January 19, 2021, marks one year since the passing of our dear friend Robert Viscusi. As I wrote last year, for those of us who knew Bob well, we knew a kind man, someone who was always respectfully inquisitive and concerned about his friends and, at the same time, always
The Calandra Institute's Olivia Tursi, LCSW-R, MA, has won the Borough of Manhattan Community College's II Micro Story Contest, sponsored by the college's Modern Languages Department. Congratulations, Olivia!
La Scuola d'Italia, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has inaugurated new scholarship opportunities for students. Students interested in applying for a scholarship at La Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi" can do so by sending a letter of presentation along with their CV focusing on their curricular and extracurricular activities. Knowledge of the Italian language is not required in order to obtain the scholarship.
For more information, click here.
Applications should be be emailed to slanfredini@lascuoladitalia.org.
This spring, instead of hosting our annual conference at the Calandra Institute offices on 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan, we'll be expanding our event space almost infinitely ... online. All presentations and panels for this year's conference—Italian Borderlands: Restrictions, Breaches, Encounters—was held every weekday at 2pm EST April 5 through 21, 2021, on Zoom. Click here to see the complete conference program.
As always, the conference, like all Calandra's public programming, is free and open to everyone.
Calandra's Dean Anthony Tamburri spoke with Francesco Ricatti, senior lecturer in Italian studies at Australia's Monash University, about the academic field and why Italians sometimes get left out of anthologies. Watch the entire episode here.
To watch all these casual conversations, click here.
Stefano Albertini. Photo courtesy La Voce di New York
Dr. Joseph Sciorra met online with Casa Italia's Stefano Albertini for a wide-ranging arts discussion that covered opera and Moonstruck. Click here to watch the whole conversation.
To watch all these episodes, click here.
The Calandra Institute's Olivia Tursi, LCSW-R, MA, has won the Borough of Manhattan Community College's II Micro Story Contest, sponsored by the college's Modern Languages Department. Congratulations, Olivia!
La Scuola d'Italia, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has inaugurated new scholarship opportunities for students. Students interested in applying for a scholarship at La Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi" can do so by sending a letter of presentation along with their CV focusing on their curricular and extracurricular activities. Knowledge of the Italian language is not required in order to obtain the scholarship.
For more information, click here.
Applications should be be emailed to slanfredini@lascuoladitalia.org.Read More
La Scuola d'Italia, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has inaugurated new scholarship opportunities for students. Students interested in applying for a scholarship at La Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi" can do so by sending a letter of presentation along with their CV focusing on their curricular and extracurricular activities. Knowledge of the Italian language is not required in order to obtain the scholarship.
For more information, click here.
Applications should be be emailed to slanfredini@lascuoladitalia.org.
This spring, instead of hosting our annual conference at the Calandra Institute offices on 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan, we'll be expanding our event space almost infinitely ... online. All presentations and panels for this year's conference—Italian Borderlands: Restrictions, Breaches, Encounters—was held every weekday at 2pm EST April 5 through 21, 2021, on Zoom. Click here to see the complete conference program.
As always, the conference, like all Calandra's public programming, is free and open to everyone.Read More
This spring, instead of hosting our annual conference at the Calandra Institute offices on 43rd St. in Midtown Manhattan, we'll be expanding our event space almost infinitely ... online. All presentations and panels for this year's conference—Italian Borderlands: Restrictions, Breaches, Encounters—was held every weekday at 2pm EST April 5 through 21, 2021, on Zoom. Click here to see the complete conference program.
As always, the conference, like all Calandra's public programming, is free and open to everyone.
Calandra's Dean Anthony Tamburri spoke with Francesco Ricatti, senior lecturer in Italian studies at Australia's Monash University, about the academic field and why Italians sometimes get left out of anthologies. Watch the entire episode here.
To watch all these casual conversations, click here.Read More
Calandra's Dean Anthony Tamburri spoke with Francesco Ricatti, senior lecturer in Italian studies at Australia's Monash University, about the academic field and why Italians sometimes get left out of anthologies. Watch the entire episode here.
To watch all these casual conversations, click here.
