UPCOMING EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Artemisia Gentileschi and Wily Women Artists of Italy, 1550 to 1776
Thursday, November 7, 2024 from 2 – 3:20pm.
E-4340 Melville Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3358.
Pinocchio, Past and Present
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 5:30 – 7:30pm.
E-4340 Melville Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3358.
Film Screening of Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 5:30 – 8:00pm.
E-4340 Melville Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3358.
More Events
News & Announcements
Crazy Fish Sing discussion
If you missed last semester's Crazy Fish Sing book presentation, please join Simone Brioni, Peter Bruno, and Loredana Polezzi on Thursday, November 7 at 5 PM at the Poetry Center (Humanities 2001) for another discussion of the visual art book inspired by Suranga Katugampala's forthcoming film Still Here.
CommUniversity Day was a rousing success!
Several hundred people braved the rain and participated in the Center's table activities. Congratulations to our three LEGO mini-Vespa winners Bin C., Grayson F., and Richard M., and the winner of our trivia basket of Italian goodies, Zach S. There were 387 pieces of pasta in the jar.
Concorso d'Eleganza celebrated in SBU News!
Read more about our XVIII annual Dr. Robert D. Cess Concorso d'Eleganza.
The Center Welcomes new Mignone Fellow Sophia Scala!
Scala is a recent graduate of Rutgers University. She has joined SBU to pursue her MA in Romance Languages, specializing in Italian. As part of her fellowship, she will teach Elementary Italian (ITL 111) and participate in the Center's activities and initiatives. Welcome, Sophia!
The Humanist Project
by Peter Carravetta
Dr. Peter Carravetta (Philosophy) published his new book The Humanist Project: Will, Judgement, and Society from Dante to Vico. Exploring several outlets of humanist theory, Caravetta incorporates ideas of Dante, Boccaccio, Pico della Mirandola, Machiavelli, Campanella, and finally, Vico.
Opportunities
Fusco Fellowship Applications
We are accepting current students for the Fusco Fellowship on a rolling basis. See details on this opportunity here, and apply now!