Past Events



Altarpieces

A 3-Day Participatory Art Project for/by the LGBTQIA+ Community
Feb 5, 2024 - Feb 7, 2024 at -

  • Monday, February 5 at 5:30-7:30pm
  • Tuesday, February 6 at 12-3pm & 6-8pm
  • Wednesday, February 7 at 5-8pm

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CIS Della Valle Lecture: Che va di notte che porta il lume indietro

Three Contemporary Artists Illuminating Dantean Paths Through Difficult Times: Maru Ceballos (Buenos Aires), Kat Mustatea (NYC), Kazumasa Chiba (Tokyo).
Arielle Saiber (JHU)
Feb 1, 2024 at -

Three Contemporary Artists Illuminating Dantean Paths Through Difficult Times: Maru Ceballos (Buenos Aires), Kat Mustatea (NYC), Kazumasa Chiba (Tokyo)
 



Noticing Struggling Students

Dr. Christina E. Frei, Executive Director of Language Instruction , School of Arts and Sciences and Academic Director, Penn Language Center
Jan 25, 2024 at -

Convener: Lourdes G. Contreras, CTL Graduate Fellow, Italian Studies

 

This workshop seeks to address strategies for noticing and advising struggling students in the language classroom. These…



On First Looking into Walt Whitman’s Dante

Talk by Penn Professor David Wallace (Material Texts series)
Jan 22, 2024 at -

The Material Texts Workshop is hosted by the English Department.



Conceptualizing Otherness with Aristotle in Early Modern Europe and America

Dec 1, 2023 at -

The concept of otherness has been at the center of many studies in humanities and the social sciences, ranging from sociology to international relations, in both gender and post-colonial studies.…



The Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence: An Enlightening Dialogue Between Italy and the US

A NIAF Dr. A. Kenneth Ciongoli Colloquium with Amedeo Arena. Featuring Cristiana Mele (Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia), Robert Allegrini (National Italian American Foundation), David Brigham (Historical Society of Pennsylvania), Ann E. Moyer (Uni
Nov 16, 2023 at -



A Conversation on "In Praise of Disobedience" and Saint Clare of Assisi

Nov 10, 2023 at -

The internationally acclaimed and prize-winning author Dacia Maraini is joining the University of Pennsylvania for her first time to discuss her latest works in conversation with Alessandro Vettori, Professor of Italian…



Power to Words: Identity in Contemporary Italy

Amir Issaa
Nov 6, 2023 at -

Amir Issaa is an internationally renowned Italo-Egyptian hip-hop artist and a passionate social activist and educator.



Latin and vernacular in the Renaissance: coexistence and contestation

Andrea Rizzi
Oct 30, 2023 at -

The myth of the orator as a colonizing figure served to promote the studia humanitatis as a commitment capable of fostering a successful career for teachers and writers, leaders and officials, preachers, diplomats, and…



MAKA: Screening and Discussion

The screening of the movie will be followed by a conversation with Elia Moutamid (film director) and Simone Brioni (screenplayer, Stony Brook)
Oct 26, 2023 at -

Maka offers a poignant exploration of displacement, identity, and belonging by presenting Geneviève Makaping’s life in Italy and perilous migration journey. By sharing Makaping’s experience as the first Black news…