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Barbara Faedda, the IA's Exec Director, and Marco Pizzo, Vice Director, Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento, developing a long-term project to provide the IOCH with valuable documentation, rare unpublished materials, & exclusive archival content. tinyurl.com/3h8rh77f
Tomorrow! Apr 23, 6PM "Liberation! 80 Years Since the End of World War II in Italy" David Forgacs (NYU) & Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) in conversation. Free; register and read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm #italianliberations #italyisfree #rememberitaly @Columbia
On Resistance, German occupation and the collusion of some Italians, the new Constitution, women’s roles and their developing rights, the idea of liberation (liberation for whom?), the “three wars” (liberation struggle, civil war, class war), and the politics of commemoration.
On Resistance, German occupation and the collusion of some Italians, the new Constitution, women’s roles and their developing rights, the idea of liberation (liberation for whom?), the “three wars” (liberation struggle, civil war, class war), and the politics of commemoration.
Now: Emerging Italian artists can have a 5-month residency in NY—with a stipend. We are glad to be a founding partner of this program that has brought in 50 artists over the years. Deadline: Sept 15 Premio NY: tinyurl.com/3devp3mw #DGCC #CreativitaContemporanea #PremioNewYork
News from a former fellow: @PippoCiorra is a co-curator of Demanio Marittimo KM-278, a marathon event on July 18.
Demanio Marittimo. KM-278 - XV edizione Demanio Marittimo. KM-278 è una maratona dedicata alle arti, all’architettura, al design e alla dimensione adriatica, curata da Cristiana Colli e Pippo Ciorra. Il tema di questa 15° edizione ABITARE/DISABITARE ... segnonline.it/events/demanio…
This week, UNESCO's Heritage list added the grave sites called "domus de janas"—& Barbara Faedda (Academy's Exec. Director) visited the 'Sas Concas' domus de janas w/ archaeologist Consuelo Moro. (In the Academy's Sardinia Cultural Heritage Project tinyurl.com/SardiniaHerita…)
New paper (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…) from Emily Holt, who has also presented a talk for our Sardinia Cultural Heritage Project (italianacademy.columbia.edu/content/sardin…)
Tue, Jun 24, 6-8PM: Open Studio event at EFA Studios (323 W 39th St. 3Fl, NYC) featuring Premio New York prize winners Adji Dieye & Eleonora Luccarini italianacademy.columbia.edu/content/premio… #PremioNewYork #creativitacontemporanea
News from a current Fellow
Absolute honor to be awarded the David Marr Medal by the Applied Vision Association Looking forward to my talk “Five Illusions Challenge Our Understanding of Visual Experience” Thanks so much to NOMIS Foundation, @ItalianAcademy, @columbiacss, @KriegeskorteLab, @ZuckermanBrain
News from former Fellow: Read Nicola Camilleri's essay, "Challenging race, gender, and class in Fascist and postwar Italy. biographical notes on Elena Sengal (1911–1962)," based on his Italian Academy research; Published online: tinyurl.com/2c4sfa76
We mourn the loss of Edmund White (Jan 30, 1940–Jun 3, 2025), a Fellow at the Academy in 2013-2014. nytimes.com/2025/06/04/art…
Tomorrow! May 1, 7PM: New Latin American Music for Solo Piano, with Joel Sachs Part of Carnegie Hall’s city-wide celebration of Latin culture in the U.S., "Nuestros Sonidos" Limited seats available! We expect to be able to accommodate walkins. tinyurl.com/yc6dcmwc
Tomorrow! Fri, Apr 25, 10AM "Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy" Int'l experts talk about the vibrant art market in Rome in the 17th century Free; for registration, timing, and campus restrictions: tinyurl.com/mrye6bvu
"Riveting and timely and poignant"--our international audience said that last night's event was moving and informative. We are grateful to David Forgacs & Nadia Urbinati. Read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm #italianliberations #italyisfree #italianresistance #rememberitaly
News from current Fellow, Lucia Delaini What does the past feel like? A roundtable on embodied cognition & historical inquiry On how attention to gesture, perception, & the senses can reshape what we think knowledge is April 22, 10AM–12: Zoom or in person tinyurl.com/3j6cd7hd
Next week, May 1, 7PM: New Latin American Music for Solo Piano, with Joel Sachs This concert is part of Carnegie Hall’s city-wide celebration of Latin culture in the U.S., "Nuestros Sonidos" Free; register here: tinyurl.com/yc6dcmwc
See talk topics and all details now for next week's event: "Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy" Apr 25, 10AM-1PM Free; register here: tinyurl.com/mrye6bvu @Columbia
Next Wednesday, Apr 23, 6PM "Liberation! 80 Years Since the End of World War II in Italy" David Forgacs (NYU) & Nadia Urbanati (Columbia) in conversation. Free; register and read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm @Columbia
We are happy to be co-sponsoring this event on Apr 28; please register!
This year's Sakıp Sabancı Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof. @zeynep Tüfekçi (from @princeton): 🎙️ “Protest Waves After the Arab Spring and Gezi Park: Divergent Trajectories Across the Globe” 📍 @ItalianAcademy | 🕟 April 28, 4:30 PM 🎟️ Register: bit.ly/SSClecture2025
The Academy thanks all the speakers and partners for a full house event yesterday. @StevenEllis74, Fondazione Mont'e Monteprama, @AnthonyMuroni, Ilaria Orri, Sean Hemingway, Peter Van Dommelen, @issnaf, @Columbia.
