International Alum Lecture and Book Tour
Join Marcella Croce MA'78, PhD'88, author of Eat Smart in Sicily on her lecture tour and book presentation.
About the book
We can read the history of a place not only in the great monuments left by those who came before us but also through the details of daily life, for example in the eating habits of people. In Sicily foreign invaders have brought and left some of the plants that nowadays we consider typical of the Sicilian landscape: the Greeks the olive tree, the Arabs the citrus tree, the Spaniards the prickly pear. But even the gestures of the people carry the taste of history: shepherds making the ricotta cheese remind us of the Homeric tale of 2500 years ago. It is believed that the present Vucciria market in Palermo is on the site of an old Arab market place, and the way merchandise is exhibited is unmistakably Arabic.
About the book
We can read the history of a place not only in the great monuments left by those who came before us but also through the details of daily life, for example in the eating habits of people. In Sicily foreign invaders have brought and left some of the plants that nowadays we consider typical of the Sicilian landscape: the Greeks the olive tree, the Arabs the citrus tree, the Spaniards the prickly pear. But even the gestures of the people carry the taste of history: shepherds making the ricotta cheese remind us of the Homeric tale of 2500 years ago. It is believed that the present Vucciria market in Palermo is on the site of an old Arab market place, and the way merchandise is exhibited is unmistakably Arabic.
About the Author
Marcella Croce was born in Palermo, Italy in 1949. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Palermo and attended Mt. Holyoke College as a Fulbright Graduate student from 1971-72. She then went on to her M.A. and Ph.D. in Italian literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978 & 1988). She's worked for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has taught Italian at the University of Isfahan (Iran) and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. She was the coordinator and teacher of the Elderhostel Program in Palermo, organized by Trinity College, in Hartford CT. from 1989-2007. She is a journalist and collaborator for the Palermo chronicle of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Marcella Croce was born in Palermo, Italy in 1949. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Palermo and attended Mt. Holyoke College as a Fulbright Graduate student from 1971-72. She then went on to her M.A. and Ph.D. in Italian literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978 & 1988). She's worked for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has taught Italian at the University of Isfahan (Iran) and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. She was the coordinator and teacher of the Elderhostel Program in Palermo, organized by Trinity College, in Hartford CT. from 1989-2007. She is a journalist and collaborator for the Palermo chronicle of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Schedule
November 10, 2008
Italian Institute of Culture
Washington D.C.
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
6:30 p.m.
Phone: 0012025180998
E-mail: iicwashington@esteri.it
November 13, 2008
Italian Institute of Culture
San Francisco
425 Washington Street
6:30 p.m.
Phone: 0014157887142
www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it
November 17, 2008
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
Smith Memorial Center, Room 333
6:00 p.m.
Phone: (503) 725-9576
November 19, 2008
Italian Cultural Center Society
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
3075 Slocan Street
7:00 p.m.
Phone: (604) 430-3337
November 21, 2008
Italian Institute of Culture
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Simon Fraser University - Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Phone: 0016046880809
www.iicvancouver.esteri.it
E-mail: iicvancouver@esteri.it
Italian Institute of Culture
Washington D.C.
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
6:30 p.m.
Phone: 0012025180998
E-mail: iicwashington@esteri.it
November 13, 2008
Italian Institute of Culture
San Francisco
425 Washington Street
6:30 p.m.
Phone: 0014157887142
www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it
November 17, 2008
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
Smith Memorial Center, Room 333
6:00 p.m.
Phone: (503) 725-9576
November 19, 2008
Italian Cultural Center Society
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
3075 Slocan Street
7:00 p.m.
Phone: (604) 430-3337
November 21, 2008
Italian Institute of Culture
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Fletcher Challenge Theatre
Simon Fraser University - Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Phone: 0016046880809
www.iicvancouver.esteri.it
E-mail: iicvancouver@esteri.it
Events
- Annual Alumni Dinner - Paris - January 10
- Kilimanjaro Trekking & Safari - January 18
- Alumni Reception in London - January 23
- Israel - January 24
