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Nasti lecture series
Dr. Sandra PalmeR, "Great Masters of the Italian Baroque: bernini & Caravaggio"Thursday, May 2, 5:30 – 7 pm
The Center for Italian Studies, E-4340
The presentation will focus on two artists, Gian Lorenzo Bernini in sculpture and Caravaggio in painting, both revolutionizing art of the past.
A Remembrance of Joseph A. Tursi (1928 – 2024)
Tuesday, April 30, 5:30 – 7 PM
The Center for Italian Studies, E-4340
Join us as we remember the life and legacy of Dr. Joseph A. Tursi, a scholar, teacher, mentor, and friend to many. For information, please call (631) 632-7444 or email ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu.
To RSVP, click here: https://forms.gle/Lq4CcLW3bg87unyx6
Original plaY Premiere: "Woman through the window"
April 24 at 7 PM
Wang Theater
The play, written by DiFranco and directed by Martin Knapp, centers on a multi-generational Italian American family grappling with issues of identity, love, and language. It stars an all-female cast: Lisa Meckes, Missy Roche, Deborah Rupy, Patricia Becker, and Kristin Ingegno.
Anthony DiFranco, award-winning fiction writer, filmmaker, and playwright, is the founder and artistic director of Debut Theater Company. He teaches courses on Italian American Studies at Stony Brook University.
The premiere is free and open to the public. The play begins at 7:00 PM sharp and runs for approximately 2 hours.
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Parking: Lots are generally unrestricted and available for anyone to park from 4pm to 7am. The Administration Parking Garage (directly opposite the Wang Center) is also available at an hourly rate.
Crazy Fish Sing Book Presentation
Tuesday, April 23, 1 – 2:30 PM
With Suranga Katugampala, Simone Brioni, Loredana Polezzi, and Peter Bruno
On Zoom at The Center for Italian Studies, E-4340. Open to SBU students, faculty, and staff only.
“I’ll Tell You a Story”: A Symposium Celebrating Dr. Mary Jo Bona
Friday, April 19, 2024 1 – 4 PM
The Humanities Institute (Room 1008)
Click Here to RSVP for the Reception (Due March 18th)
Organized by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, co-sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies and the D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies.
Tromba lecture series
“Saving Italy's brown Bears: Rethinking Wilderness in Europe”Thursday, April 18, 4 – 6 PM
The Center for Italian Studies, E-4340
This program, presented with Professor Roger Thompson (SBU), will feature three prominent figures in the Brown Bear conservation movement discussing the current state of the Apennine bear, the so-called “Italian Grizzly.” To RSVP, please call (631) 632-7444 or email ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu.
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NASTI lecture series
Dr. Oronzo brunetti, “Representing the Italian South: Rural Architecture and Photography in the 1920s/1930s"Thursday, April 11, 5:30 – 7 PM
The Center for Italian Studies, E-4340
Dr. Oronzo Brunetti (University of Naples Federico II) will present on Carl Hubacher's photographs of Puglia, specifically the trulli: dry stone houses with cone-shaped roofs. Architect and professional photographer, Hubacher was one of the leading exponents of the Swiss Werkbund. From 1924 to 1933, he visited Puglia several times and took hundreds of photos that constitute a precious document on the local landscape and rural architecture in the inter-war period.
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Whitman on Walls!
Monday, March 25 at 1 PM
Performance by Compagnia de’ Colombari
Walt Whitman's renowned poem, "Song of Myself," is a celebration of freedom, inclusion, and democracy. Drawing on this iconic work, Compagnia de’ Colombari created a series of short films, which will be screened at SBU. Students, faculty, and local poets will also read work written in dialogue with Whitman's text. Founding Director Karin Coonrod and Compagnia staff will be present.
Open to the SBU campus community. RSVP is required. Call (631) 632-7444 or email ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu.
Lecture by Dr. Céline Dauverd
Tuesday, February 27 at 1pm
Céline Dauverd, PhD, Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado Boulder and 2023-24 Fellow of The Italian Academy, Columbia University
Date: Tuesday, February 27
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Location: Center for Italian Studies, E-4340, Frank Melville Library, Stony Brook University
Title: "Paolino Bianchi and Diego Diáz: Narrative of Christian Slaves in Seventeenth-Century Tunis and Algiers”
Film Screening and Q&A with Director and Producer
MAKA to be screened at Princeton with Dr. Simone Brioni
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Maka will be screened on February 21, 2024 at 5:30 pm in the Rocky-Mathey Theater, Princeton University, followed by a conversation with the film's director Elia Moutamid and writer Simone Brioni. For event details, visit https://fit.princeton.edu/events/screening-2023-documentary-maka-directed-elia-moutamid.
Caffè Italiano:
Spring Meet and Greet
Drop by the Center for Italian Studies on Thursday, February 8, between 1:00 and 3:00PM, for a cup of our famous espresso and a selection of Italian cookies. Learn about our Spring event series, fellowship opportunities for graduate students, and meet the new Assistant to the Director Christine Griffiths, as well as Interim Director Dr. Andrea Fedi and long-time volunteer Josephine Fusco. Open to students, faculty, and staff.