• Culture, Climate and Techniques in the Architecture of Renzo Piano will be discussed in the Salvatori Lecture by Ariel Genadt on October 7, at 6 p.m. in the Cherpack Seminar Room, 543 Williams Hall.
• My Two Italies, on October 14, will feature Joseph Luzzi, professor of Italian at Bard College, who will present his book, My Two Italies, which tells the story of his family’s immigration from Italy and presents an insider’s look at the turbulence of life in Italy today. His talk will be at 5:30 p.m. in room 401 Fisher Bennett Hall.
• Italian Knowledge in the United States, on October 18, will consist of a roundtable discussion with Italian scholars and researchers in various fields. It will be held in the Terrace Room in Claudia Cohen Hall and the program will begin at 2 p.m. Among the guests will be Umberto Contarello, screenplay writer of La Grande Bellezza, who will talk about the 2014 Academy Award Film by Sorrentino. The evening will end with the screening of the film followed by a Q&A.
• Italian Books, Authors and Readers in the Digital Era, on October 22, will be held in the Cherpack Seminar Room, 543 Williams Hall; the seminar will begin at 4:30 p.m. It celebrates the 14th World Week of the Italian Language. This year’s theme, Writing the New Europe: Italian Publishers, Authors and Readers in the Digital Era, will be discussed by faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students in the Italian Program and introduce the audience to the great innovations brought on by the digital era to writing, reading, teaching and learning.
• Orlando Furioso in 16th and 17th Century Pictorial Cycle on October 30, will be held in the Meyerson Conference Center in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library at 5:30 p.m. Federica Caneparo, Princeton University, will present her new book, Di Molte Figure Adornato. The lecture will be in English.
