Mahwah October 19, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 9 Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies at Hofstra University Stanislao Pugliese will speak at Ramapo College of New Jersey on Oct. 26. The 3 p.m. will be held in Friends Hall (SC219) under the auspices of the Italian Club and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Ramapo College. Pugliese will discuss “Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi’s Science and Humanism after the Fall.” A debate surfaced as to whether Levi’s death was an accident or a suicide immediately after his1987 death as a result falling down a stairwell. His death as a possible suicide marks a reinterpretation his legacy as a writer and survivor. Professor Pugliese, a specialist on the Italian anti-fascist resistance and Italian Jews, will speak about his book on the Italian-Jewish survivor and writer. The volume’s essays deal directly with Levi Writer’s legacy considered and his work; others use Levi’s writings or ideas to explore issues in Holocaust studies, philosophy, and theology. Pugliese graduated from Hofstra University with a bachelor’s degree and from City College of New York with a master’s degree. He earned his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995, after which time he joined the faculty of Hofstra University. He has been Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian & Italian American Studies since 2009. Pugliese has spoken at Ramapo College on several occasions, the last time about his book, “Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone,” which was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2009. The presentation is free and open to the public. The college is located at 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah. For more information or to reserve a seat, call (201) 684-7409. The Joyce Kilmer School in Mahwah recently hosted its Fall Book Fair. Pictured: JK Fourth grade student is happy to have found plenty of interesting things to purchase at the Fall Book Fair. Falling for books