Faedda From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana

A Brief History of Italian Studies at Columbia University
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-231-54640-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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Reihe: Columbiana

The Casa Italiana has represented Italian culture on Columbia University’s campus since 1927. Celebrating the Casa’s ninetieth anniversary, From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana documents and recounts the history of the individuals, both Italian and American, who contributed to the formation of Columbia University’s rich tradition of Italian studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faedda, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by John H. Coatsworth, Provost of Columbia University in the City of New York
Foreword, by Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to the United States
Foreword, by Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City
Introduction
1. The Dawn of Italian Studies at Columbia University: Lorenzo Da Ponte (1825–1838)
2. After Da Ponte: Eleuterio Felix Foresti and His Successors (1838–1911)
3. The Casa Italiana: The Realization of an Ambitious Dream (1920s)
4. Prezzolini, Controversial Casa Director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s)
Appendix A: From Lorenzo da Ponte to Charles V. Paterno: Libri Italiani at Columbia University, by Meredith Levin
Appendix B: Anatomy of the Casa Italiana’s Façade, by Francesco Benelli
Appendix C: The Casa Italiana Educational Bureau: A Research “Fact-Finding Institution” Studying the Italian-American Community, by Javier Grossutti
Acknowledgments
Notes
Color Plates

Über Autor(innen)

Faedda Barbara:
Barbara Faedda is the associate director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, where she is also adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Italian. Among other works, she is the editor of Present and Future Memory: Holocaust Studies at the Italian Academy (2008-2016) (2016).Barbara Faedda is the associate director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, where she is also adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Italian. Among other works, she is the editor of Present and Future Memory: Holocaust Studies at the Italian Academy (2008-2016) (2016).