Italian Perspective: The Intersection of Language and Culture
Join Fondazione Italia at “Language and Culture: An Italian Perspective” at the Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University in Orange, CA. The Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research is pleased to announce the tenth edition of the Italian Perspective Series, focusing on the intersection of Language and Culture. The event will take place in the magnificent yet intimate venue of the Musco Center for the Arts, our dynamic focal point for campus life and the broader community. The series operates under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy and the Institute for Italian Culture in Los Angeles.
Chapman University
Musco Center for the Arts
Saturday, February 21, 2026
10 am to 12 pm (reception to follow)
$20 – general admission
$10 – student admission with code, “BRIDGETOITALY26”
This public event is an interdisciplinary exploration of Italian language, identity, and linguistic belonging. The program will feature keynote talks and live performances of poetry and songs. Designed to reflect Italy’s enduring humanistic legacy and linguistic diversity, this multifaceted gathering embodies the Institute’s mission to celebrate Italy as both a geographic place and a global idea. Aimed at a general audience and seeking to stimulate both mind and heart, the program will reveal the interlaced development of language, history, and culture and celebrate the beauty and complexity of Italian.
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About the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research. The Ferrucci Institute endeavors to facilitate globally valuable educational experiences inherent in Italy’s story and fabric and to promote a new and broader understanding of the country’s intellectual and creative potential. This aim is achieved by making the Italian experience, in its aesthetic and intellectual qualities, a centerpiece and common ground for a diverse community of thinkers coming from various disciplinary, professional, and generational perspectives from within and outside academia. Partaking in this process are students, educators, leaders in the arts, business, and sciences, and members of the community who bridge generational and cultural divides. Visit the homepage at https://www.chapman.edu/ferrucci
About The Musco Center for the Arts. Designed by renowned architects Pfeiffer Partners, with acoustics by world‑renowned Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics, Musco Center boasts an intimate seating chamber with 1,044 seats on three levels and a full-scale stagehouse capable of grand spectacle or lush symphonic sound with its unique orchestral shell in place. Musco Center serves as a dynamic focal point for campus life and the broader community, giving notice that world-class arts education and artistic achievement have found a new home in Southern California.
