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    On Dante, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Montaigne

    Carlo Ginzburg, Fellow in 2021-22, will give three lectures this semester

    Feb 23 talk: on Dante »
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    Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021

    Exclusive interview with Senator Liliana Segre

    On Auschwitz, hate speech, racism—and the Capitol Hill assault in the U.S.: "Fascism can return"

    Read the whole interview »
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    Current Fellows

    The scholars with Fellowships from the Academy this year bring projects in architectural preservation, neuroscience, economic history, art, and other fields.

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    Amatrice in Focus—Earthquakes & Photography

    After the earthquake

    An online exhibition by Italian Academy Fellow Francesco Gangemi

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    Indigenous cultural heritage

    Critical heritage studies at the Italian Academy

    The New York Conferences

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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

Lecture
  • Tue, Feb 23, 2021
    12:00 pm

Carlo Ginzburg on Dante

Carlo Ginzburg, Italian Academy Fellow 2021-22, appears now in a series of lectures: February 23: On Dante: “Reproduction/Reproduction: An Experiment in Historical Anthropology” March 16: “Moulding...
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News Flash
  • Sat, Feb 27, 2021
    5:30 pm

Liliana Segre on Auschwitz and What It Means Today

Europe and the United Nations commemorate the victims of the Shoah each winter on the date of Auschwitz’s liberation in 1945, and the Italian Academy marks Holocaust Remembrance Day annually with an...
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News Flash
  • Sun, Mar 21, 2021
    10:15 am

Alessia Mastrodonato serves as Guest Editor for Frontiers journal

Alessia Mastrodonato, Visiting Scholar at the Italian Academy, is serving as Guest Editor for “...
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Emanuele Arciuli in his studio. The painting behind him is “Takes His Guns” by Kevin Red Star.
Recital
  • Fri, Apr 16, 2021
    1:00 pm

Emanuele Arciuli, piano: Black and Native American Composers

Part of Carnegie Hall’s “Voices of Hope: Artists in Times of Oppression” festival Connor Chee: Navajo Vocable no. 9 (...
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  • Fri, Apr 30, 2021
    10:00 am

Fellows 2020–21

The Fellows of the Italian Academy in 2020–2021 are scholars whose work ranges across the sciences and the humanities. See the full...
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  • Sun, May 30, 2021
    11:00 am

Publication Round-Up

From Daniele F. Maras: "External influences: “Hellenization”, “Romanization”, “Mediterraneization” (6th - 3rd cent. BCE)" from No 20 (2020): Proceedings of the International Conference “...
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