PROGRAMS
January 23
Descent from Paradise: Saul Steinberg’s Italian Years
January 27: Remembrance Ceremony
January 29: Building the “New Man.” Eugenics in Italy
January 30: The Refugees of Cinecittà
February 2: Unnatural Indecency: Sexuality and Homosexuality Under Fascism and Nazism
EIGHTY YEARS IN PRINT
Anna Foa, The Indices of the Rassegna Mensile di Israel (Moked)
This meeting is to present the comprehensive indices of the Rassegna Mensile di Israel. The indices cover a time span of 80 years, from 1925 to 2004 and allow for a reconstruction of the life of the publication as well as of the entire history of Italian Judaism in this period.
I would like to mention in particular the demanding nature of the work accomplished by the authors in putting together the index of the subjects, for which, as they write, “it was necessary to find new definitions of the subjects in order to reflect the diverse research paths undertaken by scholars in various historical and scientific fields.” I also would like to applaud the decision - taken by the Giunta of the UCEI (Union of the Jewish Communities)- to put the indices online, making them available not only to scholars, but to the public at large - that same public, in fact, to which the publication was addressed throughout its eighty year history. Read
FROM J-ITALY
Soprintendente archivistico, Piemonte e la Valle d'Aosta
Despite the losses suffered over the course of two thousand years, the archival wealth of the Italian Jewish communities - for its antiquity, continuity and richness of text, is among the most well-preserved. Alongside that which has been preserved by Jewish institutions, the Italian State Archives contain rich and valuable documentation produced in large part by Jewish groups interacting with regional authorities. These holdings often cover chronological gaps in the community records, allowing for a more complete history of thousands of years of coexistence. While not exhaustive, the State Archives expand the margins of research considerably. Read
BOOKS
Victoria de Grazia, The Culture of Consent: Mass Organization of Leisure in Fascist Italy, CUP 2002
Carl Ipsen, Dictating Demography: The Problem of Population in Fascist Italy, CUP 2002
ACADEMIA
Programs at the Centro Bibliografico of UCEI
A new study and a film dedicated to the participation of Italian Jews in the antifascist Resistance will be presented as part of a series of programs offered by the Centro Bibliografico in Rome. Read
