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Deadline: Sept. 1st 2024
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Study Abroad Info Session for SBU STUDENTS
Wed., April 17, 2024, 1–2 PM
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.
Upcoming Events
Tromba lecture series
“Saving Italy's brown Bears: Rethinking Wilderness in Europe”
Thursday, April 18, 3-6 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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News & Announcements
Our Spring 2024 NewsLetter is here!
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.
Concert: "Italian Songs of the Sea / Canzoni Italiane del Mare"
Sunday, April 28th, 2024 at 3 PM
Montauk Public Library
This free concert will feature Soprano Cristina Fontanelli, accompanied by pianist Alexander Chaplinskiy, performing a musical tribute to the 500th anniversary of Verrazzano’s exploration of New York Harbor and Long Island’s South Shore. This is the first event in a series of three programs: WATERWAYS: Commemorating the Occasion of the 500th Anniversary of Verrazzano's Voyage. The concert is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required.
Dante: Inferno to Paradise
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.
Opportunities
Scholarships
for College-Bound, High-School Seniors of Italian-American Heritage
Applications are currently being accepted for The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere 2024 Scholarship Program. Applications must be supported by a member of the Italian Cultural Foundation (Staten Island).
Deadline: Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
For more information, click here.
Call for Papers
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
Research Fellowship:James J. Periconi Collection of Italian-Language American Imprints
Deadline: June 15, 2024.