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Recovery, Investment for Growth and Fiscal SustainabilityOrganized by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (Harvard University) with the support of the Presidency of the Council of Ministries of Italy and in collaboration with Fondazione Rosselli of Turin, the conference will discuss the current financial situations in both Europe and the Unites States. Unprecedented policy measures taken by major economies have limited the downturn of the economic and financial crisis and spurred recovery.

Stanislao Pugliese (Hofstra University), Johan

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The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host A Conversation on Dino De Laurentiis, a round table featuring Scott Foundas (Film Society of Lincoln Center), Antonio Monda (New York University) and Francesco Zippel (filmmaker) about the life of the great producer.
The event is in collaboration with 41º Parallelo, the American spin off of the Napoli Film Festival. The aim is to bring Italian Cinema to NewYork, showing the similarities between Naples and the City,  used to welcome and absorb passing cultures.
 

Italy contributed heavily to the world’s industrial development of the
20th century through discoveries and inventions that influenced nations
such as the United States. Some of the most important historians of
science, technology and industry - both Italian and American - will take
part in a conference on how Italians were instrumental in the Second
Industrial Revolution.

Dario D’Ambrosi celebrates La MaMa’s  50th Anniversary presenting "Teatro Patologico in New York," from December 15 to 22 2011, mounting one large new work plus three smaller plays that are a cross-section of his 31 years of productions at La MaMa. The eclectic artist, screenwriter and actor, is the originator of the theatrical movement teatro patologico, one of his most successful project that deals with the concept of crazyness interwined with the power of theatre.

With the participation ofMario BaldiAssociate Professor Politecnico TorinoLoris DegioanniSenior Director Riverbed TechnologyFrancesco ProfumoPresident National Research Council, CNR and Rector of Politecnico TorinoTo celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York presents a unique exhibition, “150 Years of Italian Genius”, showcasing the creativity and genius of Italian scientists and researchers from various disciplines.

More information will be available shortly on this website

Every year the Consulate General of Italy renews its commitment to the duty of memory by promoting a series of events to raise awareness against racism and xenophobia in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the Centro Primo Levi, the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo’ at NYU, the John D. Calandra Institute at CUNY, the Italian Academy at Columbia University and the Scuola d’Italia “G. Marconi”.

A conversation with Francesco Cassata (University of Genoa) which will analyze the development of eugenics in Italy, from the First International Congress of Eugenics in London (1912) to the establishment of medical genetics during the 1950s. Dr. Cassata will expose the complex interaction between eugenics and “racial science” during Fascism, focusing in particular on the definition of an alternative model of neo-Lamarckian, pronatalist and Catholic eugenics: the so-called “Latin” eugenics.

A documentary film by Marco Bertozzi based on research by Noa Steimatsky.
The conversion of Cinecittà, one of Europe’s largest movie studios, into a refugee camp is the topic of this thoroughly researched film. The camp of Cinecittà emerges as a startling phenomenon and a prime allegorical tableau of its time. The film explores the historical conditions at the time of the camp’s creation, the magnitude of its population, the duration of its existence and the broader social and political forces that governed its development.