Topic: Italian Society

• Art

1982-2002: A Chronology for Italian Queer Movements

• Cinema

Rossella Schillaci presents “Libere – Free Women”

• Art

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

Alba Capriati Lecture

• 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

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

Part of the series Black Italia

• 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

• History & Politics

Calvino and the Americas (Panel Discussions)

Calvino and the Americas

• History & Politics

Elsa Morante’s “Lies and Sorcery” presented at NYU

Lies and Sorcery (2023, New York Review Books)

• Cinema & Television

Presentation of “Shelter: Farewell to Eden”

Director Enrico Masi in conversation with Alessandra Lancellotti, ass. director David Forgacs, NYU Giulia Sbaffi, NYU

• History & Politics

Pages Ripped Out of My Skin: Pier Vittorio Tondelli. The Man, His Quest, His Works

Book Presentation of “Ho sempre cercato tutto Pier Vittorio Tondelli: l’uomo, la ricerca, le opere” by Fr. Antonio Spadaro s.J. (Undersecretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education)

• History & Politics

The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

Book Presentation The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia (2023, NYU Press) by Paul Moses

• History & Politics

Lovers’ Letters

Theatrical Performance Lovers’ Letters

• Cinema & Television

“Maka” Q&A with Elia Moutamid and Simone Brioni

Director Elia Moutamid and screenwriter Simone Brioni present their documentary “Maka” in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU).

• Cinema & Television

A Call for Disobedience: The Unexpected Revolution of Two Priests in Post-War Italy

An introduction to Don Primo Mazzolari by Diletta Pasetti, Rutgers University An introduction to Don Lorenzo Milani by Vanessa Roghi, historian and author

• Art

Vanessa Roghi presents “In Search of Elsa Morante”

Following the screening of “In Search of Elsa Morante” (“In cerca di Elsa Morante. Storia di una scrittrice)

• Art

Eros: Thinking, Feeling, Writing Love from Classical Antiquity to Early Modernity

A two-day international symposium organized by Ida Caiazza, NYU.

• Art

Q&A with director John Maggio and Grazia d’Annunzio

AdDRESSing Style The Rise of the Italian Fashion Industry

• Art

“Devoti Tutti” Q&A with director Bernadette Wegenstein

Following the screening of “Devoti Tutti” (2023)

• Casa Italiana

Presentation of “Stonebreakers”

Introductory remarks by Roberto Múkaro Borrero, Kasike of the Guainía Taíno Tribe and organizer of Indigenous Peoples’ Day NYC

• Art

Moda Menu: The Longtime Affair of Food & Fashion

Part of the series “AdDRESSing Style”

• Art

Eleonora di Toledo and the Creation of the Boboli Gardens

Book Presentation “Eleonora di Toledo and the Creation of the Boboli Gardens” by Bruce Edelstein, NYU Florence

• Art

2022-2023 Highlights: Casa’s Comeback

2022-2023 Season Highlights “Casa’s Comeback”

• Cinema & Television

“The Legend of Carlo Tresca” Film Presentation

In collaboration with The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

• Cinema & Television

“Our Return to Italy” Presentation

Directors Marylou & Jerome Bongiorno in conversation with Anthony J. Tamburri, Dean, Calandra Institute, CUNY

• Gastronomy

Recitar Mangiando: Fred Plotkin on Opera and Food in conversation with Stefano Albertini

On the occasion of the publication of Italy for Food Lovers (Avalon, 2023) by Rick Steves and Fred Plotkin. Author and expert on everything Italian Fred Plotkin talks about food and Italy, through selections from operatic productions, in conversation with Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini.

• History & Politics

Only Mozart Is Missing

Part of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2023

• History & Politics

Roundtable with Cristina Ubah Ali Farah, Djarah Kan, and Chiara Tagliaferri (Multipli Forti 2 Edition)

Roundtable with authors: Cristina Ubah Ali Farah Djarah Kan Chiara Tagliaferri

• Italian Society

The Publication and Promotion of Italian Literature in Anglophone Markets (Multipli Forti 2 Edition)

Multipli Forti Voices from Contemporary Italian Literature

• Cinema & Television

A Conversation with Franco Grillini

Franco Grillini in conversation with Filippo Vendemmiati Rachel Love, NYU Brian DeGrazia, Independent scholar

• History & Politics

Interrupted Narratives and Intersectional Representationsin Italian Postcolonial Literature

The author Caterina Romeo in conversation with Edvige Giunta (New Jersey City University) and Gabriella Romani (Seton Hall University).

• Cinema & Television

Screening Precarious Lives: Recent Developments in Italian Documentary Filmmaking

A lecture by Áine O’Healy (Loyola Marymount University)

• Art

Dante’s ‘Inferno’: Multiple Approaches

A Graduate Conference

• Cinema & Television

“L’occhio di vetro” (The Glass Eye) Q&A with director Duccio Chiarini

Following the screening of The Glass Eye (L’occhio di vetro) Written and Directed by Duccio Chiarini

• Art

Made in Italy | Sold in America: An Exhibition at NYU Casa Italiana

NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò presents: Made in Italy | Sold in America Fashion in Attenzione Magazine, 1979-1987 An exhibition of historical magazines, including fashion from the NYU Costume Studies MA Study Collection

• Art

Neorealist Architecture: Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy

Book presentation by David Escudero (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)

• Art

A Conversation with Marcella Martin and Antony Shugaar

On the occasion of the opening of Made in Italy | Sold in America Fashion in Attenzione Magazine, 1979-1987

• Art

Female Agency and Religion in Counter-Reformation Italy

A double lecture by Ida Caiazza, NYU Eleonora Carinci, Oslo University

• Casa Italiana

Italian Minister Antonio Tajani Visits NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò

View full event here.

• History & Politics

Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy

Book Presentation of Against Redemption: Democracy, Memory, and Literature in Post-Fascist Italy (Fordham University Press, 2022)

• History & Politics

A Conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani

Educational Opportunities in Italy

• History & Politics

Three Memoirs of Fiume

Part of GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA 2023

• Casa Italiana

Presentation of “Tutti in Scena”

On the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of KIT – Kairos Italy Theater

• Cinema & Television

A Conversation with Eva Robin’s

On the occasion of the American debut of evə (The Tank NYC December 13-14, 2022)

• Art

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò 2021-22 Highlights (English Version)

2021-22 Season Highlights

• Art

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò 2021-22 Highlights (Versione Italiana)

2021-22 Season Highlights

• History & Politics

Homage to Angelo Del Boca (1925-2021)

Panelists: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU David Forgacs, NYU Silvana Patriarca, Fordham University

• History & Politics

Manzoni, Dostoevsky, and Borges: Lessons to Be Learned from the Papal Reading List

A Lectio Magistralis by Fr. Antonio Spadaro s.J. (Editor in Chief, Civiltà Cattolica)

• History & Politics

Manzoni Today: Why Not?

On the occasion of the publication of The Betrothed A new translation by Michael F. Moore of Alessandro Manzoni’s I promessi sposi

• Art

“Viaggio nel crepuscolo” Film Presentation

Part of the New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival Celebrating its 32nd edition in the United States

• Art

“Just Passing Through” The Diaries and Photographs of Milton Gendel

Book Presentation “Just Passing Through A Seven-Decade Roman Holiday The Diaries and Photographs of Milton Gendel” (2022, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

• History & Politics

Laboratory Italy: Revolution and Civil War in Italy in the 1970s

A lecture by Michael Hardt, Duke University

• Art

THE MUTATION – Walking with Manzoni

A short documentary about the exhibition “The Mutation: Walking with Manzoni” Photographs by Mike Slack Curated by Gaia Giani In collaboration with Micamera Milan

• Cinema & Television

Women in Italian Cinema: An Inclusive Project

In collaboration with WICIP Women in Italian Cinema: An Inclusive Project

• Art

Laughing with Manzoni: Parodies of The Betrothed in Comics and TV

Presentations by Serena Moscardelli, Ph.D. Candidate in Italian Studies Anita Quero, Ph.D. Candidate in Italian Studies

• History & Politics

The “Discovery” of Religious Freedom

The Italian Immigrants in the United States From the “Confessional Order” to the First Amendment

• Art

Book Presentation: “Whaddyacall the Wind?”

Whaddyacall the Wind? (Bordighera Press, 2022)

• Art

Book Presentation: THE BETROTHED

The Betrothed (I promessi sposi) (Penguin Random House, 2022)