Former Fellow Luca Zipoli's Bryn Mawr course, "Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time" had a guest lecture by Exec. Director Barbara Faedda: "From Liberty to Libretto: Italian Cultural Contributions to Early America." More info: www.brynmawr.edu/inside/lates...

In her role as ambassador/permanent observer of EPLO, Barbara Faedda, the Academy's executive director, attended the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly.

News from current Fellow: Valeria Fascianelli will be at la Sapienza University of Rome to present her work on how representational geometry correlate with behavior. More info: lnkd.in/e4YNZCmr @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social

[Columbia ID required w/ registration] "Germany was so poor in 1927, but gov't money went to a unique building project. Why?" Oct 1 at 1PM. Speaker: SEBASTIAN MEYER-VON KÖCKRITZ (architect for historic buildings). Moderator: JORGE OTERO-PAILOS (GSAPP). tinyurl.com/yxcmr5en

New Fellow joining the Academy: Claudia Wedepohl; Project: “The story of Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’” tinyurl.com/33np4taa See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Simone Picchianti; Project: “Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith” tinyurl.com/muwt4eh6 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Weinberg Fellow joining the Academy: Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz; Project: Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)” tinyurl.com/y3uxdzcv See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Andrea Maselli; Project: “Binary black hole systems as particle physics laboratories in dark matter environments” tinyurl.com/y4p9betp See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

Deadline tonight, midnight Italian time--

New Weinberg Fellow joining the Academy: Marianna Mancini; Project: “Builders of modern Rome: secondary craftsmen and the development of Roman architectural language in the 16th century” tinyurl.com/4tac5r4r See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: John Kulvicki; Project: “Reshaping the arts of space” tinyurl.com/bdhcwknd See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Valeria Fascianelli; Project: “The neural geometry of emotions: cognitive implications and individual variability” tinyurl.com/2y5mzaw9 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social

New Fellow joining the Academy: Judith Delfiner; Project: “Against the grain: women artists and office technologies” tinyurl.com/2p8y62m3 See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Gerda Henkel Foundation Fellow joining the Academy: Stefano de Bosio; Project: “Like butterfly wings: image doubling in Early Modern displays and visual culture” tinyurl.com/3nsv5sws See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

New Fellow joining the Academy: Mario Carpo; Project: “Generative AI and the making of images: style transfer, creativity, and the automation of visual imitation” tinyurl.com/2dd67v9m See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv

News from past Fellows— Call for Papers: "Colonial Objects – Material Culture of Italian Colonialism." Day 2 at Italian Academy in 2026; Day 1 is in Dec. 2025 at Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History. tinyurl.com/4ru5a83f @camilleriana.bsky.social

Now: Emerging Italian artists can have a 5-month residency in NY—with a stipend. We are glad to be a founding partner of this program that has brought in 50 artists over the years. Deadline: Sept 15 Premio NY: tinyurl.com/3devp3mw

This week, UNESCO's Heritage list added the grave sites called "domus de janas"—​& Barbara Faedda (Academy's Exec. Director) visited the 'Sas Concas'​ domus de janas w/ archaeologist Consuelo Moro. (In the Academy's Sardinia Cultural Heritage Project tinyurl.com/SardiniaHeri...)

Tue, Jun 24, 6-8PM: Open Studio event at EFA Studios (323 W 39th St. 3Fl, NYC) featuring Premio New York prize winners Adji Dieye & Eleonora Luccarini italianacademy.columbia.edu/content/prem...

Barbara Faedda, the IA's Exec Director, and Marco Pizzo, Vice Director, Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento, developing a long-term project to provide the IOCH with valuable documentation, rare unpublished materials, & exclusive archival content. tinyurl.com/3h8rh77f

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News from former Fellow: Read Nicola Camilleri's essay, "Challenging race, gender, and class in Fascist and postwar Italy. Biographical notes on Elena Sengal (1911–1962)," based on his Italian Academy research; Published online: tinyurl.com/2c4sfa76 @camilleriana.bsky.social

We mourn the loss of Edmund White (Jan 30, 1940–Jun 3, 2025), a Fellow at the Academy in 2013-2014. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/a...

We're celebrating the Festa della Repubblica (on the date when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in 1946); you can watch video of our recent public event marking 80 years since the end of World War II in Italy: David Forgacs (NYU) & Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) in conversation tinyurl.com/27tryabm

Tomorrow! May 1, 7PM New Latin American Music for Solo Piano, with Joel Sachs This concert is part of Carnegie Hall’s city-wide celebration of Latin culture in the U.S., "Nuestros Sonidos" Limited seats available! We expect to accommodate walkins tinyurl.com/yc6dcmwc @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Fri, Apr 25, 10AM "Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy" Int'l experts talk about the vibrant art market in Rome in the 17th century Free; for registration, timing, and campus restrictions: tinyurl.com/mrye6bvu @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

"Riveting and timely and poignant"--our international audience said that last night's event was moving and informative. We are grateful to David Forgacs & Nadia Urbinati. Read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm #italianliberations #italyisfree #italianresistance #rememberitaly

Tomorrow! ​Apr 23, ​6PM ​"Liberation! ​ 80 Years Since the End of World War II in Italy​" Free; register and read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #italianliberations #italyisfree #italianresistance #rememberitaly

On Resistance, German occupation and the collusion of some Italians, the new Constitution, women’s roles and their developing rights, the idea of liberation (liberation for whom?), the “three wars” (liberation struggle, civil war, class war), and the politics of commemoration over the decades​.

News from current Fellow, Lucia Delaini What does the past feel like? A roundtable on embodied cognition & historical inquiry On how attention to gesture, perception, & the senses can reshape what we think knowledge is April 22, 10AM–12: Zoom or in person tinyurl.com/3j6cd7hd

Next week, May 1, 7PM: New Latin American Music for Solo Piano, with Joel Sachs This concert is part of Carnegie Hall’s city-wide celebration of Latin culture in the U.S., "Nuestros Sonidos" Free; register here: tinyurl.com/yc6dcmwc

See talk topics and all details now for next week's event: "Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy" Apr 25, 10AM-1PM Free; register here: tinyurl.com/mrye6bvu @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Next Wednesday, ​Apr 23, ​6PM ​"Liberation! ​ 80 Years Since the End of World War II in Italy​" David Forgacs (NYU)​ & Nadia Urbanati (Columbia) in conversation​. ​Free; register and read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

We are happy to be co-sponsoring this event on Apr 28; please register! italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/zeyne...

The Academy thanks all the speakers and partners for a full house event yesterday. Steven Ellis , Fondazione Mont’e Prama, Anthony Muroni , Ilaria Orri, Seán Hemingway, Peter van Dommelen,Issnaf - Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.

LIVE: The Met’s Sean Hemingway on Manneddu—Sardinia’s towering giant steals the spotlight in a sea of ancient Mediterranean art.

Fourth speaker Ilaria Orri delves into the Giants of Mont’e Prama—the oldest human statues in the western Med, carved 3,000 years ago to honor Nuragic warriors.

Our third speaker Peter van Dommelen reveals a rare find at S’Urachi: a defensive ditch linking Nuragic Sardinia to Iron Age Iberia.

Anna Depalmas explores how Sardinia’s ancient elite at Mont’e Prama used giant stone warriors to project power, faith, and legacy.

Celebrating Sardinian cultural heritage and a productive partnership between Columbia's Italian Academy and Region of Sardinia–with the Mont'e Prama Foundation. At the start of today’s event "50 Years Since the Discoveries at Mont’e Prama: Sardinia’s 3000-Year-Old Culture" tinyurl.com/5n8k2tnz

"Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy" On Apr 25, int'l experts talk abt new research on court cases & other records that reveal work done "on spec," plus underground transactions w/ collectors, & more. Free; for registration, timing, and more: tinyurl.com/mrye6bvu

Dozens of giant sculptures surfaced in a field in 1974. What do they say about the ancient Mediterranean? Exhibition & talks. "50 Years Since the Discoveries at Mont’e Prama: Sardinia’s 3000-Year-Old Culture" Thurs, March 27; register now! tinyurl.com/5n8k2tnz

Exhibition going up now! Join us on Thursday, March 27, for talks, show opening, and more— tinyurl.com/5n8k2tnz @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @stevenellis.bsky.social

News from current Fellows at the Renaissance Society of America meeting in Boston: www.rsa.org/news/689716/...

​Apr 23, ​6PM ​"Liberation! ​ 80 Years Since the End of World War II in Italy​" Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) and David Forgacs (NYU)​ in conversation​. ​Free; register and read more: tinyurl.com/27tryabm

Tomorrow: we encourage walk-ins, even though we are at capacity— Feb 13, 7PM Works by Bellini, Del Tredici, Dodge, Mikhashoff, Mozart, & Peloquin. "Bel Canto Piano" with Marc Peloquin “Energetic...refreshing...alive; remarkable definition & clarity” (NYTimes) Free: tinyurl.com/peloquin

Sneak preview of the exhibition opening on March 27--along with talks and more: "50 Years Since the Discoveries at Mont’e Prama: Sardinia’s 3000-Year-Old Culture" Register now! tinyurl.com/5n8k2tnz

Last week at the @metmuseum for a special tour in the Study Room for Drawings and Prints, the current Fellows of the Italian Academy saw ephemera as well as precious antiquities.

For International Women’s Day & Women's History Month: read our interview with Roraima Andriani, who works at the UN for INTERPOL (the org policing int'l criminality): tinyurl.com/3vff3tsf. And see our past interviews too: tinyurl.com/s2xpr24r #internationalwomenday

Sneak preview of the exhibition opening on March 27--along with talks and more: "50 Years Since the Discoveries at Mont’e Prama: Sardinia’s 3000-Year-Old Culture" Register now! tinyurl.com/5n8k2tnz