On May 6, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

The AIS invites its members to a slide presentation:

San Vincenzo al Volturno

Lecturer: Richard Hodges, Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Thursday, May 6, 2010  5:30—6:00 p.m.  Reception    6:00 – 7:00 p.m.  Program

Racquet Club                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            215 South 16th Street                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Philadelphia. PA 19102

On YOU TUBE a lecture by prof. Hodges about San Vincenzo al Volturno in Italian. You tube part 1 & part 2

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Reservations are required.

If attending, please call 215 735 3250 or email to info@aisphila.org

Admission is free. Space is limited. Preference will be given to AIS members.

San Vincenzo al Volturno is an historic Benedictine monastery located in the territories of the Comune of Castel San Vincenzo, in the Province of Isernia, near the source of the river Volturno in Italy. The current monastery, housing a group of American nuns, is located to the east of the river, while the archaeological monastery of the early Middle Ages was located on the west.

The medieval history of the monastery appears in the Chronicon Vulturnense, an illuminated manuscript. A monk of the monastery, Iohannes, composed the Chronicle in circa 1130, using sources from the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries which were available him, probably in the monastery archives, as well as hagiographic inclusions about some of the historic figures. The aims of the Chronicle may have been to codify the memory of the community and its history in the face of Norman expansion in southern Italy. The manuscript, written in a Beneventan hand and including numerous images, is presently housed at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, BAV Barb. lat. 2724.

The monastery has been the subject of long-running archaeological investigation, which took place in a number of campaigns. The San Vincenzo Project began in 1980, led by Richard Hodges, then of the University of Sheffield, and the Soprintendenza archaeologica del Molise. Excavation continued between 1980-1986, in the area around the so-called Crypt of Epiphanius and the monastery on the west side of the river Volturno. These scientific excavations continued through the 1980s and 1990s under the direction of Hodges and with the support of the British School at Rome, the abbey of Monte Cassino, and the Soprintendenza archaeologica del Molise.

Richard Hodges is the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. A Classical and early Medieval archaeologist specializing in Western Europe, Dr. Hodges has been Director of both the British School in Rome and the Prince of Wales’ Institute of Architecture in London. Since 1998, he has worked extensively on archaeological and cultural heritage projects in Albania, including the creation of a large cultural heritage institute in Tirana and a new archaeological museum in Butrint. Named an Officer of the British Empire in 1995, Prof. Hodges is the author of 10 books (Dark Age Economics, Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe and Light in the Dark Ages: The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo Al Volturno) on such subjects as archaeology and the beginnings of English society, primitive and peasant markets, and towns and trade in the age of Charlemagne.

FOR MEMBERS ONLY   RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

On April 21^st, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

The AIS invites its members to a slide presentation and a visit at the National Constitution Center:

Ancient Rome and America 

Lecturer: Stephen M. Klugewicz, Ph.D., Director of Education

National Constitution Center

A visit to the exhibition will follow the lecture

The lecture tells the intricate story of the Roman Republic and Empire and its influence on America’s culture, government, and Founding Fathers. Featuring over 300 rare artifacts from Italy and the United States, the exhibition draws striking comparisons between these two seemingly different cultures. Marble sculptures, paintings, coins, and ceramics present themes found in both Roman and American societies, such as theories of government, slavery, civil war, continental expansion, and worldwide influence.

Stephen M. Klugewicz, Ph.D.

Steve Klugewicz is Director of Education at the National Constitution Center. A native of Bowie, Maryland, Dr. Klugewicz earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in American History at the University of Alabama. His academic concentration was eighteenth-century American political and intellectual history. Before joining the National Constitution Center, Dr. Klugewicz served as: Director of Education Programs at the Bill of Rights Institute in Arlington, Virginia;  Executive Director of the Collegiate Network in Wilmington, Delaware; Executive Director of The Robert and Marie Hansen Foundation in Oro Valley, Arizona.  He has also worked as a consultant to non-profit organizations.

Dr. Klugewicz spent seven years teaching at private secondary schools and has taught at the college level. He has also worked closely with leading American journalists and with national security experts in the Czech Republic. His writing—on history, politics, and classical music—has been published in various academic and popular journals. Dr. Klugewicz is co-editor of History, On Proper Principles: Essays in Honor of Forrest McDonald, forthcoming in 2010 from ISI Books.

Commedia dell’Arte a Filadelfia!

“L’Uomo Morto!”

(Or He Who Was Believed Dead)

The commedia troupe is missing and our hapless Artistic Director must play all 11 characters with only his mute musician for help. Watch as he juggles love, swords and scudi in this fast-paced comedy…400 years in the making.

Written by: John Bellomo and Brendon Gawel, based on the scenario by Flaminio Scala
Directed by: Brendon Gawel
Starring: John Bellomo
Music by: Andrew Clotworthy
Costumes by: Amy Chmielewski
Set by: Stephen Hungerford

When: April 28th – May 9th, Wednesday- Sunday, 8pm
Where: Gershman Hall Black Box Theater, The University of the Arts, 401 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $15

Go to www.ombelicomaskensemble.org for more information  ticket reservations.

Italian Program Funding Proposal

for new schools or new courses

Year 2011

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