Inside this special

Centro Primo Levi, Fall 2009

This special issue covers the activities of the Fall 2009 program of Centro Primo Levi in New York. For a selection of multimedia coverage click here

Summary

Reading Primo Levi in Italy and in the World. A Video Interview with Natalia Indrimi

“Many versions of Primo Levi exist, and they depend of course very much on the different cultures that read him...” In this video interview Natalia Indrimi, Director of the...

Misunderstanding Primo Levi

Ernesto Ferrero*

Within the catastrophe of the Shoah, humanity was fortunate that the train leaving Italy for Auschwitz in February 1944 was transporting a special envoy: an anthropologist not yet...

New York, October 25th: Tzvi Avni's Song Cycle 'If This Is a Man' Opens the International Symposium on Primo Levi

Starts on October 25th, with a performance by Israeli composer Tzvi Avni, the International Symposium "New Voices on Primo Levi." Three days of academic discussions, film...

"New Voices on Primo Levi". The Symposium Opens in New York

On October 25 the International Symposium "New Voices on Primo Levi" started at the Center for Jewish History. The first day included a concert for piano and soprano composed by...

On the Notes of Memory

Marina Melchionda

On the first day of the International Symposium “New Voices on Primo Levi” a large audience came to hear diplomats, institutional representatives, and academics share their...

New Generations on Primo Levi. Interview with Franco Baldasso

Marina Melchionda

Franco Baldasso, a Ph.D candidate at NYU, is a recognized expert on Primo Levi. He participated at the international symposium “New Voices on Primo Levi” with an essay...

Primo Levi Symposium: Reflecting On The Holocaust

Susannah Gold

Primo Levi Symposium: A Moment of Reflection On the Life and Works of this Great Writer. Some Thoughts On Being A Foreign Jew In Modern Italy

How Italy Became Racist. A Conversation with Lia Levi

Alessandro Cassin

On November 4, Lia Levi will present her book 'The Jewish Husband' at the Center for Jewish History in New York. It provides a poignant reflection on the far-reaching consequences...

An Insight on the Jewish Community of Piedmont

Marina Melchionda

Centro Primo Levi of New York hosted the last event of its Autumn Season, “Unfolding Borders: the Jewish people of Piedmont”. During the conference, the screening of the movie...

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