PROGRAMS GIORNO DELLA MEMORIA 2013
Consulate General of Italy in New York, Italian Cultural Institute, NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Mariṃ, Italian Academy at Columbia University, Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY, Centro Primo Levi NY. Full calendar and educational resources January 24 at 6:00 pm IL RAGAZZO DI VIA SACCHI (2011) by Francesco Momberti Italian Cultural Institute, 868 Park Avenue, NYC In Italian with English subtitles. Post-screening discussion: Guri Schwarz (University of Pisa) and Tullio Levi (former president of the Jewish Community of Turin) January 28 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY Reading of the names of the Jews deported from Italy and Italian territories. Consulate General of Italy, 869 Park Avenue at 68th Street January 31 at 6:30 pm REHABILITATING WAR CRIMINALS. THE MONUMENT TO RODOLFO GRAZIANI Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY, 24 West 43rd Street Lidia Santarelli (Brown University), Yemane Demissie (New York University). Moderator: Andrea Fiano (journalist and former Chairman of CPL). Respondent Girma Abebe, Former Counselor, (Ethiopian Delegation to the UN). See: BBC NEWS: Italy memorial to Fascist hero Graziani sparks row. February 5 at 6:30 pm THE SHOAH IN ITALY: BEYOND NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY Casa Italiana Zerilli Mariṃ, 24 West 12th Street, NYC Enzo Traverso (University of Turin, Cornell University) and Susan Zuccotti (author of The Italians and the Holocaust). Respondent Franklin Hugh Adler (Macalester College) February 7 at 5:30 pm THE "UNFIT". DISABILITY UNDER NAZISM AND FASCISM Italian Academy at Columbia University, Amsterdam Avenue Patricia Heberer (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum), Susan Bachrach (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum), David Forgacs (New York University) The program of Centro Primo Levi is made possibile through the generous contribution of the Cahnman Foundation and the Viterbi Family. |