Past Events



Millicent Marcus, on Paolo Sorrentino’s La grande bellezza. A talk in honor of Robert Cargni (Fisher Bennett 401)

Millicent Marcus (Yale)
Dec 3, 2019 at

The Romance Languages Department, in co-sponsorship with Cinema Studies and the Wolf Humanities Center, is delighted to announce a talk by professor Millicent Marcus (Yale), in honor of Robert Cargni and his…



Laura Protano-Biggs on the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Music Building 101)

Prof. Laura Protano-Biggs
Nov 26, 2019 at -

We are excited to host a talk by Prof. Laura Protano-Biggs, who teaches at the Peabody Institute (Johns Hopkins…



Taije Silverman and Marina Johnston on Pascoli in Translation (Penn Book Center)

Nov 21, 2019 at -

We're very pleased to co-sponsor an event taking place at the beloved Penn Book Center! Esteemed colleagues Dr. Marina Della Putta Johnston…



Federica Francesconi on Books and Censorship in 17th-cent. Jewish Culture (Cherpack)

Nov 7, 2019 at -

Federica Francesconi (SUNY, Albany), who is currently a fellow at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, will deliver a talk entitled "Books and Readers in the Early-Modern Italian Jewish Home." The talk is…



Hans Cools (Brueghel Visiting Professor at Penn) on Italians in Early Modern Amsterdam (Cherpack)

Oct 24, 2019 at -

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Hans Cools as Visiting Brueghel Professor at Penn for 2019-’20 from the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (Belgium)! Prof. Cools, who was a researcher at the European University…



Lawrence Venuti on Translation Studies (various venues)

Oct 23, 2019 at -

Prof. Lawrence Venuti to speak at three Penn events!

The visit is co-sponsored by the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, the Center for Italian Studies, the…



Paola Viganò on Urbanism and Society (Fisher Fine Arts Library)

Oct 4, 2019 at -

What are the principles and the aesthetics guiding the design of our cities today? What are the ideals behind urbanists’ responses to pressing questions on the responsible use of resources, respect for the…



Fabrizio Lelli, SIMS/Katz fellow lecture (Kislak)

Sep 10, 2019 at -

Thanks to our friends at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (part of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts) and at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies we are…



Colloquium: David Wallace on Dante’s Lives (Cherpack)

Apr 25, 2019 at -

David Wallace, Judith Rodin Professor of English at Penn and President of the Medieval Society of America, will conclude the event series for the academic year with a talk entitled Lives of Dante: Why Now?