Following the screening of the 2006 film “I Siciliani.” A conversation with director Francesco Lama and actor Maria Grazia Cucinotta. Moderated by Stefano Albertini (NYU). April 9, 2018
Watch the video: Presentation of “I Siciliani” with Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Part of The Global Dante Project of New York. Papers by Andrea Mazzucchi (Università di Napoli), Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington), Simon Gilson (University of Oxford), and Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU). April 6, 2018
Watch the video: CONVIVIO: Dante’s Philosophical Treatise
The problem of the beatific vision in the academic reading of Dante. A lecture by Zygmunt G. Barański (University of Cambridge / University of Notre Dame). April 5, 2018
Watch the video: Studying Dante’s Religious Culture
A lecture by Neelam Srivastava, Newcastle University, on the colonial history of Italy nad its impact on twentieth-century ideas of empire and anti-colonialism. April 3, 2018
Watch the video: Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire
Of Cold Hands, Blind Eyes, and White Hair: Physical and Psychological Aging in the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi. A lecture by Francesco Izzo, University of Southampton, co-director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies at NYU. April 2, 2018
Watch the video: Old Age in the Operas of Giuseppe Verdi
A lecture by Jacopo Galimberti (University of Manchester) about revolutionaries in art in 1960s and 1970s Italy. March 29, 2018
Watch the video: The Worker, the Militant, and the Monster
Singer and pianist Delilah Gutman and violinist Rephael Negri perform Jewish music from Ancient Times until Today, from the Middle East to the West. March 27, 2018
Watch the video: Amen Amin Aman
A panel in honor of Paolo Boldrini, Editor-in-chief of the Gazzetta di Mantova – Italy’s oldest daily newspaper – featuring Andrea Fiano (Global Finance Magazine), Stefano Vaccara (La Voce di New York). With the participation of Andrea Visconti (L’Espresso) and actor Francesco Andolfi. Moderated by Stefano Albertini (NYU). March 28, 2018
Watch the video: Giornali locali in un mondo globale
Author and poet Annie Lanzillotto presents her latest flip book Hard Candy / Pitch Roll Yaw with special guests John Gennari (University of Vermont) and Kathleen Zamboni-McCormick. March 22, 2018
Watch the video: Annie Lanzillotto presents “Hard Candy / Pitch Roll Yaw”
In partnership with Save Venice, a lecture by Melissa Conn. March 20, 2018
Watch the video: Restoring Carpaccio’s Saint Ursula Cycle
Mario Martella’s daughter, Carla, and director Sergio Basso – in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) – discuss the life of and works about the Righteous Among the Nations recipient. March 9, 2018
Watch the video: Presentation of “The Lucky Star”
Photographer Carlo Rocchi Bilancini talks about his work and, in particular, the exhibition Migrations, on view at Casa Italiana February 28 – March 23, 2018.
Watch the video: MIGRATION. An interview with Carlo Rocchi Bilancini