The Private Life of Fascism: The 2026 Robert Cargni Lecture
Lecture & Film ScreeningOct 27 · 16:30 – 20:00
Explore how authoritarian power moves between public spectacle and everyday life with a film screening and lecture, held online.
Who's Involve
Center for Italian Studies, University of PennsylvaniaCo Organizer
Departments of Cinema & Media Studies as well as Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies, and Program in Comparative Literature & Literary Theory at the University of PennsylvaniaCo Organizer
Millicent MarcusSpeakerFilippo TrentinSpeaker
Ettore ScolaPerformer
Description
A program pairing Ettore Scola's 1977 film A Special Day with a lecture by Yale professor Millicent Marcus and a conversation moderated by Penn senior lecturer Filippo Trentin. Taking place online, the event explores how authoritarian power moves between public spectacle and everyday life.
Good to know
Takes place online