INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: History & Politics
- Art
The Italy of Thomas Jefferson
Maria Cristina Loi (Politecnico di Milano) gives a lecture on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President that she curated. March 23, 2017
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- Art
Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President
An excerpt from the presentation of the exhibition Thomas Jefferson: An Italian President. March 23, 2017
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- History & Politics
Stefano Ballini on “Monte Sole”
Director Stefano Ballini discusses his documentary Monte Sole – Landing Memories in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU). For details of the Nazi massacres in Italy, visit www.straginazifasciste.it. March 20, 2017
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- Art
A Thieving Friar’s Unique Masterpiece
In collaboration with Save Venice, a lecture by Prof. Colin Eisler (NYU) on the altarpiece by Fra Negroponte in San Francesco della Vigna. March 2, 2017
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- History & Politics
To Be or Not: Considering Primo Levi’s Death
Prof. Uri Cohen (University of Tel Aviv) gauges the implications for the interpretation of Levi’s work in light of the author’s death. February 8, 2017
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- History & Politics
Mercato e democrazia nell’era della globalizzazione
A Lectio Magistralis by Giovanni Bazoli (Università Cattolica di Milano), President of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and President Emeritus Intesa Sanpaolo. February 6, 2017
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- History & Politics
Museums and the Memory of the Holocaust
A symposium featuring Guri Schwarz (University of Pisa), Aline Sierp (University of Maastricht), Laure Neumayer (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)and Gabor Sonkoly (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017. January 24, 2017
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- Art
d’Annunzio’s Renaissance and Baroque Secrets
The Lion, the Emblems and the Wardrobe: Some of D’Annunzio’s Renaissance and Baroque Secrets in the Vittoriale. A lecture by Alessandro Giammei, Princeton University. November 15, 2016
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- History & Politics
William Pace on Altiero Spinelli
William Pace, Executive Director, World Federalist Movement – Institute for Global Policy, speaks about the legacy of Altiero Spinelli, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, on the occasion of the screening of documentary “Europe Before Europe”. October 26, 2016
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- History & Politics
Political Rhetoric: The Presidential Campaign and Beyond
Dialogues in Languages and Humanities, featuring Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU professor and frequent CNN contributor; Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University; Ben Zimmer, language columnist for The Wall Street Journal. October 19, 2016
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- History & Politics
Presentation of “The Merchant IN Venice” [2016]
Director Karin Coonrod talks about the staging of Shakespeare’s classic in the Venice Jewish Ghetto as part of a Bogliasco Foundation 20th Anniversary Special Event. October 6, 2016
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- History & Politics
A Conversation with Italian Minister of Education Stefania Giannini [2016]
Italian Minister of Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini talks with Stefano Albertini during her visit to NYU. September 26, 2016
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