- History & Politics
Typologies of Prayer in Dante’s “Divine Comedy”
Book presentation of
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- Art
Propaganda: The Art of Political Indoctrination
A documentary short about the exhibition on view at Casa Italiana March 4 – April 17, 2020, featuring interviews with Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini and exhibition curator Nicola Lucchi. Video by Awen Films.
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- History & Politics
Mussolini’s Camps
Carlo Spartaco Capogreco illustrates the topic of civilian internment in Fascist Italy on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, together with Silvana Patriarca, Rudolf Mrazek and Mary Gibson. February 3, 2020
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- Art
Rewriting Old Master Narratives in “Titian’s Touch”
Maria H. Loh (CUNY), author of “Titian’s Touch: Art, Magic and Philosophy,” in conversation with Ara H. Merjian (NYU) and Jane Tylus (Yale). December 16, 2019
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- Economy & Finance
Federico Rampini presents “Quando inizia la nostra storia”
The author and journalist in conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). December 10, 2019
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Medieval Medicine and Literature
A lecture about Galenic presence in Dante’s writing by Paola Ureni (CUNY). December 2, 2019
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Ian Thomson: Writing About Levi
Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
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Terra Matta (with Stefano Panzeri)
Presented by In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Fall Edition
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The Humanities and the Sciences: Their Epistemologies
A lecture by Richard Foley, NYU
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Lina Bolzoni presents “Una meravigliosa solitudine”
Una meravigliosa solitudine L’arte di leggere nell’Europa moderna (Einaudi, 2019)
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Medardo Rosso and Modern Sculpture
A lecture by art historian Sharon Hecker on Medardo Rosso and the contemporary origins of modern sculpture. November 5, 2019
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Where Evil Leans Hard on Good
Author of Empire’s Mobius Strip Stephanie Malia Hom discusses Italy’s migrant detention centers and colonial concentration camps, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). November 4, 2019
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