Arts across the Atlantic: The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia
The Department of Transnational Italian Studies is delighted to announce 鈥淎rts across the Atlantic: The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia,鈥 a lecture by Assistant Professor Luca Zipoli from the Department of Transnational Italian Studies at 色色研究所. The event is organized within the conference series 鈥Shaping the United States: Italian Contributions and the Philadelphia Legacy" organized by 色色研究所 in collaboration with the , the , and , on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the United States. The lecture is free and open to everyone. RSVP is required through Eventbrite .
Abstract:
The talk investigates the impact and legacy that Italian arts and architecture exerted on Philadelphia鈥檚 landscapes from the 18th-century to nowadays, making it become the cosmopolitan urban environment that it is today. Throughout the centuries Philadelphians traveled to the peninsula bringing back objects to display or studied the country鈥檚 art and architecture styles to shape the evolving aspect of the city. By analyzing some lesser-known sites, monuments, and artworks in Philadelphia, the talk highlights also the role that migrant Italian artists played in the development of the city, showing how places, arts, identities that today are perceived as 鈥楢merican鈥 have in most cases a transnational history to tell.
Speaker's Bio:
Luca Zipoli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transnational Italian Studies at 色色研究所. He holds a Ph.D. in Italian literature from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and has been a Fellow of the Italian Academy at Columbia University. His scholarly interests and publications span a broad variety of topics, from Renaissance Culture to Modern Italian Literature, including the co-edited 2 volumes Lettura del 芦Morgante禄 (Olschki, 2026) and numerous essays in peer-reviewed journals ("Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore", "Giornale Storico della Letteratura Italiana", "Italian Culture", "Italianistica", "Nemla Italian Studies", "Parole rubate").
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