19 April 2017, 5:30 pm. Cherpack Seminar Room, 543 Williams Hall - 255 S. 36th St. - Center for Italian Studies at University of Pennsylvania David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania, will discuss two moments in time, just before and after World War II, when Boccaccio enjoyed much less respect than today as a European writer, and as an Italian imm...

The Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia present NEW AUTHORS OF ITALIAN CINEMA 29 November - 2 December, 2012 he Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in col...

Richard Vetere is a playwright, novelist, poet, film and TV writer, producer/director, and actor. 11:00 am: Melville Library, Room 4530 (Prof. Carravetta's HUI 338 Class) 3:00 pm: Center for Italian Studies, Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340

Italian Through Music: A Pedagogical Seminar20 September 2014, 12-4pm - Cherpack Seminar Room - 543 Williams Hall255 S. 36th Street - Philadelphia 19104   Do you teach Italian? Do you love music? Join us at the University of Pennsylvania September 20, 12-4pm, to discover how you can use music in your Italian classroom.  

The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the centennial of the birth of Italian poet Mario Luzi (1914-2005) with an international conference that will be held in Philadelphia, February 13-14, 2015. Plenary speakers include the poet's son, Gianni Luzi, in addition to Alain Elkann, Fabio Finotti, Massimo Gennari...

An international interdisciplinary conference on "The Myth of the Great War - World War I: Myth and Reality" will be hosted in Philadelphia by the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, April 24-25, 2014, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I.   The conference is organized by Fabio Finotti, Christine Pogg...

The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia, Globus & Locus, Centro Altreitalie, and AISLLI (Associazione Internazionale per gli Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana) present,   XXI AISLLI Conference Italicity   The Languages of Italy in the United States betwe...

Italian history seems animated by the desire to cross the borders of the peninsula and to establish Italianness within a global horizon, bringing it face to face with other societies and different local realities.   From Marco Polo's adventurous voyage to the heroic era of geographic discoveries, from Galileo's cosmic exploration to the dias...

An international conference organized by the Center for Italian Studies and the Music Department of the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the Institute for Music of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy. Today, scholars from various disciplines fully recognize the great cultural value of seventeenth century opera librettos an...

Globus et Locus, insieme al Center for Italian Studies della University of Pennsylvania, il Consolato italiano a Philadelphia e AISLLI (Associazione Internazionale per gli Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana), organizza un Convegno internazionale dal titolo "Italicity. Languages of Italy in United States between traditionand innovation" che si t...