Press Releases
September 26, 2005 at 6:00 PM: Learning about Politics from the Renaissance
On Monday, September 26, 2005, New York University's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo will be hosting a presentation of Professor William J. Connell's new translation of Machiavelli's The Prince. Along with Professor Connell, two other experts shall be speaking: Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) and Marcello Simonetta (Wesleyan University). The speakers will highlight the volume's discoveries and recent advances in Machiavelli scholarship.
Admission is free to the public. Casa Zerilli-Marimo is located at 24 W 12th St, New York City. For more information, contact: Letizia La Rosa, Assistant Director, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at 212-998-3862 or letizia.larosa@nyu.edu.
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October 12, 2005: First Public Screening of "Anti-Italianism: Discrimination and Defamation in the History of Italian Americans."
New Jersey – Seton Hall University is pleased to invite the Italian American community to the first public screening of the short film “Anti-Italianism: Discrimination and Defamation in the History of Italian Americans,†directed and produced by Paul Budline for the Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute. The screening will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2005, at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, Walsh Library: Beck Room A/B. Reception begins at 5:30 PM; screening at 6:15 PM; discussion to follow. The event is open to the public at no charge.
“Anti-Italianism: Discrimination and Defamation in the History of Italian Americans,†is a 30-minute documentary filmed in December 2004 at an international conference organized by the Alberto Italian Studies Institute of Seton Hall University. The film, featuring Joe Piscopo and many others, presents incisive discussions of a history of discrimination that included lynching and racial bigotry, as well as the social and psychological effects of present-day stereotyping in the media. The film is a major step forward in creating greater awareness and understanding of how Italians have been perceived in the U.S. historically and of the obstacles they have overcome.
On this occasion Charles and Joan Alberto will be presented with the Mille Grazie Award of UNICO National's Anti-Bias Committee.
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November 21, 2005: Dung and the Madonna: A Powerful Mixture in Renaissance Florence
Remember the impassioned controversy that broke out when Mayor Rudolph Giuliani condemned the Brooklyn Museum for displaying a painting by Chris Offili in which the Virgin Mary was decorated with dung? A new book by two distinguished historians about an episode of dung-throwing in Renaissance Florence—and the religious devotion that ensued--serves as a reminder of the unpredictable ways in which popular religious feeling finds expression. Today a new book, Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance Florence, by William J. Connell and Giles Constable, captures the essence of the Renaissance’s controversial spirituality through the case of a Florentine nobleman.
The book will be presented to the public on Monday, November 21, 2005 – at 6 PM. at the Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, New York.
R.S.V.P. Renata Sperandio (212) 879 4242 ext. 323. Press contact Daniela Puglielli (908) 212 7846.
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