On September 27, 2022, the Institute of European Studies of the University of California, Berkeley hosted a talk by an Italian academic, Professor Amedeo Arena, on the correspondence between the Neapolitan Enlightenment philosopher Gaetano Filangieri and the US founding father Benjamin Franklin.

Anna Maria Di Giorgio, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, also present at the talk at UC Berkeley, has announced that the Institute is hosting a temporary exhibition, curated by Professor Arena, with photographic reproductions of nine letters from the Filangieri-Franklin correspondence, plus an introductory panel that illustrates its content and current relevance...