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On Thursday, April 12, the former Italian Prime Minister will hold a lecture at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

On April 2, Vogue Italia's Editor-in-Chief joined a panel on eating disorders at Memorial Church of Harvard University.

When: Monday, April 2 – 6:00 p.m. Where: Harvard University Memorial Church, Cambridge MA [map] 15th Annual Public Forum Health is Beauty: DEFINING OURSELVES The Harris Center’s annual Public Forum focuses on Body Image and the Media, offering the community opportunities for discussion with leaders in the media, fashion and publishing industries. The 2012 Forum is scheduled for Monday, April 2 at 6:00 pm at Harvard University Memorial Church, and will feature three well-known panelists. They include: Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Italia Amber Valletta, Fashion Icon and Actress (currently seen ...

When: Friday, March 23, 2012 – 5:30 p.m. Where: Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall in Harvard – Cambridge MA [map] De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilizations presents a talk by author Dacia Maraini: “Literature, Memory and Commitment.” The lecture will be held in Italian. The event is made possible thanks to the De Bosis Lectureship in the History of Italian Civilization, The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and Consulate General of Italy, Boston.

The United Nations' Filippo Grandi will hold a talk titled "Palestine Refugees in a Changing Middle East."

Flaminia Catteruccia, an Italian molecular entomologist, is the new associate professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Health, looking to reduce the incidence of mosquito-borne malaria.

Harvard postdoc Alberto Pepe, alongside urban researcher and friend Veronica Olivotto, spent last summer collecting stories and photographs of elderly Italians, resulting in the fabulous project "Una Vita."

Organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies the conference will discuss the current financial situations in both Europe and the United States.

Italian novelist, translator and poet Erri De Luca will be presenting his recently translated "The Day Before Happiness" at Harvard University.

On the quincentennial anniversary of Vasari's birth, Vasari/500 will unite doctoral students, recent graduates and an international group of scholars with the aim of reassessing the Tuscan-born artist and writer’s central, if deeply contested, role in charting histories of the Renaissance.

When: Different times and dates (see below for details). Where: Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center – 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA [map] From its beginnings, Italian cinema has been drawn to narratives exploring the establishment of Italian identity. The films chosen for the program organized by Harvard Film Archive and the Consulate General of Italy, Boston, all depict military and political events from the crucial decades in the middle of the 18th century when the Italian state took shape. Different eras have naturally offered distinct visions of these historic events. Risorgimento films fit the purposes of nationalism and nostalgia during ...

Il Giardino Armonico will make their Boston debut on February 19, presenting local fans of Venetian Baroque music with music of Castello, Merula, Buonamente, Legrenzi, Vivaldi and Galuppi.