Illuminating dialogue and a special exhibition of new treasures for the Columbia Libraries: Jhumpa Lahiri and Alessandro Giammei spoke last night about Nobel prize winning writer Grazia Deledda. With Barbara Faedda, Interim Dir. of the Academy. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Today! Oct 15, 6PM: Jhumpa Lahiri w Alessandro Giammei, "Grazia Deledda: Writing from the Threshold" Deledda was the first Italian woman to win the literature Nobel (in 1926) and still the only one. On linguistic identity & belonging, silence, subalternity, & Sardinia. tinyurl.com/499z9ws6

For guests ranging from senior scientists to pre-college students, talks by Fellows from U. of Parma: Davide Albertini on "functional subnetworks / primate motor cortex" & Francesca Ferroni (Bodini Fellow) on "peripersonal space & schizophrenia." With Stefano Fusi (Zuckerman Inst.)

Dynamic talks: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Andrea Segrè, & Michael J. Puma on food and climate, last week—issues of land, water, energy, agriculture, transport, consumption, waste & social justice.

Thu, Oct 22: "Italian Opera in the Age of the American Revolution: Tenor, Soprano, & 10 Musicians" Duets & arias from Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Handel and more. On the 1st Italian immigrants to America—& the instruments & singers they brought along. Register now: tinyurl.com/mr35drrh

(Registration is full—but maybe we can seat a few standbys.) Fri, Oct 9, 5:30PM "Food in a Changing Climate: UNESCO & Italian Cooking; Waste; Sustainabilty" Prof. Segrè (Bologna), Prof. Puma (Columbia Climate Schl), Guest: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Emmy Award-Winning TV Host tinyurl.com/ym76ej2n

New Fellow joining the Academy: Marta Maria Perilli; Project: “Hidden libraries: theoretical and socio-cultural approaches to book collections in Ancient Rome” tinyurl.com/mr45c833 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

A bright start to our series of Fellows’ seminars: philology & philosophy from Mali Caterina Alinejad Zanjani & Francesco Marco Aresu w/ Prof. Teodolinda Barolini and Interim Director Barbara Faedda. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Mon, Oct 12, 4 PM: Moderator Stefano Fusi (Neuroscience; Zuckerman Institute, Columbia) talks with 2 Fellows about neuroscience, schizophrenia, and peripersonal space. Register here: italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/fello... @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

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Our Fellows’ seminars are now open to the public! Fascinating topics from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciencesWelcoming Remarks: Barbara Faedda  Interim Director, Italian Academy

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New Fellow joining the Academy: Alice Ottazzi; Project: “In others’ hands: retouching and manipulating works on paper in Early Modern Europe” tinyurl.com/muzwfect See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Ivano Mocavini; Project: “Using polyamine dependency to target the cancer epigenome” tinyurl.com/mr2z3x3z See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Thu, Oct 15: "Grazia Deledda: Writing from the Threshold" In 1926, Deledda was the first Italian woman to win the Nobel for Literature. Jhumpa Lahiri in illuminating dialogue w Alessandro Giammei; on linguistic identity & belonging, silence, subalternity, & Sardinia. tinyurl.com/499z9ws6

Thu, Oct 22: "Italy and America 250: Cultural Exchange over the Centuries" Music, science, art, architecture, & ideas: a rich and dynamic exchange between American and Italian cultures. Register now: tinyurl.com/3utvcx3p @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

New Fellow joining the Academy: Giulia Isabella; Project: “Unveiling black hole scattering: analytic and causal structures in gravitational EFTs” tinyurl.com/emzpnhts See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Next week! Mon, Oct 5, 4 PM: Moderator Teodolinda Barolini (Lorenzo Da Ponte Prof. of Italian, Columbia) talks with 2 Fellows about Dante, Avicenna, and Renaissance Italy. Register here: tinyurl.com/oct5seminar

New Fellow joining the Academy: Alexandria Mitchem Hansen; Project: “Cultivating change: Bartram’s Garden, invasive species, and the environmental history of the Mid-Atlantic” tinyurl.com/36vytemv See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Weinberg Fellow joining the Academy: Valentina Gioia Levy; Project: “Curating dissonance: Fascist and colonial afterlives in Italian heritage across public space, museum narratives, and digital counter-archives” tinyurl.com/nhpd8s3w See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Mirko Giacchini; Project: “Algorithmic problems for the web economy” tinyurl.com/4frs2r54 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Francesca Ferroni; Project: “Social peripersonal space and bodily self-disturbances in schizophrenia” tinyurl.com/ejywdxka See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Yesterday, the Academy’s Interim Director Barbara Faedda officially opened the Fall events program with a sparkling exchange between Carmen Bambach and Michael Cole about the blockbuster Raphael exhibition at the Met Museum. Their lively dialogue drew a large audience and filled our Teatro.

New Fellow joining the Academy: Federica Di Marco; Project: “BAG3-dependent pathways in pancreatic cancer explored through AI and quantitative proteomics” tinyurl.com/yc278unu See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Tomorrow! Tues, Sept 22, 6PM "Raphael at the Metropolitan Museum" On the blockbuster exhibition this year: curator Bambach talks w/ Columbia prof. Cole. If the registration list fills up, we expect to accommodate standby guests at the door. tinyurl.com/5ysd373k

New Fellow joining the Academy: Mali Caterina Alinejad Zanjani; Project: “Avicenna's political uses in Renaissance Italy” tinyurl.com/y7aawfns See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Davide Albertini; Project: “Linking latent factors to functional subnetworks in the monkey motor cortex” tinyurl.com/mt8s4hz6 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

The Academy is welcoming a new group of scholars and scientists. Please read about the Fellows' projects below, and check our website for details on Fall events. tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Next Tues, Sept 22, 6PM "Raphael at the Metropolitan Museum: Carmen Bambach talks with Michael Cole" On the blockbuster exhibition this year: curator Bambach talks w/ Columbia prof. Cole--a behind-the-scenes on this display of 237 works (seen by 562k+ visitors). tinyurl.com/5ysd373k

Tue, Sept 22, 6PM "Raphael at the Metropolitan Museum: Carmen Bambach talks with Michael Cole" On the blockbuster exhibition this year: curator Bambach talks w/ Columbia prof. Cole--a behind-the-scenes on this display of 237 works (seen by 562k+ visitors). tinyurl.com/5ysd373k

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It is always a deeply moving experience to return to Nuoro and visit the Casa Museo Grazia Deledda. One hundred years after she was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Italian Academy and…...

It is always a deeply moving experience to return to Nuoro and visit the Casa Museo Grazia Deledda. One hundred years after she was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Italian Academy and ...

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Yesterday, the Academy’s Interim Director, Barbara Faedda, was in Cabras with Mont'e Prama Foundation President A. Muroni and Sardinia Regional Representative G. Cadeddu-- and saw the spectacular new display of the Giants.

At ICCROM (Int'l. Centre for the Study of the Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Property) Director-General A. F. M. Gujral met with our Interim Dir., B. Faedda, about ICCROM & the Academy's Int'l. Observatory for Cultural Heritage (IOCH). tinyurl.com/3kdb3ttd #LivingHeritage #CulturalHeritage