Past Events



Performing Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea Today

Feb 22, 2017 at

On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi's birth (1567), Italian conductor and harpsychordist Rinaldo Alessandrini will discuss aspects of "Performing Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea …



Giovanni Boccaccio’s Teseida: Composition, Circulation, Reception

Feb 16, 2017 at

Marco Aresu, Wesleyan University, will discuss Giovanni Boccaccio's autograph of the Teseida in relation to two important exemplars of the poem at UÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ and Cambridge.

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INFLUX

Jan 18, 2017 at

Director Luca Vullo will presentÌý±õ±·¹ó³¢±«³Ý, his documentary on Italians in London in Brexit times. The film is a contender to the 2017…



New Italian Cinema 2016

Dec 1, 2016 - Dec 4, 2016 (All Day)

A free-admission film festival organized by the Cinema and Media Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵsylvania, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia…



The South is a True Paradise

Nov 30, 2016 at

An evening of storytelling from Sicily and Calabria to Philadelphia with Italian poet and singer-songwriter Peppe Voltarelli.

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Giorgio Bassani: New York Lectures and Interviews

Nov 28, 2016 at

CANCELLED

Giorgio Van Straten, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York will present a collections of lectures and…



Avviso ai naviganti / Notice to Mariners

Nov 16, 2016 at

Luigi Ballerini will discuss his poetry on the occasion of the publication of CephaloniaÌý(The Brooklyn Rail 2016, English translation of Cefalonia 1943-2001, Mondadori 2005).

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Leon Battista Alberti self-fashionista: the name, the self-portrait, the autobiography

Nov 11, 2016 at

Martin McLaughlin will discuss Leon Battista Alberti's careful crafting of the self in writings and across the arts.

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XXII AISLLI Conference: Errors and Mistakes. 3-4 November 2016

Nov 3, 2016 - Nov 4, 2016 at -

The Center for Italian Studies at the University of ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵsylvania will host the XXII annual conference of the Associazione Internazionale di Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana (AISLLI) in an…



Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Safe?

Nov 1, 2016 at

Join us for a screening of Luca Guardabascio's documentary film Andrea Doria: I passeggeri sono in salvo?Ìý(Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Safe?, 2016) - In Italian with presentation and…