A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gianni Riotta (journalist, writer, director of Data Lab at LUISS Guido Carli University School of Government in Rome, and Pirelli visiting professor of Italian Studies at Princeton University)

* Seeing America from an Italian/Sicilian perspective (1:30)
* On the necessary relationship between journalism and academia (5:50)
* Storytelling as a key resource in the pursuit of truth (12:20)
* The language of the new media. Italian and new modes of communication (21:40)
* The pandemic & the crisis of academia. A new model for 21st century universities (34:45)
* The precious role of Italian studies in North American academia (49:30)
* Where to start with the Italian literary patrimony (01:06:50)

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The shape of victory (a presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* What is victory? A brief history of triumph, from the ancient world to the early modern era
* The loss of the sense of feast and the transfiguration of military triumphs into sports feats
* The shape of victory. The history & making of our most iconic trophy, the FIFA world cup
* The designer of the FIFA world cup. Creative vision and excellence in production
* Why Gazzaniga's company, GDE Bertoni, is the world's leader in the production of trophies?

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A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gaetano Di Tondo (VP, Communication and External Relations Director at Olivetti and President of the Olivetti historic archive)

* Adriano Olivetti. A visionary entrepreneur and humanist
* From comunità to community. The city-laboratory of Ivrea
* From heritage to innovation. Olivetti today
* Where design meets technology. An inexhaustible patrimony for the future

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What's in a scent (a presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* The booming industry of perfumery in connection to spa and fashion
* A brief history of fragrances (from the ancient world to the Renaissance, from the 19th century culture of hygiene to mass-market)
* The innovative method of Gentile's olfactory design: perfumes as analogical sites of memory and imagination
* On literature and perfumes
* Scents as an individual and architectural space of self-fashioning

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A conversation between Luca Cottini, Roberto Andreoni (composer and director of IES Milano), and Stefano Baldassarri (Renaissance scholar and director of ISI Florence)
* Two elite study abroad programs and two key Italian cities. Studying in Florence and Milan
* The Italian experience. What can a student really gain studying in Italy? Why does real understanding require time?
* The Italian study abroad network. Italy as a destination and a professional resource
* Study abroad institutes as sites of cultural mediation and elaboration of new models
* The pandemic and the future of study abroad

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The Italian culture of figurine (A presentation by Luca Cottini, PhD)
* The birth of trading cards around the American tobacco industry
* Italian figurine and the innovative concept of the album
* Collecting as memory and storytelling. Stickers, players, and cars
* Panini and Modena. Volleyball, Maserati, and Parmigiano Reggiano

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A conversation with Charles Leavitt IV, Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame
* Neorealism as a shared cultural discourse and a multidisciplinary aesthetics
* Post-war reconstruction as a time of collaborative imagination and innovation
* Cinematographic production, the economic boom & the emergence of Italian design
* The impact of Italian neorealism on contemporary cinema

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The Magic of Conducting (a presentation by Luca Cottini)
* The reconstruction concert. Milan, La Scala Theatre. May 11, 1946
* Italian opera and the post-war Italian rebirth
* A phenomenal career, from Parma to Rio de Janeiro, from Milan to New York
* Innovating conducting. Innovating theatre. Bringing the orchestra on records, radio and TV
* From Orpheus to Puccini, from Verdi to Rossini. The musical language of life and hope.

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A conversation between Luca Cottini and Fiorenzo Omenetto (Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Dean of research for the school of Engineering at Tufts University)

* Silk as a cultural object and a fascinating innovation platform
* From fashion to culture, from industry to nanotechnology
* Innovation, play, and the ability to connect different spheres of knowledge
* Imagination is a key resource for science
* Italy in the global research network of biomedical engineering

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Innovation Through Elegance (a presentation by Luca Cottini)
* How it all started. From a meal in 1952 to the Pininfarina-Ferrari partnership
* Battista "Pinin" Farina: the art of coach making, the Futurist influence, & the choice of the automobile as the ultimate symbol of modernity
* Sergio Pininfarina: moving the father's legacy forward, the design of elegance as synthesis of beauty and performance
* From car designer to a global design and architecture firm. Pininfarina as a key Italian trademark

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