On the occasion of the 25th Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute in New York presents a series of concerts dedicated to this year’s theme “Italofonia. Language Beyond Borders” and a special live recording of the Rai RadioTre podcast “La lingua batte,” hosted by writer Paolo Di Paolo.
- 10/10 Concert by Stefano Marchese Quintet and the Scanzonati
- 17/10 Concert by Chiara Izzi “Music Hits on a Journey”
- 21/10 Podcast live recording “La lingua batte” with Paolo Di Paolo
- 23/10 Concert by Sissi Castrogiovanni “Fra due mondi”
This year, for the first time, we’ve also launched a comprehensive program of events, in collaboration with Columbia University, CUNY Queens College, Fordham University, Hunter College, and NYU. Find below all the events:
- 10/15 – NYU @ Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò:
11AM – Webinar “Italian Poets in Wonderland: Presenting the Digital Wunderkammer of Contemporary Italian Poetry”
- 10/15 –Hunter College – Room HW 214 – RSVP:
12 PM – Presentation of a multimedia project exploring the notions of Italian language, migration and multilingualism by Italian language students
2:30 PM –Presentation of the short story collection “E c’erano gerani rossi dappertutto. Voci femminili della diaspora italiana in Nord America”
- 10/15 – NYU:
XX PM – Conference “Language and Migration: Translation in Contemporary Literature”, curated by Prof. Isabella Livorni
- 10 /29– CUNY Graduate Center, room Skylight, 9th floor:
4PM – Talk “Fashioning Italianità on American Soil: The Italian Language Press in New York and Connecticut from the 1930s to the 1950s”, with Martina Di Florio (Trinity College), Stefano Morello (The Graduate Center, CUNY) and Eugenia Paulicelli (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
- 11/6 – Italian Academy at Columbia:
5 PM – Talk “On Dante and Lorenzo Da Ponte” with Teodolinda Barolini (Da Ponte Professor of Italian, Columbia University) and Barbara Faedda (Executive Director, Columbia’s Italian Academy)
Last but not least, the Social Contest created specifically for SLIM by Fordham University: find all the information you need to participate here!
Happy 25th Week of the Italian Language in the World!