“Italy USA 1922 2022” CETIS inaugural lecture by David Forgacs, NYU. Friday, October 28 - 5:30 PM - Gasson Hall 100, Boston College, MA. 

The Center for Transatlantic Italian Studies (CETIS) aims to explore the relationship between Italy and the United States through the promotion of scholarly research from a plurality of academic and cultural standpoints: history, political science, cultural studies, literature, film, women’s and gender studies, media studies, anthropology, economics, and exile studies. Established in 2022, CETIS is a collaboration between the University of Verona, Boston College, and Wellesley College. 

This inaugural lecture by David Forgacs (NYU) will examine transatlantic Italy-USA relations a century ago and today.

THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

PROGRAM

5:30 PM Welcome remarks by Consul General of Italy in Boston

5:45 PM CETIS Introduction by Renato Camurri (University of Verona)

6:00 PM Lecture by David Forgacs (NYU)

7:00 PM Refreshments 

The event is sponsored by the Boston College Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Wellesley College Italian Studies Department, and the Department of Cultures and Civilization of the University of Verona.

Info: mattia.acetoso@bc.edu Directions to Gasson Hall and Parking Garage