NICCOLO’ MACHIAVELLI: THE PRINCE AND ITS ERA.1513-2013
Exhibition To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the composition of The Prince, this exhibit explores the essential role Niccolò Machiavelli has played in the history of modern political thought, his influence on generations of politicians and intellectuals as well as on popular culture. Organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of […]
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FROM MACHIAVELLI’S “THE PRINCE” TO NEW EUROPEAN WELFARE
Seminars The 500th anniversary of “The Prince” by Machiavelli serves as an opportunity to reflect on the transformation of the modern states and the elements that have ushered in these changes. The Italian Cultural Institute will explore this very topic through a series of seminars that will identify the chief catalysts of changes in the […]
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Perla Cozzone & Marcello Casagrandi 2UO and Gio.ro.mo
Vianova Presents the amazing Perla Cozzone &Marcello Casagrandi 2UO performance in a reinterpretation of a selection of jazz standards arranged for two keyboards by Perla Cozzone. as well as Artist Gio.ro.mo. first New York’s exhibition.There will be a selection of paintings by the roman artist .
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MICHELANGELO AND THE MEDICI
Lecture by Edward Goldberg “Michelangelo Buonarroti” and “the Medici” are usually the first two names that come to mind when we recall the heroic figures of the Italian Renaissance—Michelangelo as a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, the Medici as an inspired family of patrons and collectors. By tracking the defining moments in Michelangelo’s […]
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LITERATURE AND LIFE IN LEOPARDI’S “ZIBALDONE”
Round-table Farrar, Straus & Giroux, one of the most prestigious literary publishing houses in North America has recently released the first comprehensive translation of Leopardi’s “Zibaldone”. The work of translating the “Zibaldone” (directed by Michael Caesar and Franco D’Intino of the Leopardi Centre at the University of Birmingham) has been a formidable operation by itself, […]
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A TRIBUTE TO FRANCA RAME
When Franca Rame died on May 29, 2013 such was her renown as a stage performer, playwright, and left-wing activist that obituaries appeared in newspapers throughout the world, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Times (London). A central force in cabaret theatre, the cooperative theatre movement, and feminist theatre in Italy, she […]
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AD ALTA QUOTA
Book presentation Inserire qui il sottotitolo 2 dell’evento (seconda lingua) Lella Golfo, founder and president of the Marisa Bellisario Foundation will present her book about her life, her professional and political battles and achievements. Among the most important, the affirmative action in favor of “quote rosa”: from August 2012 all companies’ boards have to be […]
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WOUNDED TO DEATH
The international best-seller by Serena Dandini features live monologues giving voice to victims of femicide “Wounded to Death” is the Italian hit theater project on femicide written by Serena Dandini (in collaboration with Maura Misiti) Author Serena Dandini has given a voice to global victims of domestic violence with a series of monologues that have […]
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US/EU Trade for Cross-Border Alternative Societies
Labor and Industrial Relations in the Transatlantic Free-Trade Agreement Guidelines Workshop A workshop to comparatively analyze the labor policies and industrial relations in Europe and U.S. Chair: Tiziano Treu, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Among the speakers: Miriam Sapiro, Deputy US Trade Representative (t.b.c.) Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO Trade Policy Specialist I. Garcia Bercero, Director, DG […]
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NEW LITERATURE FROM EUROPE
Festival November 16NYPL, S. A. Schwarzman Bldg S. Court Auditorium 42nd St. & Fifth Ave., New York, NY3:45pm: The Sins of the Father Readings with Erri De Luca, György Dragomán joined in discussion by Witold Szablowski and Daniela Zeca-Buzura. The legacy of the Second World War and the many civil wars that it overshadowed continues […]
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