Topic: History & Politics

• Literature

Malaparte: A Biography

Book presentation with author Maurizio Serra

• History & Politics

The Murder of Giacomo Matteotti: Dictatorships, Democracies, and the Oil Wars

Historian Mauro Canali in conversation with Natalia Indrimi and Ruth Ben-Ghiat

• History & Politics

Blackness, Power and Representation in Renaissance Florence

Part of the series “Race, Migration, Italy”

• History & Politics

David Modigliani presents “Pack One Bag”

In conversation with author Richard Wolffe

• History & Politics

Presentation of “Oltre i bordi” and the English translation of “Commander of the River”

• Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Rebecca Miller

This event is part of Le Conversazioni

• History & Politics

A Conversation with Angel Blue

Angel Blue, sorpano

• Art

It Begins with a Name: Learning to Remember the Triangle Fire

Alba Capriati Lecture

• Cinema & Television

Angela Dalle Vacche presents “Sangue Bleu” (1914)

Part of the Festival Drama Queens: When Melodrama Meets Film

• History & Politics

Jane Gaines presents “Ma l’amor mio non muore!” (1913)

Part of the Festival Drama Queens: When Melodrama Meets Film

• Literature

Vito Adriaensens presents “Rapsodia Satanica” (1917)

Part of the Festival Drama Queens: When Melodrama Meets Film

• Literature

Pinocchio’s Truth: The Real Messages of the World’s Best-Lovedand Most Misinterpreted Tale

A lecture by Anna Kraczyna Co-translator of the Penguin Classics edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

• Cinema & Television

‘Big Night’ One, Two, Three: Notions of an Italian/American Identity

A lecture and visual presentation by Anthony J. Tamburri (Dean at the Calandra Italian American Institute)

• Art

Dressing the Screen: The Best Fashion-Shows in Movies

AdDRESSing Style

• Cinema & Television

Presentation of “Talien” with director Elia Moutamid

Part of the series Black Italia Following the screening of “Talien”

• History & Politics

Contemporary Theater by Italians of African Descent: The Playwrights, the Stories, the Challenges

Part of the series Black Italia

• History & Politics

Puccini Fest: Celebrating Giacomo Puccini on the 100th Anniversary of His Death

Presented in collaboration with Lunigiana International Music Festival Fondazione Festival Pucciniano, Torre del Lago

• Art

The Platonist in Love: Poetry, Love and Magic in Renaissance Italy

Book presentation of Il Platonico innamorato: Poesia, Amore, Magia in Francesco Patrizi da Cherso by Tommaso Ghezzani, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

• Cinema & Television

Autumn of Patriarchs

Antonio Monda and Stefano Albertini on “The Godfather” and “The Leopard”

• Art

The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Part of GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA 2024

• History & Politics

A Conversation with Gianandrea Noseda

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin.

• History & Politics

Book Presentation: “An Ugly Word. Rethinking Race in Italy and the United States”

Part of the series Black Italia

• Cinema & Television

A Lens on History: The Films of Lorenza Mazzetti

Psrt of Giorno della Memoria 2024

• History & Politics

Alessandra Belloni and I Giullari di Piazza feat. SudCantica

A Santa Lucia celebration performance of Sicilian folk music, featuring: Alessandra Belloni, artistic director, vocals & percussion John La Barbera, music director, guitarist & composer, chitarra battente & mandolin Steve Gorn, bansuri flutes, saxophone & clarinet Wilson Montuori, guitar

• Cinema & Television

Summer Minerva, Danila Cannamela, Marzia Mauriello on “Summer Within” and “Italian Trans Geographies”

Following the screening of “Summer Within” (2023, Documentary, USA, 70 min.)

• Cinema & Television

“The Best of Youth” at 20 with Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the film release of “La meglio gioventù” (The Best of Youth) Panel discussion with actors Fabrizio Gifuni and Sonia Bergamasco

• Cinema & Television

Forgotten Gems with Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste, writer in conversation with Antonio Monda, NYU

• History & Politics

The Bread of Angels: Wisdom and Music Behind Bars

Students from Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music collaborate with formerly incarcerated men and women to reveal the contemporary relevance of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The performance uses music and poetry to consider the parallels between contemporary journeys out of prison and Dante’s medieval journey out of hell.

• History & Politics

Dante’s Ancestors: The Poets of the Sicilian School. Intertextuality and Multiculturalism

International Symposium Dante’s Ancestors: The Poets of the Sicilian School Intertextuality and Multiculturalism

• Cinema & Television

Presentation of “Olimpia’s Way” (Acqua e anice)

Part of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival Celebrating its 33rd edition in the United States

• Art

Collective Ribbon: The Interwoven Voices of the Triangle Fire Memorial

An exhibition presented by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition Curated by Richard Joon Yoo and Uri Wegman, Co-designers of the Triangle Fire Memorial On view October 9, 2023 – March 29, 2024 (Mon-Fri 10-6)

• History & Politics

Remembering Renata Scotto

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin