Discover the fascinating world of Italian culture with an engaging lecture by scholar Joseph Luzzi and One Day University. Join AARP and One Day University for a FREE virtual event on September 14, 15 and 16 at 8:30 p.m. ET | 7:30 p.m. CT | 6:30 p.m. MT | 5:30 p.m. PT - AARP membership not required 

One Day University will present three remarkable talks featuring award-winning professors from across the country. Each talk is about 45 minutes with a 15 minute Q&A session. We hope you’ll join us for one, two, or all three of these talks and rediscover the joy of lifelong learning.

A link to view the talks will be sent to all registrants prior to each session. 

Award-winning author, teacher, and Italian scholar Joseph Luzzi leads participants on a whirlwind tour of Italy’s “greatest cultural hits,” as we explore the fascinating world of Italian art, music, film, and literature. We will learn how Italy has been a “grand tour” travel destination for centuries as we discover the fine art of living Italian style, and Italy is most know for.

Joseph Luzzi (PhD, Yale) is Professor of Comparative Literature and Faculty Member in Italian Studies at Bard College, and he taught previously at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of five books including My Two Italies, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, and In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love, a Vanity Fair “Must-Read” selection that has been translated into multiple languages. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, TLS, The London Times, and Chronicle of Higher Education, among others, and his awards include a Yale College Teaching Prize, Dante Society of America Essay Prize, and Wallace Fellowship at Villa I Tatti, Harvard’s Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. In 2017 he was named Cittadino Onorario/Honorary Citizen in Acri, Calabria, his Italian parents’ birthplace. Luzzi’s work has been featured in media venues including the Guardian and National Public Radio, and his next book is Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance, which will be published by W. W. Norton in 2022. Learn more at www.JosephLuzzi.com.

The talks are FREE thanks to The Seattle Times and AARP Washington, but you must pre-pregister.  Space is limited!