Dai Quaranta ai Settanta
- Literature
Postwar Italy Through the Lens of Literature
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Topic: Literature
- History & Politics
Lina Bolzoni presents “Una meravigliosa solitudine”
Una meravigliosa solitudine L’arte di leggere nell’Europa moderna (Einaudi, 2019)
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- Italian Society
Joanna Clapps Herman’s “When I Am Italian”
Author Joanna Clapps Herman presents When I Am Italian (2019, SUNY Press) with writers Mary Ann Carolan, Maria Laurino, Edvige Giunta, and Nancy Carnevale. With the participation of Michela Musolino. November 7, 2019
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- History & Politics
Where Evil Leans Hard on Good
Author of Empire’s Mobius Strip Stephanie Malia Hom discusses Italy’s migrant detention centers and colonial concentration camps, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU). November 4, 2019
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- Gastronomy
Italy in the Global Food System
Fabio Parasecoli presents his latest book, Food, in conversation with Meryl Rosofsky (NYU). October 28, 2019
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- History & Politics
Affection and Survival: Primo Levi at 100
A lecture by Uri Cohen (Tel Aviv University) presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi. October 24, 2019
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- Art
The Story Behind “Blind Visions”
A mini-documentary by NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
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- History & Politics
Dante and Italian Unification
Part of the series Dante and…, a lecture by Prof. Mahnaz Yousefzadeh (NYU). October 16, 2019
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- History & Politics
Vita Nuova: Archeologie di un testo
A book presentation featuring editors Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU) and Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University). October 9, 2019
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- Art
Introducing “Christ Stopped at Eboli”
On the occasion of the exhibit “Blind Visions: Carlo Levi’s Disegni della Cecità”, on view at Casa Italiana through December 13.
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- Art
Botticelli (and Dante) Reborn
Part of the series Dante and…
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- Art
Benedetta, Aeropoetry, Futurism and Fascism: Naples, 1936
A lecture by Lucia Re (UCLA) about the work of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti. October 2, 2019
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- Art
Dante and Joyce
A lecture by Prof. Patrizia Grimaldi-Pizzorno (Università di Siena) titled Leopold Bloom in Purgatory, part of the series Dante and… September 25, 2019
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