Lampedusa Beach
- Theater
Opening night: In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2025
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Topic: Literature
- Art
Michelangelo and Paper as Palimpsest
A talk by Prof. Mauro Mussolin about Michelangelo’s drawings for the fortifications of Florence. November 15, 2017
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- History & Politics
Seminar on Aldo Moro
The seminar Global Interdependence and the Crisis of Democracy: Aldo Moro’s Vision, George L. Mosse’s Interpretation. November 10, 2017
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- History & Politics
Two Sardinians in the World
A lecture by Sonita Sarker (Macalester College, winner of the 1st LUISA SELIS FELLOWSHIP at the University of London with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute, London and the Fondazione di Sardegna), introduced by David Forgacs (NYU) on Grazia Deledda and Antonio Gramsci. October 27, 2017
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- Cinema & Television
Richard Gere Reads Calvino
A conversation about and reading of Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees, featuring Richard Gere, Giovanna Calvino and Stefano Albertini. October 25, 2017
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- History & Politics
The Babylonian Talmud Translation Project
The Babylonian Talmud Translation Project presented, featuring Rabbis Riccardo Di Segni and Adam Mintz. October 24, 2017
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- Cinema & Television
Directors Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo present “A Nobel for Two”
Part of a tribute to Dario Fo. Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo present their documentary A Nobel for Two, moderated by Stefano Albertini (NYU). October 20, 2017
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- Literature
Giacomo Leopardi’s Theory of Infinite Desire
A lecture by Prof. Alessandro Carrera (University of Houston). October 18, 2017
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- Literature
Chiara Marchelli and Jhumpa Lahiri present “Le notti blu”
Authors Chiara Marchelli and Jhumpa Lahiri present – in Italian – Marchelli’s latest novel Le notti blu. October 6, 2017
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- Literature
Presentation of “Come della rosa”
Book presentation of Tiziana Rinaldi Castro’s Come della rosa. The author in conversation with authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Teresa Fiore. September 29, 2017
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- Italian Society
Presentation of “Toscanini: Musician of Conscience”
Music historian Harvey Sachs presents his latest biography on conductor Arturo Toscanini, in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) and Jonathan Rosenberg (CUNY). September 27, 2017
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- 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
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- History & Politics
Dante and English Romanticism
A lecture by Diego Saglia (Università di Parma). April 18, 2017
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