Past Events



Talk and Screening: Stefano Tomassini on Ronconi’s staging of Orlando Furioso (Williams Hall, 516)

Sep 20, 2018 at -

New York Furioso. Luca Ronconi at Bryant Park



Screening and conversation with film director: Nome di donna by M.T. Giordana (Lightbox)

Jun 6, 2018 at -

The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia and Penn Cinema & Media Studies and Center for Italian Studies present the 2018 edition of NEW ITALIAN CINEMA in USA. The series has been curated by Nicola Gentili…



Screening: film The Place by A. Genovese (Lightbox)

Jun 5, 2018 at -

The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia and Penn Cinema & Media Studies and Center for Italian Studies present the 2018 edition of NEW ITALIAN CINEMA in USA. The series has been curated by Nicola Gentili…



Vittorini Awards Ceremony (Williams 516)

Apr 26, 2018 at -

Join us on Thursday at 6pm to celebrate the achievements of Penn's undergraduates in Italian literature and culture, and to honor the memory of Professor…



Quakers Days - April 19th

Apr 19, 2018 at -

Please join us for an open house with French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese in Williams Hall 543 (Cherpack Seminar Room).Thursday, April 19th from 10:30AM-12:00PM.



Conference: Strategies of Authority in Med. and Ren. Europe (Kislak)

Apr 16, 2018 - Apr 17, 2018 at -

On April 16-17, 2018, the Center for Italian Studies and the Italian Studies Section of the Romance Languages Department will host "Strategies of Authority in Medieval and Renaissance Europe."

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Colloquium: Lodovica Braida (Cherpack)

Apr 12, 2018 at -

Lodovica Braida, Università Statale di Milano, Title: "Carlo Goldoni and the Construction of the Authorship." 



Colloquium: Lodovica Braida (Kislak)

Apr 9, 2018 at -

Lodovica Braida (Università Statale di Milano) for the Seminar on the History of Material Texts, in collaboration with the Center for Italian Studies. Title: “'Dangerous Books.' Italian Epistolary Collections in…



POSTPONED to F18 - Colloquium: David A. Lines (Kislak)

Mar 27, 2018 at -

David A. Lines (University of Warwick) will present a paper entitled "Renaissance Humanism and Universities: The Case of Bologna", based on his forthcoming book Reshaping Learning in Early Modern Italy: Arts and…



Colloquium: Gur Zak (Cherpack)

Mar 26, 2018 at -

Prof. Gur Zak, who heads the Department of General and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will present a talk entitled: "Umana cosa è aver compassion: Compassion and Literary…