Topic: Italian Society

• Cinema & Television

Open Roads Round Table 2017

A roundtable with the artistic delegation of the Italian film festival Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, moderated by Jenny McPhee. June 3, 2017

• Cinema & Television

A Conversation with Pappi Corsicato

Director Pappi Corsicato in conversation with Stefano Albertini, on the occasion of his presence at the Tribeca Film Festival. April 29, 2017

• Italian Society

The Life and Work of Natalia Ginzburg

A panel discussion about Ginzburg, women writers, and the state of the art of translation, featuring Jenny McPhee (NYU), Jhumpa Lahiri (Princeton University), Ann Goldstein (editor, The New Yorker), Giovanna Calvino (NYU), Lynne Sharon Schwartz (Bennington College), moderated by Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). With the participation of Alessandra Ginzburg. April 28, 2017

• History & Politics

Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy

Presentation of Rhiannon Noel Welch’s volume, in conversation with NYU’s David Forgacs, Ann Morning, Ara Merjian and Rebecca Falkoff. April 10, 2017

• History & Politics

The Shallows and the Sickly Coast

A lecture on the history of menace and reassurance on the Adriatic seashore by Sean Cocco (Trinity College, CT). April 6, 2017

• Gastronomy

ART-ARTUSI: The Feast Days Food in Artusi Cuisine

As part of the first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, Casa Artusi and the Emilia-Romagna Region organized an event for the launch of Art-Artusi, an innovative project aimed at promoting Italian culture all over the world with innovative tools and on digital platforms. November 17, 2016

• Italian Society

Salvatore Settis and Alexander Stille present “If Venice Dies”

Co-presented with Friends of FAI. Salvatore Settis discusses his book “If Venice Dies” in conversation with Alexander Stille. October 31, 2016

• Italian Society

Preserving Italy [2016]

Domenica Marchetti presents her cook book Preserving Italy: Canning, Curing, Infusing, and Bottling Italian Flavors and Traditions, in conversation with food enthusiast Jacqueline Greaves Monda. September 15, 2016

• Italian Society

Italian Tastes with Licia Granello [2016]

Journalist and food expert Licia Granello talks about Italian cuisine with Dino Borri, Alberto Flores d’Arcais, Rosario Procino and Monia Solighetto. May 5, 2016

• Italian Society

Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City [2016]

Kristina Gill presents her Roman cuisine cookbook Tasting Rome, together with Jacqueline Greaves Monda and Stefano Albertini. April 21, 2016

• Art

Visualizing Love in the Renaissance [2016]

Sonia Evers from Save Venice gives a lecture on some of the most iconic Renaissance paintings that deal with love, marriage and sex. February 4, 2016

• Italian Society

“Nutella World” @ Casa Italiana Zerilli-marimò (NYU) [2015]

"Nutella World" with Gigi Padovani, Gianni Riotta, Dino Borri and Stefano Albertini. The history of Nutella and its role in Italian pop culture. Aired November 23, 2015

• Art

World Monuments Fund: 50 Years of Preserving Italy’s Glorious Monuments [2015]

FROM THE 1966 VENICE FLOOD TO THE PALAZZO FARNESE: An Audio/Visual Presentation by Lisa Ackerman, World Monuments Fund. May 20, 2015

• Italian Society

Leaving Italy and American Success [2015]

A comparison between two books: "The Country where Anything is Possible" by Elisa Simonelli and "Far from Us" by Elena A. Perazzini. Moderated by Antonio Monda (NYU), with the participation of Mario Fratti, Elisabetta Volpe, Luca Lanzillotta and – from Italy – Emanuele Trevi. April 29, 2015

• Italian Society

Tech and the City [2015]

The first event in the new series Eppur si muove / Yet it moves. Tech and the City authors Maria Teresa Cometto and Alessandro Piol in conversation with Brian Cohen (New York Angels) and Alberto Pepe (Authorea). April 15, 2015

• Italian Society

Friends of FAI present: Villa del Balbianello [2014]

A lecture by author and artist Sarah Plimpton. November 4, 2014.

• Italian Society

Roma: La grande bellezza e il Made in Italy [2014]

A lecture by critic and essayist Filippo La Porta on the occasion of the publication of Roma è una bugia. April 16, 2014

• Art

The International Impact of Futurism [2014]

Professor Berghaus illustrates and discusses with Professor Merjian examples of Futurist art from Europe and the Americas, to demonstrate how a comparative reception analysis opens new paths and directions for scholarship on international Futurism. February 20, 2014

• Italian Society

Igiaba Scego: “My Home Is Where I Am” [2013]

A lecture by author Igiabe Scego on Italian identity. September 13, 2013

• Art

The Man of Sorrows: Passion and Compassion in Venice [2013]

• Italian Society

Sicilian Saints and Their Food [2012]

A lecture by Fabrizia Lanza, author, in conversation with David Tanis, author and journalist. November 12, 2012

• History & Politics

VILLA LA PIETRA: Living on the Land with Poetry and Practicality [2012]

Kim Wilkie’s lecture on Villa La Pietra, NYU’s branch in Italy. Presented together with Friends of FAI. October 26, 2012.

• Italian Society

The Competitiveness of Italian Firms [2012]

Round Table The Competitiveness of Italian Firms: Innovation, Internationalization and Finance presented in cooperation with Banca d’Italia – U.S. Representative Office. September 11, 2012.

• Italian Society

Corriere della Sera: Witness and Protagonist of Contemporary Italian History [2012]

Presentation of Il corriere della sera nell’età liberale, part of a collection of eight volumes retracing the history of the great Italian newspaper from its birth in 1876 through 1989: four volumes of essays sided by four volumes of documents selected from the rich archive of the Corriere della sera. April 16, 2012

• Italian Society

Delirious Naples (Part 2 of 2) [2011]

The second half of the day-long conference "Delirious Naples: For a Cultural, Intellectual, and Urban History of the City of the Sun", presented by Hofstra University on November 19, 2011.

• Italian Society

Delirious Naples (Part 1 of 2) [2011]

The first half of the day-long conference "Delirious Naples: For a Cultural, Intellectual, and Urban History of the City of the Sun", presented by Hofstra University on November 19, 2011.

• Italian Society

“Cosa interessa agli americani dell’Italia?” A Lecture by Prof. Stefano Albertini [2011]

A lecture by Prof. Stefano Albertini, director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. Introduced by Federico Mioni (Director – Federmanager Academy) and Mario Cardoni (General Director – Federmanager). On the occasion of: "Manager italiani nel secolo asiatico". October 3, 2011.

• Italian Society

The Italian Farmhouses of Puglia, feat. Nichi Vendola [2011]

 The book presentation of "Masseria: The Italian Farmhouses of Puglia", featuring President of Apulia Nichi Vendola. June 22, 2011.

• Italian Society

Jewish Treasures of Marche and Apulia [2011]

 An event organized in collaboration with the Primo Levi Center of New York on the Jewish treasures of the Italian regions of Marche and Apulia. September 13, 2011.

• Italian Society

From the First to the Second Risorgimento [2011]

 A lecture by Prof. Marina Calloni of the Università di Milano Bicocca about the women of the Rosselli and Nathan families. May 11, 2011.