Past Events



The Orlando Furioso in 16th and 17th Century Pictorial Cycles

Oct 30, 2014 at

October 30 at 5:30 in the Meyerson Conference Center - 223 Van Pelt Library, at 5:30pm, Federica Caneparo will present her new book, "Di molte figure adornato". L'Orlando Furioso nei cicli…



Italian Books, Authors, and Readers in the Digital Era

Oct 22, 2014 at

Join us Wednesday 22 October, 4:30pm to celebrate the 14th World Week of the Italian Language, under the High Patronage of the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. This year's theme is "Writing…



Italian Contributions to Knowledge

Oct 18, 2014 at

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…



My Two Italies

Joseph Luzzi
Oct 14, 2014 at

Joseph Luzzi, professor of Italian at Bard College, will present his book My Two Italies, which tells the story of his family's immigration from Italy and presents an insider's look at the…



Salvatori Lecture

Ariel Genadt
Oct 7, 2014 at

Join us October 7 at 6pm in the Cherpack Seminar Room - 543 Williams Hall for "Culture, Climate, and Techniques in the Architecture of Renzo Piano", a Salvatori lecture by Ariel Genadt



To Forgive and to Forgive Oneself

Carla Locatelli
Sep 30, 2014 at

September 30 at 5:30 in the Cherpack Seminar Room - 543 Williams Hall, Carla Locatelli will lecture on the philosophy of forgiveness in Canne al Vento [Reeds in the Wind] by Grazia Deledda, 1938 Nobel Prize…



Penn-in-Venice Reunion Dinner

Sep 25, 2014 at

Thursday 25 September 2014, 6pm, Frank Pellicone, Dean of Harrison College house, will host a Penn-in-Venice reunion dinner. We will share wonderful…



Printer, Translator, Philosopher, Spy

Eva Del Soldato
Sep 15, 2014 at

September 15 at 5:15pm in the Class of 1978 Pavilion - Kislak Center of Van Pelt Library, Eva del Soldato will lecture on Antonio Brucioli, the subject of her current book project, for the Seminar in the History of…



HAIKU {The Humanities and the Arts in the Integrated Knowledge University}

Sep 12, 2014 - Sep 13, 2014 (All Day)

The Center for Italian Studies is a proud sponsor of HAIKU {The Humanities and the Arts in the Integrated Knowledge University}, at the University of Pennsylvania September 12-13, 2014. The conference will explore…



The Myth of the Great War: An International Conference

Apr 24, 2014 - Apr 25, 2014 at -

Please scroll down for important conference information. Click on maroon words to follow links. Check out the conference photo album put together by speaker Elisa Ruggiero!