A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Luca Vullo (actor, director, performer, author, speaker, and communication coach) * From Sicily to the world. Discovering a professional path (1:57) * Gestures as a key feature of the Italian flair and entrepreneurial success (7:20) * The grammar of the body. Non-verbal communication and team building (11:42) * From theatre to social media. The applications of emotional intelligence (19:38) * From theatre to film. The visual language of a documentary (25:23) * The creative gesture. Where does creativity spring from? (28:05) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Una chiacchierata con Luca Cottini. Una libera interpretazione di un'episodio in inglese dedicato a Camillo e Adriano Olivetti https://youtu.be/RbjMSBETyGY * Imparare le lingue è un viaggio a ovest, verso una nuova frontiera. * Ogni frontiera è l'avanguardia di un nuovo orizzonte culturale e imprenditoriale * La storia di innovazione di Olivetti. Le macchine da scrivere come luogo dove la tecnologia si fa estetica Thanks for watching! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel.

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * March 15, 1909. In Rome, W. Wright completes the first ever engine-operated flight above Italian soil * The birth of Italian aviation (1909). The Montichiari circuit and the Italian aviation society * The path of an outsider, Gianni Caproni. From Munich & Liege to Milan * From Taliedo to Cascina Malpensa. The birth of military aviation * Blazing a trail in the sky. The humble audacity of flight pioneers. The value of experimentation and failure * Flying is a splendid dream. Airplanes and cultural imagination (literature, painting, cinema) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Welcome to season 4 of the show! Take a look at the novelties and the new calendar of the upcoming year. Don't forget to leave a comment here below and visit the webpage www.italianinnovators.com for more information about the project. Thanks for your interest and your continued support!

Of Italy's heritage as a source of creative depth and endless imagination. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Filippo Poletti (Top Voice LinkedIn influencer, Digital Product Communications Manager at Fiera Milano, journalist, author, host of the "New Normal" live show on LinkedIn). * From music to journalism. The humanities as a key factor in the industry (1:20) * Fiera Milano as a key site of Italian industrialism (6:00) * Internal communication. From the human factor to the human factory (8:55) * LinkedIn as a human and professional network. "In the knowledge-based economy, sharing counts as much as ownership” (12:55) * The protagonist of the digital revolution is the entrepreneur. Italy & Innovation (16:15) * From the Internet of Things (IoT) to the Intranet of People (IoP). How to create one's own voice or brand on the web (20:25) * The adventure of entrepreneurship. On branding, design, and teaching (27:00) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

About Italian diversity as a source of excellence, competition and distinction. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The story of heels. A masculine item turned into a feminine icon * From heels to stilettos. The "Ferragamo" and the "steel" factor * The story of Casadei. From Romagna and Rimini to Hollywood * The architecture and aesthetics of a stiletto shoe * Every entrepreneur walks on heels. On stilettos and entrepreneurship Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Creativity & imagination Creativity & limit Creativity & Entrepreneurship Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gabriele Caprotti (global sales director at Zanotta) * The Italian leadership in design furniture * Aurelio Zanotta and the making of a legendary company * Heritage and Innovation. Art museums, experimentation, and the contemporary market * What's in a chair? The obsession of Italian designers Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

To make well. To live Well. About knowledge as inherited craft and inherent enjoyment. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The encounter of Carlo Bugatti and Giovanni Segantini at the art academy of Brera * Milan's scapigliati ("disheveled") and the attempt at a new modern Italian art * Bugatti's mastery in furniture design. The triumph of 1902 in Turin. * Turning objects into art pieces: the impact of a father on his sons Rembrandt and Ettore * From furniture to automobiles. The extraordinary path of Ettore Bugatti * Heritage & Innovation. From liberty style to luxury cars Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (June 8, 2021) * The decorated surface. Objects and matter as narrative supports from Roman antiquity to modern pre-industrial aesthetics (eg. wood, glass, tapestries, plates) * The object is the story. The industrial construction of the object’s interior personality * Storytelling techniques in scriptwriting and object design * From the icons of Italian design to Italy’s industrial aesthetics. A philosophy of style Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* The Birth and Masters of Italian Advertising * The Italian Culture of Design. The Italian Art of Objects * Shaping the Modern Italian Space. Contemporary Architecture Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Paolo Taticchi (Professor of Strategy & Sustainability and Deputy Director of MBA and Global Engagement at University College of London - School of Management, Intrapreneur, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Speaker) * From father to son. The craft of scholarship & teaching * Italians as trend-setters. What is the Italian influence? * Innovative approaches to sustainability in the Italian industry * The sustainability of education. The future of universities * From the ideal city to the smart city. The Italian model of urban development * On humanities and entrepreneurship. The Italian way to humanistic management Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* A prolonged state of political crisis (1980-2020). The 5-five majority (pentapartito); the bribe scandal (tangentopoli); the Fall of the USSR and the emigration from Albania; the Mafia attack to the state; the second republic; berlusconismo; emigration from Africa; the 6-cabinet decade (2010s); Mario Draghi * A restless democracy and an ongoing history of success and innovation (architecture, cuisine, art, industry) * The success recipe of Italian modernity Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The opening of the Suez Canal at the origin of Italian colonialism & the Southern question * The ascent of Sicily in the 1880s and the Florio business (tuna, sulfur, navigation, etc) * Ignazio Florio, the national exposition of Palermo (1891-1892), and Sicilian Liberty * Franca Florio. A master of style, fashion, elegance, and influence * The end of the Florio dynasty. Businesses end. True value remains * The necessity of myth making in any entrepreneurial journey Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (May 6, 2021). Introductory remarks by Pier Forlano (Consul General of Italy in Philaldephia) Outline of the lecture * Calvino’s short story “Autobiography of a spectator”: an exercise of memory and a critical mirror * The common adolescence of Calvino and Fellini: the riviera, Fascist repression, and cinema * From the cinema of “distance” to meta-cinema in the post-war years * A parallel aesthetics: the present indicative gaze and the reversed vision. From cinema to literature Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* Automation of Printing. Gutenberg and the typographic revolution * The design of letters. Manuzio, Griffo, Bodoni * The automation of Writing. Industrial typewriters * Automated writing in Futurist art (Bragaglia, Pratella, Marinetti) * The typewriter as a laboratory of design and computing (Olivetti) Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Ale Gambini (chef and food ambassador in Los Angeles, writer, award-winning host in online food programs, recipe developer, blogger, and cook instructor) * From Milan to Los Angeles. From music to cooking * Innovating tradition. How to "develop" the Italian repertoire * Italian food and the question of authenticity * The variety of Italian culinary traditions in dialogue with the American landscape * On writing and cooking. Where does creativity originate? Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* The aftermath of WWII. The referendum, the birth of the Italian republic, the constitution, the first free elections (1945-1948) * The Italian Economic Miracle (1945-1965). Vespa, Fashion, La dolce vita, the Rome Olympics * The 20th Century Renaissance. Italian post-war fashion, design, and art * Social Turmoil, 1968, and the "lead years" (1965-1980) Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * How a young manufacturer from Abruzzo won the gold medal of excellence for his pasta at the Columbian exposition of Chicago in 1893 * Pasta diplomacy? The diplomatic stall between Italy and the United States (1891-1893) * The story of Filippo De Cecco. From milling wheat to pasta making * An innovative change. The method for drying pasta indoors at low temperature * The elements of De Cecco's success recipe: quality of wheat, spring water, bronze drawing * Wholesomeness and territoriality. Innovating is staying true to one's origins * A story of setbacks and comebacks. The company from 1886 to the present Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Behind the scenes. The meanings of the new logo and design of "Italian Innovators". Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (April 14, 2021). Introductory remarks by Pier Forlano (Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia) announcing the patronage of the Italian Consulate of Philadelphia to the Italian Innovators project. Outline of the lecture * the development of telegraphy and the early wiring of the world * the invention of telephony (Meucci) * phonographs, gramophones, and the birth of the record industry (Caruso, Toscanini) * Marconi’s wireless telegraphy (radio) and the creation of a simultaneous world * the evolution of broadcasting and television (Pasolini) * the computing age (Calvino) and the digital age (Faggin, Chariglione) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, I invite you to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes and visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* Distance Communication and the Pursuit of Ubiquity. Wiring Letters (Telegraph), Transmitting the Voice (Telephone) * Recording and Reproducing Sound. Phonographs, Gramophones, and the Birth of the Record Industry * Transmitting Sound and Images. From Wireless Telegraphy (Radio) to TV and the Internet Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Cinzia Zuffada (associate chief scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA, and president of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation; ISSNAF). * An Italian woman at NASA. The path from Pavia to America (1:50) * Observing our human questions from the external perspective of space (6:10) * Agencies, universities, and the pursuit of innovation (13:25) * Italy's leading role in the space industry (18:55) * Mapping water levels and the research on climate change (22:35) * ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation). Mission, role, and awards (27:25) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* Structuring the Fascist dictatorship after 1925. Censorship and propaganda * Industry, expositions, design, and architecture in the 1920s and 1930s * The Ethiopian campaign (1935-1936) * Italy joins the Axis. (1936-1943) * The war of liberation (1943-1945) * After the Liberation. Memory and Trauma in Post-War Literature and Cinema Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * A lively approach to creativity. Humanistic studies and practical training * A Roman family story. From Delia's Roman atelier to Laura's company * The 1972 fashion show at Palazzo Pitti and the evolution of Biagiotti's style * Laura's extraordinary missions to Beijing and Moscow. Fashion and cultural diplomacy * On motherhood and entrepreneurship. Laura and her daughter Lavinia * A complex fashion brand, connecting to archaeology, painting, theatre, and sport Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini, PhD (March 10, 2021). Introductory remarks by Pier Forlano, Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia. How is originality born in #literature? How is innovation achieved in #design? How the literary and entrepreneurial modes of creation interact in the Italian milieu? * Petrarch’s monolingualism and the “solo ingredient” model (Casadei, Brugola, Brembo) * Dante’s multilingualism and the “orchestra” model (Campari, Olivetti) * Ariosto vs Tasso. Originality through variations or through heightening of emotions * Leopardi vs Manzoni. The meaningful and useful object. Aesthetics and functionality * D’Annunzio, Depero, Ponti. How literary culture impacted Italian industry in the 20th century * Italian innovation as an a-systematic philosophy of gesture * Brunello Cucinelli (the value of pensare) and Walter Bonatti (entrepreneurship as impresa) Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* The formation of heavy industry in Italy (Falck, Ansaldo, Fiat) * The opening of passages (Gotthard tunnel, Corinth strait, Simplon Pass) * Railroad networks, trains, and trans-national routes (Orient-Express, Transiberian) * Trans-Atlantic travel and the evolution of modern navigation * The automobile from early experimentation to a cultural myth (Fiat, Bianchi, Pininfarina) * Airplanes, aviation, and literature * The Italian recreation of scooters: Vespa and Lambretta Check out all the other lessons of #ItalianAges and #ItalianModernities in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gianni Riotta (journalist, writer, director of Data Lab at LUISS Guido Carli University School of Government in Rome, and Pirelli visiting professor of Italian Studies at Princeton University) * Seeing America from an Italian/Sicilian perspective (1:30) * On the necessary relationship between journalism and academia (5:50) * Storytelling as a key resource in the pursuit of truth (12:20) * The language of the new media. Italian and new modes of communication (21:40) * The pandemic & the crisis of academia. A new model for 21st century universities (34:45) * The vital role of Italian studies in North American academia (49:30) * Where to start with the Italian literary patrimony (01:06:50) Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* The Long-Expected War (1900-1914). The military, political, cultural, and philosophical antecedents of the European War to be (Kant, Nietzsche, Sorel, Malthus) * The Italian Front (1915-1918). From neutrality to intervention, from trench warfare to the collapse of Caporetto, from the Piave line to victory. * The Post-War Years (1919-1925). The Fiume experiment, the political crisis, the ascent of Mussolini, and the first parliamentary phase of Fascism. Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * What is victory? A brief history of triumph, from the ancient world to the early modern era * The loss of the sense of feast and the transfiguration of military triumphs into sports feats * The shape of victory. The history & making of our most iconic trophy, the FIFA world cup * The designer of the FIFA world cup. Creative vision and excellence in production * Why Gazzaniga's company, GDE Bertoni, is the world's leader in the production of trophies? Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Online Conference (December 16, 2020) sponsored by the Italian Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia in collaboration with Italian Innovators. Second Roundtable - Italian Design Speakers: Jeffrey Schnapp (Harvard University), Gaetano Di Tondo (Presidente Archivio storico Olivetti). Moderator: Jim Carter

Online Conference (December 16, 2020) sponsored by the Italian Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia in collaboration with Italian Innovators. First Roundtable - Italian Fashion Speakers: Eugenia Paulicelli (CUNY, The graduate school, Queen's College), Karen Van Godtsenhoven (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Moderator: Luca Cottini

@Italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini (PhD), January 12, 2021 * What is technology? A set of tools empowering our capacities. An operative mindset * The archetype of Leonardo's 'ingenium' as a combination of engineering and ingenuity * The Italian notion of technique as design, storytelling, relationship, and social art Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

@Italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini (PhD), February 10, 2021 * The perfecting of bicycle. Bianchi's safety bicycle (1885), the invention of the pneumatic (1888) and the Bianchi-Pirelli deal at the base of the evolution of Italy's mechanic industry * The 19th century debate on the body and physical education * The project to turn bicycles into symbols of the Northern Italian industrial modernity * The birth of the Italian cycling Touring club * The foundation of Gazzetta dello sport, the culture of sports, and Giro d'Italia * Bicycles in 20th century Italian literature, painting, and cinema Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

On Heritage & Innovation. A conversation between Luca Cottini (PhD) and Gaetano Di Tondo (VP, Communication and External Relations Director at Olivetti and President of the Olivetti historic archive) * Adriano Olivetti. A visionary entrepreneur and humanist * From comunità to community. The city-laboratory of Ivrea * From heritage to innovation. Olivetti today * Where design meets technology. An inexhaustible patrimony for the future Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* The Appearance of Modernity in the Global Context (the construction of modern time, communication, transportation systems, development in medicine) * The new vision of photography, of cinema, and of the self (psychoanalysis) * Universal expositions and the invention of modern Olympics * Industrialization in Italy. A civilization of objects and the new role of intellectuals * Italian Futurism as a total aesthetics: the literature, theatre, painting, cinema, architecture, and politics of the Italian Avant-Garde Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The booming industry of perfumery in connection to spa and fashion * A brief history of fragrances (from the ancient world to the Renaissance, from the 19th century culture of hygiene to mass-market) * The innovative method of Gentile's olfactory design: perfumes as analogical sites of memory and imagination * On literature and perfumes * Scents as an individual and architectural space of self-fashioning Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@Italyinphilly lecture by Luca Cottini (PhD), November 5, 2020 * What is a brand? What is branding? Object, experience, process, and culture * How does advertising create a brand or a culture around objects? * The promotional language and the design of value in Italian early-20th century poster ads * The logo design of Italian companies as a form of cultural self-representation Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, make sure to leave a comment here below and subscribe to this YouTube channel as a way to enrich this conversation and receive notification of new episodes. Also, don’t forget to visit the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com for more information about this project.

* The formation of the calendar and the measuring of time in relation to the cosmos * Solar time, Greenwich time, and universal standard time * The industrial necessity of a world standard time. From the 1883 Rome Conference to the 1884 Meridian Conference of Washington DC. * What is the new 'origin' of time? The crisis of solar/metaphysical time and the immanentization of timekeeping. The diffusion of wristwatches * The literary and visual representation of modern times in Italian culture at the turn of the 20th century (Segantini, Previati, Serao, D'Annunzio) * Two industrial models of Italian clockmaking: Borletti and Bulgari * Italian times as a synthesis of progress and eternity in metaphysical painting and in Fascist political theorization Check out all the other lessons of #ItalianAges and #ItalianModernities in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

Study abroad and 'the Italian experience'. A conversation between Luca Cottini, Roberto Andreoni (composer and director of IES Milano), and Stefano Baldassarri (Renaissance scholar and director of ISI Florence) * Two elite study abroad programs and two key Italian cities. Studying in Florence and Milan * The Italian experience. What can a student really gain studying in Italy? Why does real understanding require time? * The Italian study abroad network. Italy as a destination and a professional resource * Study abroad institutes as sites of cultural mediation and elaboration of new models * The pandemic and the future of study abroad Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* From Restoration to Risorgimento. The political/cultural path to a unified Italy (1815-1848) * Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, Verdi, Hayez * The military phase. The independence wars (1848-1866) * The new nation and its problems (1866-1896). The South, social, and Roman issues. * Colonialism, positivism, decadentism Check out the full outline of the course on the official webpage of the show at www.italianinnovators.com and sign up on to join the newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel to receive notification of new episodes. Thanks for watching!

A presentation by Luca Cottini (PhD) * The birth of trading cards around the American tobacco industry * Italian figurine and the innovative concept of the album * Collecting as memory and storytelling. Stickers, players, and cars * Panini and Modena. Volleyball, Maserati, and Parmigiano Reggiano Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

A surprising and unexpected path. The creative workshop of Italian Innovators. * From Italy (Varese, Milan) to the US (Notre Dame, Harvard). From Montreal (McGill) to Philadelphia (Villanova) * From scholarship to authorship. From podcasting to YouTube. A big thank you to all my viewers for all your support and encouragement throughout this adventure. Buone feste e buon 2021! Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

* Prior to cinema. Magic lanterns, panoramas, chrono-photography, kinetoscope * The Lumiere brothers and the art of the cinematographer * Early cinema in Italy (1896-1907). Cinema of attractions, Fregoli, La presa di Roma * Turin and the birth of the Italian cinematographic industry (1908-1915) * Pirandello, D'Annunzio, and Verga. Literature and cinema. * Maciste and Mussolini Check out all the other lessons of #ItalianAges and #ItalianModernities in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!

@Italyinphilly presentation by Luca Cottini on heritage and innovation (December 14, 2020) * heritage, tradition, patrimony, and value (a cultural and monetary assessment) * archaeology as the art of wise investment * architecture as a trans-generational content creator * restoration as a model of virtuous entrepreneurship Check out all the other episodes in the content library and make sure to join the newsletter of the show at www.italianinnovators.com. Don't forget to leave your comment here below and subscribe to this channel. Thanks for watching!