Through a generous gift from the Mancini Family in memory of Professor Albert Mancini, the Department of French & Italian is able to attract and host a variety of speakers to The Ohio State University. These speakers will give talks on topics in Italian language, literature, culture, and so much more. Thanks to the Mancini family for their generosity!
Hang Time: Gambling and Risk in Late Medieval Italy
March 5, 2025 - 4:00pm-6:00pm in Pomerene Hall 150
Karla Mallette is Professor of Italian (Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures), and Chair and Professor of Mediterranean Studies (Dept. of Middle East Studies) at the University of Michigan. Her most recent monograph, Lives of the Great Languages: Arabic and Latin in the Medieval Mediterranean (2021), was awarded the MLA Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies. She works on communications between languages and literary traditions in the medieval Mediterranean—especially Arabic, Latin and the Romance vernaculars—and the way that we remember that history today. She traces the histories of things that travel from one shore of the Mediterranean to another – people, books, ideas, and material objects – how they are transformed in the process, and the transformative cultural impact they have in a new land.
Dentro. Una storia vera, se volete. A conversation with Giuliana Musso in Italian.
March 25, 2025 - 12:45pm-2:00pm in Wexner Center for the Arts Performance Space
March 24 & 25 - 7:00pm-8:30pm in Wexner Center for the Arts Performance Space
Join the students of Italian 5194 and Giuliana Musso for a conversation about Musso’s performance practice, and the use of theater in order to talk about contemporary social and political problems. This event is held in Italian and is open to all. The two performances of Dentro: Una storia vera, se volete will take place at 7:00pm on Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25 - more information available through the Wexner Center for the Arts.
A mother discovers the worst of truths. A father innocent until proven guilty. Waves of doctors, social workers, and other “helpers” who don’t really want to know, furthering the secret’s concealment. Dentro is not documentary theater but an investigation of a current happening; it’s not a work about violence but one exploring the concealment of truth and lost innocence of children. (program approx. 90 mins.)
