Laura Di Bianco is an Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her scholarly work lies at the intersection of Modern Italian Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Environmental Humanities. Her first book, Wandering Women. Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking (Indiana University Press, 2023), investigates the work of contemporary Italian women directors...

One of the most influential young voices of contemporary Germany, author Max Czollek, will speak onthe occasion of the publication of De-Integrate! A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century (RestlessBooks, 2023), the English version of his much-discussed first volume, expertly translated by Jon Cho-Polizzi. Join us as Max offers his sharp observations as well...