Calendar of Events

Prophecy and Political Emancipation in the History of Italy

Maurizio Viroli, University of Texas-Austin

James Madison Program

SOLE (SUN) by Carlo Sironi, and Q&A with the Director

From Jessica to Jack: story of a transition — Film Screening of Un uomo deve essere forte (A man must be strong), and Q&A with the directors

Department of French and Italian

Leonardo Sciascia: The Man and the Writer

Joseph Farrell, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Program in Italian Studies

Venetian Air and the Avatars of Disegno in Sixteenth-Century Art Theory

Lorenzo Buonanno, University of Massachusetts Boston

Program in Italian Studies

What is the Value of Literature in the Internet Age? Calvino’s Six Memos for the Next Millennium as a Guide to Meaningful Digital Communication

Luca Cottini, PhD, Villanova University

Program in Italian Studies

“El Greco’s Synagonism: Art Theory and Practice“

Yannis Hadjinicolaou, University of Bonn

Program in Italian Studies; Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies

Film Screening: “MAKA”

Elia Moutamid, film director; Simone Brioni, screenwriter and professor; Medhin Paolos, Lewis Center for the Arts

Italian Literature in the Nuclear Age (LECTURE CANCELLED)

University of Chicago

Maria Anna Mariani

Annual Meeting for the Society of Seventeenth-Century Music

Department of Music, Humanities Council, Italian Studies,University Center for Human Values, Art & Archeology Department, Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, Department of French & Italian, and Comparative Literature