CALL FOR PAPERS:
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE CONFERENCE
Deadline: Sept. 1st 2024
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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.
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.
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.
We are excited to announce the return of our biannual newsletter! Please note that the Inauguration of the Center's Parati Library on Migration Studies, originally scheduled for April 25, has been postponed until Fall 2024.
PBS is currently featuring DANTE: Inferno to Paradise, a two-part, four-hour documentary film that explores the life, work, and legacy of the renowned Florentine poet. The first part delves into the historical context of medieval Florence from 1216 up to Dante’s birth in 1265. It covers the dramatic details of Dante’s childhood, education, early literary and political career, leading up to his exile in 1302, and his decision to write The Divine Comedy.
In honor of Women's History Month, Mary Jo Bona, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was recently featured on CUNY TV's Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience where she discussed Italian American literature and its history.
Watch here:
https://tv.cuny.edu/homepage/show/italics/
Please join us for the first installment of the AAIS 2024 Executive Council Conference Series. The first of the two-part series is a virtual discussion on Friday, March 29 of the Forum Italicum special issue “Critical Issues in Transnational Italian Studies” published in August 2023. The second panel of the ECCS will take place in Sorrento at AAIS 2024.
Registration link:
https://aais.italianstudies.net/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=29956
Free access to the essays here: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/foia/57/2
Wang Lecture Room 201
International Academic Programs invites you to explore the opportunities for you to earn academic credits through studying abroad! To RSVP, click here.
The Cultural Secretariat of the International Italo-Latin American Organisation (IILA), opens the call for papers for the 6th issue of the journal Quaderni Culturali IILA - 2024 with the theme "Cultural Relations between Fascist Italy and Latin America from the 1920s to the 1940s." Articles of no more than 5,000 to 7,000 words shall be submitted by June 1, 2024. The languages accepted are Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, and English.
For further details, refer to https://journals.fupress.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CALL-FOR-PAPERS_QUADERNI-CULTURALI-6.pdf
Remaking the Renaissance offers a fresh take on this iconic period of textile and fashion history, transforming the way we think about and see the cloth and clothing of the early modern period. Looking at key textile innovations in the era c.1400-1700, Remaking the Renaissance suggests that objects and their histories can be restored and recreated through conservation and research.
For further information, please visit: https://cdmc.wisc.edu/event/remaking-the-renaissance.
From March 6-8, the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institute for Art History, in Rome presents "Gernsheim Study Days: Exploring Rome through Drawing in the 16th Century." There is no registration required and panels will be live streamed at https://vimeo.com/event/4038117. For further inforation and a program of talks, visit: Gernsheim Study Days Program Description.
The National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) scholarship program is open to female-identifying undergraduate or graduate students, currently enrolled at an accredited US college or university.
For additional eligibility requirements and application details, please visit: https://www.noiaw.org/scholarships/
Deadline: March 18, 2024