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    Lecture

    World Cultural Conservation

    Dario Franceschini, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage,
    on the new Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah

    Thu, Oct 19, 11:00 am »
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    Architectural history and preservation

    Weinberg Fellowships

    Current Fellows are studying conservation in Turkey; Piranesi; landscape protection across nations; the Renaissance Veneto. Next year's candidates: apply now

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    Fellows 2017-18

    23 researchers in various disciplines at the Academy, along with 4 special Weinberg Fellows

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The Italian Academy of Columbia University

A center for advanced research in history, science, culture, and society; founded in 1991 by Columbia University together with the Republic of Italy.

FEATURED EVENTS

The monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni transferred to the Palazzo Venezia in Rome (Rome, 1917)
International Observatory for Cultural Heritage, Exhibition
  • Mon, Oct 16, 2017
    9:30 am     to Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 4:30 pm

War and Art: Destruction and Protection of Italian Art during WWI

The International Observatory for Cultural Heritage marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S.A.'s entry into World War I with a photo...
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Lecture
  • Tue, Oct 17, 2017
    6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Battle Royale!

Contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and art historian Nobuo Tsuji will discuss key issues surrounding the terms “Superflat” and “kazari” and their connections to Japanese art. The audience will also...
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International Observatory for Cultural Heritage
  • Thu, Oct 19, 2017
    11:00 am

World Cultural Conservation

Dario Franceschini, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritagein conversation with David Freedberg, Pierre Matisse Professor of the History of Art, & Director of the Italian Academy, Columbia...
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