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How Equality Helped Italy Fight Corruption

4:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Italian, and Political Science

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program in Global Political Economy presents “How Equality Helped Italy Fight Corruption” with Lucia Manzi, SUNY Plattsburgh. Organized by Gary WInslett, Assistant Professor of Political Science.

In 1992, the “Clean Hands” anti-corruption operation resulted in hundreds of convictions and permanently changed the Italian political landscape. How was this breakthrough possible? Prof. Manzi shows how egalitarian changes in prosecutorial institutions helped the Italian government more effectively fight the Mafia as well as terrorist organizations.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Italy's Margins: Posters and Presentations

2:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Italian

How is Italy doing today? From discrimination of minority groups to the efforts towards a more inclusive language, students of “Italy Today: From the Margins to the Center” will present their findings and the challenges that Italy faces. Formats will range from posters to presentations. Even though the class is in Italian, this event and the presentations will be in English: everybody is welcome to attend!

Axinn Center Winter Garden

Open to the Public

ARBC, CHNS, CMLT, ITAL, JAPN, LHST, RUSS - Commencement 2023 Reception

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Comparative Literature, and Luso-Hispanic Studies

Commencement reception for seniors and their families for the departments of Arabic, Chinese, Comparative Literature, Italian, Japanese Studies, Luso-Hispanic Studies, and Russian.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

The Greek Crisis from a European and Italian Perspective”

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Italian

Lecture by Sara Lagi - Political and Social consequences of the Euro Crisis (2008-2014)

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Reception: A Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors

5:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, French and Francophone Studies, Italian, Russian, and Center for Careers & Internships

This informal reception is an opportunity for students, alumni, and faculty to connect after the Field Guide for Foreign Languages, Cultures and Literatures Majors.

Migrants and Refugees in Italy: Their Stories, Their Struggles

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Italian

Many migrants arrive in Italy by boat, crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the risk of their lives. What are the legal and social challenges they face, what are the laws that regulate their lives, and what are the tensions that arise in the communities in which they arrive? A talk and discussion (in Italian and in English) with Damiana Culeddu, psychologist, and Elio Turno Arthemalle, actor and director.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Fear of the Black Body: The Elevator Effect

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Wonnacott Commons, Italian, Philosophy, American Studies, Department of English, Education Studies, and Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity

Lecture by George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Jubilation! Papal Jubilees Past and Present

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Newman Catholic Club, History, Italian, and Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Jubilation! Papal Jubilees Past and Present With a joyful Papal Bull, Pope Francis declared this year a Jubilee Year of Mercy, a year of indulgence, where pilgrimage can lead to the forgiveness of sins and freedom from “every residue left by the consequences of sin.” Is this just a papal “Get Out of Purgatory Free” card? Federico Canaccini will take us back to Pope Boniface VIII’s first Papal Jubilee in 1300 and explore the context, history and meanings of such extraordinary papal promises.

Axinn Center 103

Open to the Public

Commencement 2017-Reception Italian Honor Society

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Italian

275 Weybridge Street

Open to the Public

Commencement 2016-Reception Italian Honor Society

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Italian

275 Weybridge Street

Open to the Public