SCRIVERE IN LIGURIA IN DIALETTO OGGI
WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE A talk by prof. L. Coveri Talk by Prof. Lorenzo Coveri Scrivere in Dialetto in Liguria Oggi. Roberto Giannoni, poeta genovese.
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ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO
SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA Seminar with Prof. Renato Martinoni of the University of St. Gallen, and Prof. Lorenzo Coveri of the University of Genoa on “Plurilingualism in Italy and Switzerland Today”Prof. Martinoni will speak in Italian on “L’italiano in Svizzera: Una zavorra o un’opportunità?” Prof. Coveri will address a more pragmatic dimension of plurilingualism, namely […]
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“UNA TRIBU’ CHE CANTA: L’ITALIANO DELLE CANZONI”
SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA A conversation with Italian artist Lorenzo “Jovanotti” Cherubini and prof. Lorenzo Coveri (Universita’ di Genova) on contemporary Italian song writing. Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy
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THE BRIDGE BOOK AWARD
SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA Meet the winners of the Literary Award The Bridge in collaboration with Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY. Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy
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GIORNATA DEGLI STUDENTI D’ITALIANO Italian Student Day
SETTIMANA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA Italian Student Day in collaboration with Scuola d’Italia “Guglielmo Marconi” of New York and IACE (Italian American Committee on Education). Under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy 6pm Opening remarks Prof. Giorgio Van Straten, Director Italian Cultural Institute Prof. Carlo Davoli, Director of the Education Office, […]
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AFRICA, EUROPE, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATION CRISIS
The Center for African Studies, the Center for European Studies, and the Department of Italian invite the Rutgers community and the public to join us in examining the historic and contemporary ties that bind Africa and Europe in light of the Mediterranean migration crisis. A one-day, multidisciplinary symposium with an international panel of scholars, public […]
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A CELEBRATION OF PRIMO LEVI
An evening of readings to celebrate the great Italian writer upon publication of his Collected Works, which is edited by Ann Goldstein and features many new translations of his work.Goldstein is joined by John Turturro, who played Primo Levi in the film The Truce; David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker; and Robert Weil, who […]
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FROM GHETTO TO CAPPELLA Interfaith Exchanges in the Music of Baroque Italy
While the Inquisition raged throughout Counter-Reformation Italy, the ghetto walls that separated Gentile from Jew were more porous than impenetrable. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, we explore the cross-fertilization of Jewish and Catholic musical cultures that enriched the music of both synagogue and sanctuary. Works of Benedetto Marcello, Francesco Durante, Barbara […]
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GIORGIO MORANDI
CIMA is thrilled to announce its new season, dedicated to acclaimed Italian modern master Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964). The installation features some 40 paintings, etchings, and drawings and focuses on the artist’s rarely seen works from the 1930s, the decade when Morandi reached full artistic maturity. Most of the paintings have not been seen in the […]
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THE ITALIAN AND MEDITERRANEAN COLLOQUIUM
PROGRAM October 8, 2015, 6:00-8:00 pm Hamilton 717 Cammy Brothers (University of Virginia, Italian Academy) Granada-Genova-Seville-Rome: Sixteenth-Century Palaces in Andalusia through a Mediterranean Lens October 15, 2015, 6:00-8:00 pm Hamilton 717 Peter Miller (Bard Graduate Center) Marseille and Genoa, again: Thinking about the Seventeenth-Century Western Mediterranean November 20, 2015, 12:00-1:30 pm Hamilton 509 Nathalie Hester […]
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