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In the heart of Columbia University, the most famous university campus of the Upper West Side, a six-story gem stands out from the rest of the buildings. It is the headquarters of the Italian Academy, which was founded in 1991, subsequent to a deal made between Columbia University and the Italian Republic and that, before that time, had been the “C...

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Italian artist Caravaggio’s painting “The Incredulity of St. Thomas” features his characteristic use of chiaroscuro, or the dramatic use of light and shadow. But what is most remarkable about the image is not only the artist’s rendering of the scene but also the subject matter itself: St. Thomas leans towards Christ, poking at his flesh in disbelie...

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The Embassy of Italy and the diplomatic-consular network in the USA commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the centenary of Primo Levi’s birth, throughout the country, starting in the Capital. Ambassador Armando Varricchio underlined the leading role played by Italy in the defense of human rights and in the fight against racism,...

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Fitto programma di commemorazioni a New York, in occasione della Giornata della Memoria. Organizzati dal Consolato generale e dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, insieme a Centro Primo Levi, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, John Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY, Italian Academy at Columbia University e alla Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marc...

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public; no RSVP required. The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (Just south of 118th Street). Mango Baroque Chamber Ensemble: "Saint/Sinner: In Her Own Words and Music" Italian music from 1650 to 1720 by women: Barbara Strozzi, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, and Isabel...

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La Casa Italiana alla Columbia University è sempre stata un polo di riferimento culturale nel variegato panorama di New York. In occasione del 90° anniversario della sua fondazione, viene pubblicato il libro “From DA PONTE to the CASA ITALIANA”, un’opera di ricerca sulle origini e sui miti che circondano la storia dell’istituzione, scritto da Barba...

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On September 25, The Italian Academy at Columbia University and Farrar, Straus and Giroux present The Voices of Leopardi's Zibaldone. Appearing for the first time in its entirety in English, Zibaldone amasses the unprecedented brilliance of Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) into one groundbreaking, 2,500-page text.   Widely regarded as Italy's fi...

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The city of Ravenna in collaboration with The Italian Academy of New York presents the conference "Ravenna after Fifteen Centuries", a unique initiative on March 7th 2013 to support the city's candidacy for becoming European Capital of Culture in 2019.   Ravenna, with a history of more than fifteen centuries and eight UNESCO monuments, is no...

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By Maurita Cardone Il meglio della ricerca sulle nanotecnologie italiana e americana si incontra in questi giorni all'Italian Academy della Columbia University che dedica due giornate di studio alla ricerca nell'ambito delle nanotecnologie applicate alla sostenibilità. L'evento, che si è svolto durante le due giornate di mercoledì 2 e giovedì 3 ot...

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Dante as a Political Theorist. Historicizing Theology and Theologizing Power: questo il titolo del simposio internazionale sul De Monarchia di Dante Alighieri organizzato congiuntamente dalla New York University e dalla Columbia University per lanciare un grande progetto globale su Dante che si svilupperà a New York da qui al 2021. Il simposio sì...

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