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Date Lecture Event Place Details Available Materials
February 25 "Il Mal'Occhio: A Wary Gaze"  Monthly Talk Johnston Historical Society, Putnam Pike 7:45 PM- Open to public See PowerPoint Here
March 13-14 Holistic History and Public Heritage Northeast Anthropological Association Conference Rhode Island College Conference requires registration. For Info go to www.ric.edu/neaa2009 See PowerPoint Here
March 21 Rhode Island's "Piccola Italia" and its First Italian National Parish Salve Regina's Lecture Series on the History of Modern Italy.

Federal Hill

Providence, RI

Meeting at Holy Ghost Church at 11:00 AM

Special Permission Required. Please email.

See Video:

"Sacred Images: Power and Cultural Unity"

March 27 "Mediterranean Hellenism and the Culture of Christianity" St. Joan of Arc Parish: Church History Lecture History Mendon Road Cumberland, RI Public Welcome See PowerPoint Here
April 25

Where did the Goddess Go? Visual Culture and the Sacred Feminine

Plymouth State University’s 30th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH Registration Required See Video:

"Where did the Goddess Go? I think I have and idea."  

April 26 Southern Italian Folklore Fundraiser for Public Heritage Students Participating in this Summer's Field School in Ethnohistory Andino's Restaurant, Atwells Avenue in Providence Tickets $50.00 Donation.

Seating is limited. Checks made payable to CCRI Foundation as a tax-deductable donation.

Email for more info.

Tickets include Formal Dinner at Andino's Restaurant, door prizes, and 3 talks: Dr. Florio on S. Italian Folklore; Comm. Joe Muratore on Peasant Foods as Today's Gourmet; and Dr. Peter Allen on the Greek Historical Influences in Southern Italy.

 

May 10th

Italian Friars, Monks, and Merchants in 1436: Fortunes and Misfortunes in the Collision of Medieval and Renaissance Worlds

 

44th International Congress on Medieval Studies

 

University of Michigan, Kalamazoo Conference Registration Required  
June 29-July 27 Field School in Ethnohistory Field School: The Culture of Southern Italy 2 Weeks on CCRI Campus in Warwick RI and 2 weeks in the field -- Paestum, SA (Italy) Available for 3 undergraduate (CCRI) or graduate (Salve Regina University) credits. Students must register.  Cost is contingent upon Fundraising success. Pamphlet
           
           
           
           
           

Public Heritage at the Community College of Rhode Island: Department of Social Sciences, 400 East Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886

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