{"id":25755,"date":"2025-09-22T12:40:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/?p=25755"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:28:02","slug":"greetings-from-the-new-director-of-the-italian-cultural-institute-in-new-york-claudio-pagliara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2025\/09\/greetings-from-the-new-director-of-the-italian-cultural-institute-in-new-york-claudio-pagliara\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York Claudio Pagliara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Greetings from the new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Claudio Pagliara<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York,<\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled to have been appointed at the helm of this prestigious Institution. I intend to make it the home of Italian culture, open to all who love it: Italians, Italian Americans, and Americans. In a year when American democracy celebrates its 250th anniversary, most of the initiatives will be organized under the umbrella of \u201c250 Years of Friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Culture has always been a bridge between the two countries and continues to be so, today.<\/p>\n<p>To fulfill this mission, the Institute\u2014in accordance with the\u00a0<strong>Italian Embassy in Washington<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Consulate General of Italy in New York<\/strong>\u2014intends to develop collaborations with the major Cultural Institutions of the city.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to revitalizing our usual activities, I am announcing some new projects right away.<\/p>\n<p>I will open the Institute\u2019s wonderful library\u201430,000 volumes\u2014to the public with two cultural initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A book club, to create a community of Italian and American lovers of Italian literature.<\/li>\n<li>A reading in Italian, for children and teenagers studying in English who wish to remain connected to Dante\u2019s language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will also be hosting monthly conferences titled:\u00a0<em>The Courage to Dream<\/em>. Italian scientists and researchers will share their achievements and how they made their dreams come true.<\/p>\n<p>Having worked in journalism for decades, I will be in frequent contact with you through my social media accounts and those of the Institute. I also invite you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=0010opz9yIv184gpBWE-MKs6VhlY6BeuJnFrdB08RnIUrdvH_WQpy1UJ8K7MYcIZdOKZ0IQHZ5qwX4fMEmC6N2k7JkaSi3d1lJfl7eBubfVFxfE7z81nckQLsyvm9Re2ZfSgkDXX3hdQgzST6qGh508cXawwNvRonvYT9ZxgRsY6Ad4UQGdhWDSEQ%3D%3D\">register on our website<\/a>\u00a0to receive our newsletter, which will also cover the main initiatives promoting Italian culture by other organizations. I also intend to launch a podcast titled \u201cZoom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay tuned; the Institute is opening its doors and awaiting your visit!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greetings from the new Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York Claudio Pagliara &nbsp; Dear Friends of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, I am thrilled to have been appointed at the helm of this prestigious Institution. I intend to make it the home of Italian culture, open to all who love [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25758,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25755\/revisions\/25758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicnewyork.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}