
INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
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Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
View details about the event: INFINITO: A Translation MarathonExtended through May 27, 2022!
Watch the video: Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New YorkOn the occasion of the world premiere of the opera “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” Music by Ricky Ian Gordon Libretto by Michael Korie Directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford Based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani
Watch the video: Judge Guido Calabresi on “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis”On the occasion of the world premiere of the opera “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” Music by Ricky Ian Gordon Libretto by Michael Korie Directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford Based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani
Watch the video: Judge Guido Calabresi on “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” [EXTENDED INTERVIEW]Today’s word is TOMBOLA, the traditional Christmas Italian bingo.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Tombola”Today’s word is FOCACCIA, the typical Italian flat-bread.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Focaccia”“The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children’s Rights” by Erica Moretti (FIT – SUNY)
Watch the video: “The Best Weapon for Peace” Book PresentationLa voce di New York
Read more about: New York: la musa del grande cinema tra le pellicole del Novecento (open in a new tab)Today’s word is SPICCIARE, Italian for getting things done, or for hurrying up.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Spicciare”Part of the series “Le Conversazioni”
Watch the video: New York At the MoviesLa voce di New York
Read more about: In seno al Dante Project di New York: l’opera oltre la Divina Commedia (open in a new tab)Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ceffo”Part of N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) Film Festival
Watch the video: A Conversation with “El Numero Nueve” director Pablo BenedettiPart of the N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) Film Festival
Watch the video: Dante in Silent Italian CinemaFiorentina.it
Read more about: ‘El Numero Nueve’, il docu-film su Gabriel Batistuta sbarca al N.I.C.E. Festival a New York (open in a new tab)Paolo Naso, Università La Sapienza, Rome Author of “Martin Luther King. Una storia americana” (Laterza, 2021)
Watch the video: Martin Luther King Jr.: An “Italian” StoryWashington Square News
Read more about: ‘I’m like the slut of literature’: Fran Lebowitz speaks at NYU’s Casa Italiana (open in a new tab)Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Racconto”A Q&A, following the screening of: Before the Close of Day Passages from Dante’s Purgatorio (USA, 75′)
Watch the video: Peter Lucas presents “Before the Close of Day”Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.
Watch the video: A Conversation with Roberto Scarcella PerinoToday’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Bischero”RSI
Read more about: New York città che ci ripensa (open in a new tab)Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”The Dante Project of New York
Watch the video: Epistole, Ecloghe, Questio: Dante’s Epistles and His Latin Works of the Last YearsBook Presentation
Watch the video: Italian Neorealism: A Cultural HistoryToday’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Tremendo”Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Omertà”Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Polpettone”Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Paraculo”La Repubblica
Read more about: Podcast: Antonio Monda on the Exhibition “Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York” (open in a new tab)Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Schizzo”Eleonora Stoppino (University of Illinois) in conversation with Alice Balestrino (University of Illinois)
Watch the video: Inferno 29: On ContagionPaola Nasti (Northwestern University) in conversation with Nicolò Maldina (The University of Edinburgh)
Watch the video: Paradiso 11: The Untold Riches of LoveToday’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Zonzo”La voce di New York
Read more about: New York prima di 9-11: gli scatti di Fulvio Roiter alla New York University (open in a new tab)Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Daragh O’Connell (University College Cork)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 8: Community and Exclusion in the Valley of the Negligent RulersGlenn Steinberg (The College of New Jersey) in conversation with Carolyn Scott (National Cheng Kung University)
Watch the video: Inferno 9: Styx and Stones. In Honor of Mark MusaBeatrice Arduini (University of Washington, Seattle) in conversation with Paolo Borsa (Université de Fribourg)
Watch the video: Paradiso 8: Only the Good Die YoungAdoyo (Georgetown University) in conversation with Dennis Looney (Modern Language Association)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 17: Dante Craftsman: Poet of JusticeDanielle Callegari (Dartmouth College) in conversation with Anna Wainwright (University of New Hampshire)
Watch the video: Inferno 6: Gluttony, Food, and the Body PoliticToday’s word is SCENA, the Italian word for scene.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Scena”Alberto Gelmi (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in conversation with Filippo Fabbricatore (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
Watch the video: Paradiso 9: Make Love, Make War, and Sing About ItAlessandro Vettori (Rutgers University) in conversation with Isabella Magni (Rutgers University)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 32: The Allegory of Political and Spiritual Change in EdenMary Watt (University of Florida) in conversation with Maggie Fritz-Morkin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Watch the video: Inferno 21: Comedy, Carnival, and Conduct in the MalebolgeClaudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Nora Stoppino (University of Illinois)
Watch the video: Paradiso 3: Seeing Clearly: Liquid Smiles and Gendered Sorrow