Dean John McGreevy will honor the accomplishments of undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Letters by hosting a reception for students completing a senior thesis project, as well as their thesis advisers and/or mentors.
Location: Decio Theater, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Join us for an evening of live performances and sing a longs, organized by students and faculty in the Italian Program. With you we will explore the culture and history of Italy through its music.
Foreign language students are often significantly challenged by their first class in literature or civilization, partly because of inadequate practice with some very specific skills essential to success at the new level. By identifying a series of these often neglected micro skills and introducing them earlier in the curriculum, we can pave the way for a more confident transition to advanced classes. The presentation will include examples of activities based on the movie La misma luna…
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (New York University) - "Visualizing Fascism"
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University and a cultural critic who has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other fellowships. She writes and speaks frequently on fascism, war, Donald Trump, and the politics of images. Her latest book is the award-winning Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema (Indiana, 2015). Ben-Ghiat also writes frequently for the media. She covered the 2016 Presidential election for CNN.com, and continues to write about Trump's America.
Location: Center for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections, Hesburgh Library
Theatre and Politics in the Early Modern Age
Monday April 24 from 10:30am to 6pm in the Center for Digital Scholarship and Special Collections, Hesburgh Library
Please join us for an international workshop organized by Francesco Cotticelli, resident Distinguished Visiting Italian Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Theatre Studies at Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli.
Session I: 10:30am-12:50pm, Center for Digital Scholarship
1-2pm: Lunch (buffet for speakers and participants)
Session II: 2:50pm-6:00pm, Rare Books and Special Collections, Room 103
The workshop is free but we request that you kindly RSVP using this form.
Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Italian Studies at Notre Dame and the Department of Film, Television and Theatre.
University of Notre Dame & Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) Videoconference Seminars – Spring 2017
Thursday April 27 from 10-11:30am in Room 121, ITC, Notre Dame (16:00-17:30 at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway)
Paolo Squillacioti: "Variazioni testuali in un manoscritto senese del Tesoro volgare (Laur. Pl. XLII 22)"(Textual Variants of the Tesoro volgare in a Sienese Manuscript (Laur. Pl. XLII 22))
This is the sixth and final seminar in the series, hosted by Italian Studies at Notre Dame in partnership with the CNR Institute Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI), which examines a wide range of topics related to early Italian studies, including: Dante's Commedia, the geographical representation of linguistic data, and the production and circulation of manuscripts in Tuscany in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Further information about the seminar series may be found here.
“Reconsidering Dante and Brunetto Latini (and Bono Giamboni)”
Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, May 18-19, 2017
This meeting, sponsored by the Devers Program in Dante Studies, has been organized in connection with the Research Project: “Dante’s Florentine Vernacular Culture, 1280-1301”. It seeks to reconsider Dante’s relationship to Brunetto Latini by endeavouring to examine their possible connections in terms of their possible earlier and evolving contacts whether historical or textual.
“Reconsidering Dante and Brunetto Latini (and Bono Giamboni)”
Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway, May 18-19, 2017
This meeting, sponsored by the Devers Program in Dante Studies, has been organized in connection with the Research Project: “Dante’s Florentine Vernacular Culture, 1280-1301”. It seeks to reconsider Dante’s relationship to Brunetto Latini by endeavouring to examine their possible connections in terms of their possible earlier and evolving contacts whether historical or textual.
Each year since 2011, the Italian Studies Program at Notre Dame, along with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and in collaboration with various other departments and univeristies, has sponsored an annual seminar in Rome. This interdisciplinary seminar brings together graduate students and junior faculty members from Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the rest of the world.
The 2017 Rome Seminar, Ireland & Italy, will take place on June 16-30 at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway. Organized by Barry McCrea (Irish Studies, English), the seminar investigates the complex set of connections between Ireland and Italy, from medieval monasticism (and earlier) to the contemporary European Union.
Each year since 2011, the Italian Studies Program at Notre Dame, along with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and in collaboration with various other departments and univeristies, has sponsored an annual seminar in Rome. This interdisciplinary seminar brings together graduate students and junior faculty members from Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the rest of the world.
The 2017 Rome Seminar, Ireland & Italy, will take place on June 16-30 at Notre Dame's Rome Global Gateway. Organized by Barry McCrea (Irish Studies, English), the seminar investigates the complex set of connections between Ireland and Italy, from medieval monasticism (and earlier) to the contemporary European Union.
Acerca del simposio “Modernidades, (in)dependencias, (neo)colonialismos” nos invita a reflexionar sobre las articulaciones de lo que, en el Cono Sur, hemos comprendido como modernidaduna modernidad concebida, necesariamente, en plural y tensionada por sus complejas relaciones con las nociones de (in) dependencias y (nuevos) colonialismos inscritos en la producción cultural y en el pensamiento latinoamericanos.…
Acerca del simposio “Modernidades, (in)dependencias, (neo)colonialismos” nos invita a reflexionar sobre las articulaciones de lo que, en el Cono Sur, hemos comprendido como modernidaduna modernidad concebida, necesariamente, en plural y tensionada por sus complejas relaciones con las nociones de (in) dependencias y (nuevos) colonialismos inscritos en la producción cultural y en el pensamiento latinoamericanos.…
Acerca del simposio “Modernidades, (in)dependencias, (neo)colonialismos” nos invita a reflexionar sobre las articulaciones de lo que, en el Cono Sur, hemos comprendido como modernidaduna modernidad concebida, necesariamente, en plural y tensionada por sus complejas relaciones con las nociones de (in) dependencias y (nuevos) colonialismos inscritos en la producción cultural y en el pensamiento latinoamericanos.…
Acerca del simposio “Modernidades, (in)dependencias, (neo)colonialismos” nos invita a reflexionar sobre las articulaciones de lo que, en el Cono Sur, hemos comprendido como modernidaduna modernidad concebida, necesariamente, en plural y tensionada por sus complejas relaciones con las nociones de (in) dependencias y (nuevos) colonialismos inscritos en la producción cultural y en el pensamiento latinoamericanos.…
In the tradition of Fr. Sorin’s inspirational journey and intrepid spirit – our Notre Dame spirit – we invite you to join us on a personal pilgrimage. Experience the history of the C.S.C. and live the mission of Notre Dame as you journey together with fellow pilgrims. …