INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Year: 2021
- Art
Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York
Extended through May 27, 2022!
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- Cinema & Television
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
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- Cinema & Television
Judge Guido Calabresi on “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” [EXTENDED INTERVIEW]
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
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Tombola”
Today’s word is TOMBOLA, the traditional Christmas Italian bingo.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Focaccia”
Today’s word is FOCACCIA, the typical Italian flat-bread.
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- History & Politics
“The Best Weapon for Peace” Book Presentation
“The Best Weapon for Peace: Maria Montessori, Education, and Children’s Rights” by Erica Moretti (FIT – SUNY)
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- Cinema & Television
New York: la musa del grande cinema tra le pellicole del Novecento
La voce di New York
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Spicciare”
Today’s word is SPICCIARE, Italian for getting things done, or for hurrying up.
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- Cinema & Television
Italy on Screen Today New York 2021 Edition
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New York At the Movies
Part of the series “Le Conversazioni”
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- Casa Italiana
In seno al Dante Project di New York: l’opera oltre la Divina Commedia
La voce di New York
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Ceffo”
Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
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- Cinema & Television
A Conversation with “El Numero Nueve” director Pablo Benedetti
Part of N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) Film Festival
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- Cinema & Television
Dante in Silent Italian Cinema
Part of the N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) Film Festival
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- Cinema & Television
‘El Numero Nueve’, il docu-film su Gabriel Batistuta sbarca al N.I.C.E. Festival a New York
Fiorentina.it
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- History & Politics
Martin Luther King Jr.: An “Italian” Story
Paolo Naso, Università La Sapienza, Rome Author of “Martin Luther King. Una storia americana” (Laterza, 2021)
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- Casa Italiana
‘I’m like the slut of literature’: Fran Lebowitz speaks at NYU’s Casa Italiana
Washington Square News
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Racconto”
Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
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- Art
Peter Lucas presents “Before the Close of Day”
A Q&A, following the screening of: Before the Close of Day Passages from Dante’s Purgatorio (USA, 75′)
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- Gastronomy
A Conversation with Roberto Scarcella Perino
Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Bischero”
Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
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- Art
New York città che ci ripensa
RSI
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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- Art
Namsal Siedlecki “Viandante” Exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute
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- History & Politics
Epistole, Ecloghe, Questio: Dante’s Epistles and His Latin Works of the Last Years
The Dante Project of New York
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- Art
Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History
Book Presentation
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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- Art
Podcast: Antonio Monda on the Exhibition “Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York”
La Repubblica
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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- Art
NYC Parks Rededicates Dante Alighieri Statue on 700th Anniversary of the Poet’s Death
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 29: On Contagion
Eleonora Stoppino (University of Illinois) in conversation with Alice Balestrino (University of Illinois)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 11: The Untold Riches of Love
Paola Nasti (Northwestern University) in conversation with Nicolò Maldina (The University of Edinburgh)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Zonzo”
Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
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- Art
New York prima di 9-11: gli scatti di Fulvio Roiter alla New York University
La voce di New York
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Purgatorio 8: Community and Exclusion in the Valley of the Negligent Rulers
Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Daragh O’Connell (University College Cork)
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- Art
“Fulvio Roiter: High-Rise New York” On View for the NYU Community
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 9: Styx and Stones. In Honor of Mark Musa
Glenn Steinberg (The College of New Jersey) in conversation with Carolyn Scott (National Cheng Kung University)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 8: Only the Good Die Young
Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington, Seattle) in conversation with Paolo Borsa (Université de Fribourg)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 17: Dante Craftsman: Poet of Justice
Adoyo (Georgetown University) in conversation with Dennis Looney (Modern Language Association)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 6: Gluttony, Food, and the Body Politic
Danielle Callegari (Dartmouth College) in conversation with Anna Wainwright (University of New Hampshire)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Scena”
Today’s word is SCENA, the Italian word for scene.
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 9: Make Love, Make War, and Sing About It
Alberto Gelmi (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in conversation with Filippo Fabbricatore (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 32: The Allegory of Political and Spiritual Change in Eden
Alessandro Vettori (Rutgers University) in conversation with Isabella Magni (Rutgers University)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 21: Comedy, Carnival, and Conduct in the Malebolge
Mary Watt (University of Florida) in conversation with Maggie Fritz-Morkin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 3: Seeing Clearly: Liquid Smiles and Gendered Sorrow
Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Nora Stoppino (University of Illinois)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 33: A Prophecy of Completion: new endings, new beginnings
Rodney Lokaj (Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”) in conversation with George Ferzoco (University of Bristol)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 8: Mad as Hell
Michael Sherberg (Washington University in St. Louis) in conversation with Suzanne Magnanini (University of Colorado)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Birichino”
Today’s word is BIRICHINO, Italian for a little rascal.
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 27: When St. Peter Storms, Lightning Strikes
Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University) in conversation with Maggie Fritz-Morkin (University of North Carolina)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 31: Answer Me! Interrogation and Confession
Mary Jo Bang (poet) in conversation with Regina Psaki (University of Oregon)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Bofonchiare”
Today’s word is BOFONCHIARE, Italian for mumbling and complaining.
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 23: Voice, Velocity, and the Pursuit of Gappiness
J. C. Wiles (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Robin Kirkpatrick (University of Cambridge)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 07: Beatrice on the Incarnation: Making the Impossible Possible
Joseph Romano (Columbia University) in conversation with Christopher Cullen (Fordham University)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Minestra”
Today’s word is MINESTRA, Italian for soup.
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 22: Statius and the Role of Poetry
Daniela Boccassini (The University of British Columbia) in conversation with Valerio Cappozzo (The University of Mississippi)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 11: Ordered Beauty of Hell
Catherine Adoyo (George Washington University) in conversation with Akash Kumar (Indiana University)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Pasticcio”
Today’s word is PASTICCIO and other derivations of the word.
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 18: Scripture as Theophany and Virtual Reality
William Franke (Vanderbilt University) in conversation with Jacob Abell (Vanderbilt University)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 14: Envy and Nostalgia in the Romagna
Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University) in conversation with Inga Pierson (NYU / Stanford Alumna)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Monello”
Today’s word is MONELLO, Italian for a brat, someone who is naughty.
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- Casa Italiana
Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion. An Interview with Jessica Gould
Toronto Film Magazine
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 4: Living Library of Limbo
Eugenio Refini (NYU) in conversation with Catherine Adoyo (George Washington University)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 32: The Rose Unfolds
Rookshar Myram (University of Catania) in conversation with Laura Ingallinella (Wellesley College)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Pogo”
Today’s word is POGO, Italian for a mosh pit.
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 23: Revisiting Dante’s Youth: A Literary and Historical Biography
Alyssa Granacki (Duke University) in conversation with Laura Banella (University of Oxford)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 14: Against Us at the Threshold of the Gate
Joseph Nicolello (Fordham University) in conversation with Rafa Torre de Silva (NYU)
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- Art
The Reappearing Pheasant [Part 3]
An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Poetry by Luigi Ballerini.
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 21: Saturn and Leo
Alessandra Borgia (Mechnikov University) in conversation with Anastasia Sidorchuk (Mechnikov University)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 25: Dante ‘Illuminated’ : The Challenge of Purgatorio 25
Melissa Conway (UCLA) in conversation with Tom Parisi (Saint Mary’s College)
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- Art
Against the Avant-Garde: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Contemporary Art, and Neocapitalism
Author Ara Merjian in conversation with Francesco Guzzetti, Teresa Kittler, Barry Schwabsky. Moderated by Alessandro Giammei. Co-presented with Magazzino Italian Art, Center for Italian Modern Art, Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 28: Scandalous Words, Split Bodies
Andrea Celli (University of Connecticut) in conversation with Akash Kumar (Indiana University)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 5: To Make a Deal with God: Vows and Free Will in Paradiso
Emily Olsen (Dante Society of America) in conversation with Erick Spahr (University of Oxford)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Furfante”
Today’s word is FURFANTE, Italian for a petty thief.
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 6: Hometown Blues
Alison Cornish (NYU) in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU)
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- History & Politics
Black Lives Matter in Italy: Movements & Mobilizations
Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia In collaboration with NYU Florence Ada Ugo Abara, Arising Africans Rahel Sereke, Cambio Passo Anthony Chima, Black Lives Matter Bologna Pierre Aboa, Black Lives Matter Bergamo Moderated by Candice Whitney, writer and translator Angelica Pesarini, NYU
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Sciocco”
Today’s word is SCIOCCO, Italian for silly (but also used to mean “saltless.”)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 25: Ophidiophobia
Eva Del Soldato (University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Marco Aresu (Wesleyan University)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 12: Metaphor Lasagna
Ellie Emslie Stevens (Pepperdine University) in conversation with Ruth Stevens (Literary Enthusiast!)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Solfeggio”
Today’s word is SOLFEGGIO.
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- Art
Made in Italy and Nation Branding
Part of the series “Tutti a Casa! Live Chats About All Things Italian”
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 10: Picture This
Nancy Vickers (Bryn Mawr College) in conversation with Kenneth Clarke (University of York)
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- Art
Glamorous, Glittering Gio’! Giovanna Battaglia with Grazia D’Annunzio
Part of the series AdDRESSing Style
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- Art
Dancing Divas: Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” on Video in 1950s Italy
Part of the series “Viva Voce”
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 22: ‘New Sport’: Humor, Humanity and the ‘Savage Company’
Francesco Di Giandomenico (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila) in conversation with Luca Serianni
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Zerbino”
Today’s word is ZERBINO, Italian for doormat.
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- Cinema & Television
Political Theater in Italian American Theater
Laura Caparrotti, Artistic Director, KIT – Kairos Italy Theater in conversation with Frank J. Avella, playwright Marcella Bencivenni, CUNY Excerpts read by Giacomo Rocchini and Mario Merone, KIT
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 15: Of Fathers and Sons
Jelena Todorović (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in conversation with Ernesto Livorni (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 11: The Laughing Page: Humor, Humility, and Mediation
Brenda Schildgen (University of California, Davis) in conversation with Kristin Nelson (University of Michigan)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Bizza”
Today’s word is BIZZA, Italian for a tantrum.
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- Art
Reimagining the Archives & Centering Black Histories
Part of the series Virtual Salons: Discourses on Black Italia
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 32: Frozen Hearts, Cold Actions
Martina Franzini (Boston College) in conversation with Giulia Wilkins (Boston College)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 14: Paradise Central
Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo) in conversation with Hannah Schmidt (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Formicolìo”
Today’s word is FORMICOLIO, Italian for a “swarm” or a “tingling sensation.”
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