INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Italian Society
- 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
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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
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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