Publishing and Culture: The Alchemy of Ideas
Since the days of Gutenberg and probably long before, publishers have depended on what was most...
Essays
Translating Giorgio Bassani
The work of relatively few Italian novelists from the 20th Century has so far been translated...
New Book Explores America’s Flirt With Italian Fascism
Mauro Canali’s La scoperta dell’Italia examines the activity, impact, and perspectives of American correspondents in Italy...
Filo-So-Fare
The resurgence of the Italian silk tallit. Alessandro Cassin in conversation with Rav Umberto Piperno Many...
Being a Centaur
What follows is Alessandro Di Rocco's acceptance speech of the Centaur Award 2018.I want to thank...
Nuto Revelli: the History of the Present
It is a rare pleasure to turn the last page of a book, and remain in...
The Doctored ‘Memoir’ of Edgardo Mortara
The Doctored ‘Memoir’ of a Jewish Boy Kidnapped by the Vatican Edgardo Mortara’s autobiography is roiling...
The “Aryanization” of Italian Musical Life
This article was originally published by the Orel Foundation and is republished with minor edits by permission. ...
Ghetto and Not
The Relationship between Jews and Christians. Toward a Redefinition of the Ghetto In Italy, during the...
The Jewish War and Rome’s Urban Renewal
This essay is published in connection with the Rome Lab and the exhibition The Arch of...