Printed Matter
Centro Primo Levi's online monthly on the work of Primo Levi, Italian Jewish history, culture and current affairs. 
YOM HASHOAH

May 4
6:30 pm
Trusteeship Chamber
United Nations Headquarters
New York
This program is sold out


The Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme in partnership with the Centro Primo Levi New York presents a roundtable discussion titled "After the Holocaust - Primo Levi and the Nexus of Science, Responsibility and Humanism". 

The event will take place on 4 May 2016 on the occasion of Yom HaShoah. After a reading of passages from Primo Levi's recently published Complete Works, a panel of scholars and writers will explore themes found in Levi's writings including scientific ethics, history and memory, language and transmission, and justice and responsibility. The range of topics highlights Primo Levi's universal appeal and his humanistic legacy.
Upcoming programs
 
May 3 
7:00 pm 
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street

Science Fiction?
 
A reading from Primo Levi's Complete Works with Prof. Francesco Cassata (University of Genoa), author of the 2015 Lezione Primo Levi. Based on Storie naturali (1966) and Vizio di forma (1971).

Storie naturali, the first collection of Primo Levi's science fiction stories, was published in September 1966, under the pen name Damiano Malabaila, wrapped in a paper band by the Einaudi publishing house proposing an attractive and engaging question: «Science Fiction?». Much has been written about the origin of that pen name, but perhaps it is necessary to pause and reflect on the meaning and ambiguity of that question - reiterated not by chance in the title of this Lecture. Einaudi's paper band in fact alluded to a series of questions that still have not been fully answered: Why did Levi chose science fiction? In which social and cultural context did he write these stories? How do these writings of Levi relate to science fiction as a genre? And how do his science fiction story fit into the rest of his work?

May 11 
6:30 pm 
Italian Cultural Institute 
686 Park Avenue. Free admission.

Georgio Bassani in America

Giorgio Van Straten, director of the ICI, Dalia Sofer (writer), Andrea Malaguti (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and the writer's daughter, Paola Bassani.

On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Giorgio Bassani's birth and of the publication of Giorgio Bassani, New York Lectures and Interviews, CPL Editions, 2016. During the 1960s and 1970s Giorgio Bassani spent considerable time in the United States, as president of the ecological association Italia Nostra, overseeing the translation of his works and most notably teaching at American colleges and universities. The lectures and interviews contained in the new volume published by CPL Editions in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the support of Fondazione Giorgio Bassani, were originally given at the Italian Cultural Institute on Park Avenue. 















Articles, news and academic announcements


From Odessa to Florence, Asher Salah, Quest

The Biblioteca Palatina with Israel National Library

Centro Primo Levi and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Partner
on a portal on the Italian Jewish Press

The Jewish Archives of Piedmont on SIUSA

Archival records of Italian Jewry at  the Israel's National Library

Why the new "Holocaust Music" is an insult to music and the the victims of the Shoah. James Loeffler, Tablet

Inspired by the Archives. A Manifesto of the Italian Archivists

The City and the Ghetto. Cristiana Facchini, Quest

THANKS
Centro Primo Levi is the recipient of the endowment fund established by the Viterbi Family in memory of Achille and Maria Viterbi. CPL's activities are supported by the Cahnman Foundation, Peter S. Kalikow, Claude Ghez, David Berg Foundation, John Elkann, Charles Hallac z'l & Sarah Keil Wolf, Jeffrey Keil & Danielle Pinet.