Tuesday, September 18              

Lecture: America 1850-1860. How the Italians discovered the United States—Federico Casari, Visiting Scholar, University of Durham, UK

Monday, September 24                

Scholarship Award Ceremony—Lecture: L’Aquila and Beyond: Lessons from an Earthquake—Prof. Laura Benedetti, Georgetown University

 Tuesday, October 2                      

Lecture: Italy and the Balkans After 1945:  Images Across the Adriatic—Prof. James Pettifer, Oxford University

 Tuesday, October 23                    

Lecture: Historical & Sociological Aspects of the Italian American Experience—Prof. Richard Juliani, Villanova University

Tuesday, October 30 

Film—The Garden of the Finzi-Continis   Introduced by Jerome and Mary Lou Tibaldo- Bongiorno.  In collaboration with the Jewish Museum of NJ

Tuesday, November 13               

Book presentation: The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me—Tom Santopietro, Author

 Tuesday, December 3                  

Holiday Concert

 Tuesday, January 28                   

Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Lecture on Primo Levi —Prof. Pugliese, Hofstra University

 Tuesday, February 19                  

Book presentation: Seeking Sicily—John Keahey,  Author

Tuesday, February 26                  

 Lecture: Murder Made in Italy—Prof. Ellen Nerenberg, Wesleyan University

Tuesday, March 26                       

 Lecture: Words are Loaded Guns. Reflections on the Power of Words between Law and Literature—  Gianrico Carofiglio, Author and Judge.

 ALL EVENTS WILL BEGIN AT 6:00 P.M. Contact Barbara Ritchie at 973-275-2967 or Barbara.ritchie@shu.edu for further Information

New Acquisitions in the Valente Library: Regional Italy

Italy entered World War II in 1940; by its end, in 1945, several hundred thousands of Italians had lost their lives and many of Italy’s towns and cities were in ruins. This tumultuous period of Italian history is documented in the numerous personal narratives, pictorial works and historical accounts that have recently been acquired as part of the Valente Italian collection, located on the third floor of Walsh library.

The Valente Collection is open to all researchers, who wish to consult its extensive print resources. Most materials can be borrowed by the Seton Hall community, those individuals with a Rebl card and faculty in the Vale Academic Library Consortium. It is open during the library’s normal working hours.