Campania Travelogue

Join Douglas Kenning for another Regional Sundays event, featuring his personal travelogue of Campania.

In the Bay of bella Napoli, we find the oldest ancient Greek colony, a Sibyl’s cave, islands of the Sirens, Vesuvius and the cities she destroyed, stunning Caserta, the Amalfi Coast, Capri, the home of pizza and grand opera, and the most vibrant street life in Italy. Beyond lay what the Romans called Campania felix: “happy” or “lucky” Campania, because of her fertile volcanic soil. “Here the beautie of all the World is gathered as it were into a bundle.” Campania today may not everywhere be as felix as once it was, but Campanians know how to make music out of the ageless human struggle. In the Cilento mountains we find a Blue Zone: come here to live longer and fuller. 

A light tasting of regional cuisine and wine will be offered!

BIO:
Douglas Kenning (Ph.D), second generation Sicilian on his mother’s side (née Scalia) has enjoyed a career as an assistant professor at universities in Tunisia, Japan, Italy, and the U.S. Also, he has been, professionally, a biologist, actor, army officer, Manhattan taxi driver, study-abroad academic director, and writer of books, articles, and stage plays. He divides each year between the San Francisco area, giving talks and lectures mostly on Mediterranean civilizations (over 120 courses on over 25 different subjects), and Sicily, where he founded “Sicily Tour,” a history and myth-focused small-group tour company.