INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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- History & Politics
De Vulgari Eloquentia: Dante’s Laboratory of Vernacular Speech
An international symposium, part of The Global Dante Project of New York, presented by NYU and Columbia University. April 7, 2017
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- History & Politics
The NY Literature of European Migrants
A lecture by Martino Marazzi (Università di Milano) on the New York literature by European migrants between 1880 and 1940. March 28, 2017
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- Literature
Reading as the Angels Read
Book presentation of Reading as the Angels Read: Speculation and Politics in Dante’s Banquet by NYU Professor Maria Luisa Ardizzone. March 1, 2017
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- Literature
Thus Spake Orunmila!
Alessandra Di Maio and Maaza Mengiste converse about the poetry anthology Migrazioni/Migrations. February 27, 2017
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- Literature
Sirens of La Serenissima
A roundtable discussion on the remarkable tradition of early modern Venetian women’s writing, part of Carnegie Hall’s La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic. February 10, 2017
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- Literature
Fabio Canino presents “Rainbow Republic”
Fabio Canino presents his novel Rainbow Republic in conversation with Roberto Mancinelli and Rebecca Falkoff. February 1, 2017
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Book Presentation: Embroidered Stories
Prof. Joseph Sciorra presents the volume he edited together with Edvige Giunta on interpreting women’s domestic needlework from the Italian diaspora. December 5, 2016
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- Literature
Dacia Maraini. A Life of Writing
NYU Professor and Director of Casa Italiana Zerili-Marimò, Stefano Albertini in conversation with award winning writer and playwright, Dacia Maraini. They chat about her life, the importance of the Italian language, and her novel “The Child and the Dreamer”. Broadcast on i-ItalyTV, November 15, 2016
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- Literature
“Everyday Renaissances” with Sarah G. Ross
Prof. Sarah Gwyneth Ross presents her book Everyday Renaissances: The Quest for Cultural Legitimacy in Venice with Jane Tylus and Karl Appuhn. November 3, 2016
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- Literature
Symposium: Ariosto After 500 Years
An International Symposium presented by the Comparative Literature Department and the Italian Specialization at the Graduate Center, CUNY, the Department of Italian Studies at NYU and the Department of Italian at Columbia University. October 21, 2016
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- Literature
Il testo come specchio dell’anima [2016]
A Lectio Magistralis by Prof. Lina Bolzoni. October 12, 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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