UPCOMING EVENTS
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Elisabetta Scirocco, "Art and Catastrophes: Heritage and Natural Dangers, from Spanish Italy to the Present"
This lecture presents natural disasters as a possible key to an interdisciplinary approach to art history. We will examine the impact of natural disasters in Naples, the most densely populated city in 17th-century Europe and the capital of the Spanish viceroyalty in southern Italy.
Center for Italian Studies, E-4340 Melville Library, Stony Brook University
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News & Announcements
Welcome to Lori Repetti
Lori Repetti, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics, is the new Director of the Center for Italian Studies. We wish her a warm welcome! We also thank Andrea Fedi for his service as Interim Director, 2023-24, and Director, 2024-25.
Mary Jo Bona honored by IASA
Distinguished Professor Emerita Mary Jo Bona was recently honored by the Italian American Studies Association (IASA) at its annual conference held November 6–8, 2025 at Montclair State University. Read more.


