
Dai Quaranta ai Settanta
- Literature
Postwar Italy Through the Lens of Literature
View details about the event: Dai Quaranta ai SettantaA lecture by Carla Freccero (UC Santa Cruz), introduced by Jane Tylus (NYU). February 23, 2016
Watch the video: Tangents of Desire [2016]Author Terence Ward presents his latest book The Guardian of Mercy, introduced by Stefano Albertini (NYU) and Pellegrino D’Acierno (Hofstra University). February 8, 2016
Watch the video: Presentation of “The Guardian of Mercy” [2016]Manuela Consonni presents her book L’eclisse dell’antifascismo, in conversation with Michael Livingston. Part of Giorno della Memoria 2016. February 1, 2016
Watch the video: Manuela Consonni ‘s “L’eclisse dell’antifascismo” [2016]On the occasion of the publication of The Complete Works of Primo Levi, a conversation on Levi’s poetry between André Naffis-Sahely (poet and translator) and Jonathan Galassi (translator of Primo Levi’s poems. Editor in chief, Farrar Straus Giroux). December 15, 2015
Watch the video: Primo Levi’s Poetry featuring Jonathan Galassi [2015]La voce di New York
Read more about: Dante behind the bars: “Fatti non foste a viver come bruti…” (open in a new tab)Author and Visiting NYU Professor Amara Lakhous talks to Stefano Albertini (NYU) about immigration through his latest novels. November 23, 2015
Watch the video: Narrating Italy Today with Amara Lakhous [2015]The New Yorker
Read more about: Teach Yourself Italian (open in a new tab)La voce di New York
Read more about: Le ferite dell’Italia viste dagli occhi di Amara Lakhous (open in a new tab)Book presentation of Jane Tylus’ Siena: City of Secrets. The author in conversation with Millicent Marcus (Yale), Laura Biagi (Vassar College) and Mauro Mussolin (NYU Florence). November 17, 2015
Watch the video: Siena: City of Secrets [2015]A Round Table featuring Virginia Cox (NYU), Meredith Ray (University of Delaware), Monica Calabritto (CUNY) and Karl Appuhn (NYU). On the occasion of the publication of Ray’s Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy. November 9, 2015
Watch the video: Women and Science in Early Modern Italy [2015]Author Niccolò Ammaniti in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) and Antonio Monda (NYU). Part of the New Literature from Europe Festival. November 6, 2015
Watch the video: A Conversation with Niccolò Ammaniti [2015]