The Program for the Study of Italy provides a platform for conferences, colloquia and public lectures in order to disseminate knowledge of and interest in Italian culture in California.
- November 19, 2020: Valerie McGuire (St Andrews University), Italy's Sea: Empire and Nation in the Mediterranean (1895-1945)
- October 28, 2020: Eileen Ryan (Temple University), Exhibiting Blackness in Fascist Italy
- June 17, 2020: Carlo A. Favero (Bocconi University) and Andrea Ichino (European University Institute), Restarting the Economy While Saving Lives: Italy Under COVID-19
- November 8, 2019: Food, Wine, and Culture: Foodways in California and the E.U, with Dr. Danielle Callegari, journalist Elaine Chukan Brown, and educator and activist and Fabrizia Lanza
- April 10, 2019: Dr. Birgit Urmson, German & U.S. WW2 Soldiers’ Cemeteries in Italy: Cultural Perspectives
- April 1, 2019: Carlo Monticelli (Council of Europe Development Bank), Europe and Global Governance
- January 31, 2019: Enrico Rossi (Governor, Regione Toscana), Italy, Europe and the Challenges of Globalization
- February 5, 2019: Anna Frisone (University of Bologna), Trade-Union Feminism Across Borders: A Comparative Perspective on 1970s Italian and French Experiences
- October 25, 2018: Marina Romani (UC Berkeley), Political and Operatic Mythologies in Contemporary Italy: Lega Nord's 'Va Pensiero'
- April 26, 2016: Enrico Deaglio (Journalist and Author), Rethinking the Berlusconi Experience in the Time of Trump
- February 19, 2016: Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU) and Stephanie Malia Hom (University of Oklahoma), Italian Mobilities
- February 10, 2016: Marco Doria (Mayor of Genoa), Facing New Challenges: The Past and Present of the Italian Economy