Events

Upcoming events:

Spring 2026

🎼    Afrofuturistic Soundscapes Performance with Karima 2G

OVOI’s presentation “The Black Body” featuring author Anna Maria Gehnyei, aka. Karima 2G, co-sponsored with IGS and NJIHC.

February 2
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Livingston SC Gathering Lounge

📚    Meet Author Anna Maria Gehnyei (Karima 2G)

Meet author Anna Maria Gehnyei, aka. Karima 2G for OVOI’s presentation, The Black Body, co-sponsored with IGS and NJIHC.

February 4
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Room ABW-5190

🎬    Documentary Screening: Anime Galleggianti

Meet Director Cristina Cavallo and view her documentary film “Anime Galleggianti” (Floating Souls). Q&A with Cristina Cavallo and Prof. Laura Di Bianco follows the screening.

February 24
3pm
Location: Alexander Library Conference Hall, 4th Floor

🎬    Film Screening: Toni, mio padre (Toni, My Father)

Screening of Anna Negri’s 2025 film “Toni, mio padre” (Toni, My Father). Q&A session with the Director and Prof. Laura Di Bianco follows the screening.

March 6
TBD

✍🏼    IGS Writing Day

Writing Day open to Ph.D. students from all departments. Work on your writing projects or assignments. Coffee break and light refreshments, networking, and discussion. Register in advance. QR code on events page.

March 12
9:00 – 3:00 pm
Room ABW-5050

📆   IGS Conference: “Radical Imaginations: Political Poetics and Forms of (R)existence”

Interdisciplinary conference on Italian culture, with emphasis on topics such as migration, identity, language, historical perspectives and multiple forms of (r)existence.

March 28
TBD
Rutgers Academic Building Room 6051 West Wing, 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ

✍🏼   IGS Writing Day

Writing Day open to Ph.D. students from all departments. Work on your writing projects or assignments. Coffee break and light refreshments, networking, and discussion. Register in advance. QR code on events page.

April 16
9:00 – 3:00 pm
Room ABW-5050

October 24, 2025

🎬    CineForum: “Infinito. L’universo di Luigi Ghirri” ABE – 1180

November 7, 2025

🎬    CineForum: “Enrico Piaggio” ABE-1180

Discover Italy’s stories of creativity, passion, and literature in our Cineforum series! For our second date, we will watch Enrico Piaggio, a movie about the life of the inventor of one of the most loved symbols of Italian Culture, the Vespa. Directed by Umberto Marino. All screenings include English subtitles, count for the Cultural requirement, and we offer free pizza and popcorn!
ABE Room 1180 | Friday November 7 at 2 PM | Open to all!

November 17, 2025

✍🏼    Writing Day

November 14, 2025