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    The Academy remembers Alan Brinkley

    For 6 years a devoted and energetic Chairman of our Board of Guarantors (and Provost Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of American History)

    Read more about him here »
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    Symposium

    The Restitution Debate: African Art in a Global Society

    Fri, Oct 18, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm»
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    Recital Series

    Beethoven Perspectives: the works for cello and piano + 3 premieres

    Francesco Dillon (cello) and Emanuele Torquati (piano)

    Thu, Oct 10 – Sat, Oct 12, 7:00 pm »
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    Fellows 2019–20

    Incoming researchers in various disciplines at the Academy
    (including 2 Bodini Fellows, 4 Weinberg Fellows, and a Nomis Fellow)

    See names and subjects here »

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

News Flash
  • Fri, Jul 26, 2019
    10:00 am     to Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 4:00 pm

New Fellows 2019-20

The new Fellows come from Nigeria, Japan, Australia, Turkey, and the Balkans, and they work on topics ranging from art to engineering and many other fields. They include a Nomis Foundation Fellow,...
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Workshop, Exhibition
  • Thu, Oct 3, 2019
    3:00 pm

Heritage Practices and Critical Fashion Theories

Fashion show in the Sala Bianca, Pitti Palace, Florence, 1955. ©Giorgini Archive, Florence Invited Speakers:Daniela Calanca (Università di Bologna)Barbara Carnevali (École des Hautes Études en...
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Concert
  • Thu, Oct 10, 2019
    7:00 pm     to Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 7:00 pm

Beethoven Perspectives: the works for cello and piano, plus three World Premieres

"The two performers succeed masterfully" —Il Corriere Musicale "Dillon and Torquati gave a warm and fluent performance... [a] perfect balance of delicacy and momentum." —Il Giornale della Musica...
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News Flash
  • Thu, Oct 10, 2019
    7:00 pm

Concerts: Fall 2019

October 10 – 12, at 7 PMBEETHOVEN PERSPECTIVES series: the works for cello and piano, plus three World Premieres FRANCESCO DILLON, cello EMANUELE TORQUATI, piano Thursday, October 10, at 7 PM (“...
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International Observatory for Cultural Heritage, Symposium
  • Fri, Oct 18, 2019
    9:00 am to 6:00 pm

The Restitution Debate: African Art in a Global Society

In November 2018, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy released a report that had been prepared for the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, entitled The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage....
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