Year: 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.

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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.

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• 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

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• Art

AFRO [2015]

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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• Italian Society

Tech and the City [2015]

The first event in the new series Eppur si muove / Yet it moves. Tech and the City authors Maria Teresa Cometto and Alessandro Piol in conversation with Brian Cohen (New York Angels) and Alberto Pepe (Authorea). April 15, 2015

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• Literature

Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema [2015]

Ruth Ben-Ghiat presents her latest book, Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema together with Joseph Luzzi (Bard College), Richard Peña (Columbia University), and Stanislao Pugliese (Hofstra University). April 9, 2015.

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• History & Politics

Fascism in the Pontine Marshes [2015]

A lecture by Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg (Brown University) offering a new point of view on the founding of New Towns as part of Mussolini’s attempts to remake Italy. April 2, 2015.

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• Music

An Evening with the Music of Luigi Tenco [2015]

Elena Buttiero, piano, and Ferdinando Molteni, voice, guitar, narration, perform songs and tell the story of singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco. April 1, 2015.

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