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Books, Essays October 16, 2025

La Storia

Elsa Morante. Excerpts from La Storia, remembering October 16, 1943 Not even from her mother had she ever heard this denomination “Aryans”; in fact, the de-nomination of Jews itself, for…

News April 15, 2025

A Woman’s Resistance

A new book by Giorgio van Straten, La Ribelle. Storia straordinaria di Nada Parri, Laterza, 2025 (forthcoming in English with Other Press, in 2026) recounts a little-known yet remarkable story…

Books March 5, 2025

Primo Levi in Swahili

A new translation of If This is a Man into Swahili is available on the site of the International Center of Primo Levi Studies in Turin and can be downloaded…

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Academia March 3, 2016

“Non contrarii, ma diversi”

“Non contrarii, ma diversi” : the question of minority in the eyes of Christians and Jews in Italy (early 15th-mid 18th century) Dead line for submitting papers : April 15,…

Essays, News March 2, 2016

An Evening for Bianca

On January 25th, 2016, was a special  evening at the Italian Cultural Institute. The occasion was  the launching of  Primo Levi, The Friend by Bianca Guidetti Serra, CPL Editions, 2015….

Academia, Books March 1, 2016

The Secret of the Last Jews of Rhodes

A Daunting Discovery: The largest Carabinieri Archives Outside of Italy and a List of 1661 Names Shed Light on a Greek island’s Darkest Moments How was it possible? A locked door,…

Academia February 29, 2016

Judeo-Languages

Giudeo-Lingue. Who Speaks, When, Where, and With Whom? Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” – Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo – Centro di Studi Ebraici An Annual Seminar on Judeo-languages past and…

News February 28, 2016

Who is That Warrior?

Confronting Italy’s colonial ‘adventure’ in Ethiopia The most startling moment in “If Only I Were That Warrior”—and there are many startling moments—might be when Giuseppe, an Italian agronomist and military…

Academia, News February 28, 2016

The Ghetto Reconsidered

The Ghetto Reconsidered: Minority and Ethnic Quarters in Text and Images On the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the establishment of the Venice Ghetto (1516) by a decree of the Serenissima,…