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ANSA. An Italian on trial with his American girlfriend for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher said Friday that he ''wouldn't hurt a fly''. As the trial of Raffaele Sollecito, 24, and Amanda Knox, 21, reopened in Perugia, Sollecito said in an address to the court that he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. (Read the article)
ANSA. President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday said he would not approve an emergency decree to prevent doctors from removing Eluana Englaro's feeding tube in accordance with a landmark right-to-die ruling. (Read the article)
Nymag. Teresa Rizzo-Marino has to vacate her Lower East Side restaurant, Isabella’s Oven, and she’s not happy about it. Kicked out of her space by her landlord, Ms Marino's most serious accusation revolves around what she calls “ethnic discrimination” — “they discriminate against Italian people, non-Kosher places, any little thing they can find. I’ve never met people like this in my life." (Read the article by Daniel Maurer)
NBCDFM. Another designer, Fausto Sarli, dedicated the jewel of his collection to Michelle Obama. The gown, pinkish and studded with crystals and lavish swirls, represents a light in the desert, said Sarli. (Read the article by Andrew Greiner)
TIMES ON LINE. Speaking in court, Mr Sollecito sought to proclaim his innocence, insisting he “would never hurt a fly” and was “the victim of injustice”. (Read the article by Richard Owen)
AP. Italy's government issued an emergency decree Friday to prevent a woman in a vegetative state from having her feeding tubes disconnected but the president immediately said he wouldn't sign it. President Giorgio Napolitano said the decree violated the "fundamental" separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches since it defied court rulings that have favored removing Eluana Englaro's feeding tubes. (Read the article by Alessandra Rizzo)
ANSA. The cabinet on Friday unanimously approved an emergency decree to stop doctors carrying out a landmark right-to-die court ruling that is fiercely opposed by the Catholic Church. (Read the article)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Over 1,600 migrants currently held on the Italian island of Lampedusa are at risk of being forcibly returned to their home countries. According to an official statement by the Italian Minister of the Interior on 23 January, 150 migrants have already been returned from Lampedusa since 1 January. (Read the article)
Reuters. Mania over President Barack Obama has reached the catwalks of Rome, where a top haute couture designer showed off a kaftan emblazoned with his face and another dedicated a gown of "hope" to his wife Michelle. (Read the article)
The Wall Street Journal. Italian eyewear maker Luxottica SpA is expected to unveil a new social-benefits program for its domestic work force, an attempt to ease the pain as the global economic downturn hits Italy's industrial north. (Read the article by Stacy Meichtry and Jennifer Clark)
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Italy in NY Calendar
October 19
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On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the publication of the Orlando Furioso, the City University of New York and New York University in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Columbia University, Department of Italian, are organizing an international symposium attended by eminent scholars, both Italian and American, on the relevance of the poem in the literary history and as a source of inspiration for visual arts and music. Speakers: Karina Attar, Luigi Ballerini, John Bidwell, Lina Bolzoni, Federica Caneparo, JoAnn Cavallo, Daniela D'Eugenio, Wendy Heller, Alessandro Giammei, Bettina Lerner, Dennis Looney, David Quint, Eugenio Refini, Joshua Reid, Antonio Ricci, Brian Richardson, Melissa Swain, Jane Tylus and Sergio Zatti.
A rich calendar of events is taking place between October 17 and 21 at: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU, Italian Cultural Institute, The Morgan Library and Museum, PrPh Books and The Graduate Center CUNY.
Conference Co-Sponsors
Co-sponsored by Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU, the NYU Medieval and Renaissance Center, the NYU Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Renaissance Society of America, the Renaissance Studies Certificate Program at the Graduate Center, The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, the Doctoral Students’ Council at the Graduate Center, the Sonia Raiziss Giop Foundation, the Department of Romance Languages at Hunter College, and the Department of European Languages and Literatures at Queens College.
La Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo si svolge sotto l'Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana.
For more information and to view the program click HERE
Ariosto After 500 Years will take place from October 17 to October 21, 2016, at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, Italian Cultural Institute, Morgan Library and Museum, PrPh Books, and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Click here for the complete program of events.
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The exhibition "COVER REVOLUTION!" aims at highlighting how, during the last ten years, illustrators have contributed to reinventing the image of the major Italian publishing houses. The show features works by some of the most popular and acclaimed Italian illustrators, such as Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli.
"COVER REVOLUTION!" is a project curated by Melania Gazzotti and produced in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin and Laboratorio Formentini, Milan. A catalogue will be published for the occasion by Corraini Editions.
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The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of waste every year, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Scraps: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse, is an exhibition presenting three women’s creative and sustainable, yet distinct, design approaches to the shockingly high human and environmental costs of textile industry waste. Three designers—Luisa Cevese, Christina Kim, and Reiko Sudo—working on three different continents, who put sustainability at the heart of their design practice. Each designer takes a very different approach to the millions of tons of waste generated each year by the textile and fashion industries, yet all share a profound respect for fabric scraps as repositories of raw materials, energy, labor, and creativity. Presenting the exhibition at Cooper Hewitt will expand public awareness of textile recycling and sustainability beyond the thoughtful use and conservation of precious material resources, to include the creation of skilled creative work and the preservation of local craft traditions. It will illuminate how a commitment to sustainability can spark creativity in new, unimagined ways. Scraps will feature a single project or concept from each designer and each installation will utilize fabric waste from a different stage of the manufacturing stream.
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Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. XVI edizione.
On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the first edition of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso The Italian Cultural Institute presents a round table on Language and Translation of Orlando Furioso in collaboration with City University of New York, NYU and Columbia University.
Speakers:
Daniela D’Eugenio (The Graduate Center, CUNY), Ariosto 1516-1532 and Harington 1591: “Translation” of Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases in the ‘Orlando furioso’
Joshua Reid (East Tennessee State University), He Do the ‘Orlando Furioso’ in Different Voices: Ariosto’s Ventriloquizing Presence in English Translation
Moderator: Hermann Haller (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
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Dialogues in Languages and Humanities is a new initiative from the Center for Applied Liberal Arts, the American Language Institute, and the International Student Support Center--three departments at the NYU School of Professional Studies. The Dialogues mission is to host events that engage the NYU community and the public in provocative conversations on timely and meaningful topics that link the liberal arts, language, and international education.
Political Rhetoric: The Presidential Campaign and Beyond
From the current US presidential election to the United Kingdom’s historic Brexit vote, political rhetoric has the power to build communities and create rifts in society--with lasting global repercussions. As the rhetoric of politics continues to escalate, both in the U.S. and abroad, join us in taking a step back to consider what the words and language used by politicians and the news media reveals about the political landscape.
Panelists:
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NYU professor and frequent CNN contributor
Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University
Ben Zimmer, language columnist for The Wall Street Journal
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