation with Polish tenor Piotr Beczala. Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. April 20, 2015

• Literature

Machiavelli: A Portrait [2015]

Machiavelli: A Portrait author Christopher Celenza (Johns Hopkins University) in conversation with NYU’s Virginia Cox and Stefano Albertini. April 16, 2015.