Past Events



Screening and Conversation (Cherpack)

Piersandra di Matteo (Fine Arts Academy, Bologna)
Nov 21, 2017 at -

Piersandra Di Matteo and Mauro Calcagno discuss the version of Claudio Monteverdi’s …



Screening, with Introduction (Annenberg)

Nov 20, 2017 at -

Full screening of the film "Orphée et Eurydice," opera by C.W. Gluck, directed by Romeo Castellucci and…



Colloquium (Kislak)

Stefano Dall'Aglio
Nov 16, 2017 at -

The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and the Center for Italian…



Rare Book Exhibit (Kislak)

Nov 13, 2017 at -

Join us for a delightful one-day exhibit organized by the Center for Italian Studies with the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts in the occasion of the "Settimana della cucina italiana…



Screening and Conversation (Cherpack)

Mark Franko (Temple University)
Nov 2, 2017 at -

"Dancing with the Past: Ingmar Bergman and Donya Feuer’s version of Claudio Monteverdi’s Ballo delle ingrate (1976)."



Italian Studies Colloquium (Williams)

Kristina Marie Olson (George Mason University)
Oct 19, 2017 at -

The Italian Section of the Department of Romance Languages presents Prof. Kristina Marie Olson, Associate…



Welcome back! (10-noon, Williams 516)

Aug 28, 2017 at -

Please join us for the annual Italian Welcome Back Reception on Monday, Aug. 28, from 10am to 12noon in Williams 516!



2017 Italian Showcase and Vittorini Prize

Apr 24, 2017 at

A celebration of undergraduate excellence in Italian featuring students' presentations and the Vittorini Prize ceremony.

 

The recipients of this year's Vittorini Prize are

 

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No Respect: Two Views of Boccaccio (1932, 1946)

Apr 19, 2017 at

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 immigrant…



Witches and Fairies before and after Ariosto

Apr 13, 2017 - Apr 14, 2017 at -

 

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the publication of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso, the Center for Italian Studies at University of Pennsylvania celebrates the poet with an international…