Past Events



Italian Studies Colloquium (Williams)

Kristina Marie Olson (George Mason University)
Oct 19, 2017 at -

The Italian Section of the Department of Romance Languages presents Prof. , Associate…



Welcome back! (10-noon, Williams 516)

Aug 28, 2017 at -

Please join us for the annual Italian Welcome Back Reception on Monday, Aug. 28, fromÌý10am to 12noon in Williams 516!



2017 Italian Showcase and Vittorini Prize

Apr 24, 2017 at

A celebration of undergraduate excellence in Italian featuring students' presentations and the Vittorini Prize ceremony.

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The recipients of this year's Vittorini Prize are

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No Respect: Two Views of Boccaccio (1932, 1946)

Apr 19, 2017 at

David Wallace, University of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵsylvania, will discuss two moments in time, just before and after World War II, when Boccaccio enjoyed much less respect than today as a European writer, and as an Italian immigrant…



Witches and Fairies before and after Ariosto

Apr 13, 2017 - Apr 14, 2017 at -

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On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the publication of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, the Center for Italian Studies at University of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵsylvania celebrates the poet with an international…



Italian, Latin, and Hebrew: Jewish Bankers’ Multilingualism and Sociopolitical Space in 15th Century Tuscany

Apr 6, 2017 at

Cedric Cohen Skalli, University of Haifa, will discuss the multilingualism and the social and political space of Jewish bankers' families in 15th century Tuscany.

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The Meaning of Philosophical Diagrams in Early Modern Books

Apr 5, 2017 at

Josef Matula,ÌýPalacký University, will discuss the role of illustrations in early modern philosophical treatises.

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Patronage and Propaganda in Quattrocento Humanism: Francesco Filelfo for Duke and Pope

Mar 28, 2017 at

Jeroen De Keyser, University of Leuven, will discuss Francesco Filelfo's propagandistic writings in his letters and in works from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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Like Arms and Armors: Jesuit Books and Libraries in Early Modernity

Mar 22, 2017 at

Rescheduled! Now, 22 March

Natale Vacalebre will present his book "Come le armadure e l'armi". Per una…



An Aesthetics of Contingency: Postwar Rome, and the Margins of Modernism

Feb 28, 2017 at

A lecture by Filippo Trentin, University of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵsylvania, on the transposability of images. New time, 5pm!

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