book presentation > The Fishing Net and the Spider Web. Mediterranean Imaginaries and the Making of Italians
In this book, Claudio Fogu, Associate Professor of Italian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, explores the role of Mediterranean imaginaries in one of the preeminent tropes of Italian history: the formation or ‘making of’ Italians. While previous scholarship on the construction of Italian identity has often focused too narrowly on the territorial notion of […]
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webinar > “The Spirit of Caesar in the Soul of a Woman.” Artemisia Gentileschi, the woman, the artist
Following the acquisition of a major painting by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-post 1654), the most famous woman painter of the Seventeenth Century Italy, Davide Gasparotto, Senior Curator of Paintings at the Getty Museum, will revisit Artemisia’s life and career, situating the picture within her extraordinary artistic trajectory. Registration required. REGISTER HERE Davide Gasparotto is Senior […]
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webinar > Dante Out of the Book: From African-American Writers to Theater in US Jails
Dennis Looney, Ron Jenkins and Nicole Pagano will discuss the African-American writers’ responses to the Divine Comedy in the 19th and 20th century, and the diverse theatrical interpretations of Dante’s poem held in US jails, focusing on the inspiration that Dante has given to modern readers to express their social condition and their desire for […]
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webinar > The Metamorphosis of Beatrice. Love and Justice from Dante’s “Vita Nova” to the “Commedia”
A presentation by prof. Marco Veglia. How many representations of Beatrice does Dante’s poetry convey? If she were divine, she was also cruel prior to the Divine Comedy. It is there, in the “Commedia”, that she changes for the love of Dante, and he does the same for the love of her. Once extraneous to […]
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special event (online) > Food and Culture: An Italian Perspective
A thought-provoking celebration of Italian food culture featuring talks by influencers, scholars, and chefs. FREE to all, but registration is required. Reserve your ticketn from here Flyer ProgramOpening Remarks:Dr. Federico Pacchioni, Sebastian P., and Marybelle Musco, Chair in Italian Studies; Silvia Chiave, Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles “The Soul of Italian Food,” a conversation […]
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webinar > Dante’s Inferno: a Discussion with Sandow Birk & Sean Meredith
The well-known Los Angeles artist and illustrator Sandow Birk and the director and screenwriter Sean Meredith will present their Dante’s Inferno (2008, 76 ‘- MoMA Film Archive permanent collection), a film adaptation of the homonymous volume illustrated by Birk with texts by Marcus Sanders (Chronicle Books, 2004), a modern adaptation of Dante’s Inferno. Almost one […]
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online screening > TRASH (2020, 88′)
Join us on Earth Day and in the year of the UK-Italy presidency partnership of the UN Climate Change COP26 Conference, for the online screening of the animated feature TRASH (Italy 2020 88′) directed by Luca Della Grotta and Francesco Dafano. Special pre-recorded video introduction by the directors Della Grotta and Dafano.In English. Boxes, bottles, […]
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online lecture > The Doctor Prescribed Dante’s Inferno: Reading, Thinking, Justice and Community Health
Stephanie Jed, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego will explore Dante’s Inferno as a roadmap for understanding how we might, in today’s world, strengthen our communities and relations of justice through responsible reading and thinking. REGISTER HERE
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virtual exhibit and game > TRASH
Travel through the exhibition with the fabulous characters of the film TRASH and learn more about what we can all do to protect our environment. The virtual exhibition consists of over 200 works, including drawings, storyboards and a selection of video material from the movie. It is a journey into the creative universe of 3D […]
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webinar > Botticelli and Dante. The Drawings from the Divine Comedy
Considered one the Renaissance highest achievements in the field of graphic arts, Sandro Botticelli’s cycle of ninety-three drawings illustrating Dante’s Divine Comedy constitutes also one of the great master’s most mysterious endeavors. Learn more with Dr. Dagmar Korbacher, Director of the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin State Museums and Dr. Furio Rinaldi, Curator, Fine Arts Museums of San […]
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