When: Thursday, February 16, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York

In collaboration with : La Serenissima/Carnegie Hall - Entrance : Free

In talks that explore La Serenissima’s social, cultural, and political history, bestselling Italian historian and novelist Alessandro Barbero views Venice’s relationship with the Ottoman Empire through the lens of the epic Battle of Lepanto in 1571, while Edward Muir Jr. examines the remarkably free exchange of ideas that flourished in Venice—some of them incendiary.