Italian Academy, Columbia University
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This is the official account for The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University (italianacademy.columbia.edu). Follow us for news, events, and ideas from our community of scholars, scientists, artists.
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Fellowships at Columbia start in Academic Year 2026–27.
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Fellowships at Columbia start in Academic Year 2026–27.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS—
Fellowships at Columbia start in Academic Year 2026–27.
Read more: tinyurl.com/iafellow26
Fellowships at Columbia start in Academic Year 2026–27.
Read more: tinyurl.com/iafellow26
Last night: guests crowded to see the rare letters and books after hearing from Claudio Pagliara, Elena Aprile, Barbara Faedda, & Teodolinda Barolini; "On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte."
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Last night: guests crowded to see the rare letters and books after hearing from Claudio Pagliara, Elena Aprile, Barbara Faedda, & Teodolinda Barolini; "On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte."
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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Next week! Nov 13, 5PM—
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Next week! Nov 13, 5PM—
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Tomorrow! Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tomorrow! Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
Despite the rain, a full house for @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social (Alexander Bodini Fellow in Developmental & Adolescent Psychiatry) & @stefanofusi.bsky.social (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social ) in our Open Seminars series: "How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Despite the rain, a full house for @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social (Alexander Bodini Fellow in Developmental & Adolescent Psychiatry) & @stefanofusi.bsky.social (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social ) in our Open Seminars series: "How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Next week: Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
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"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Next week: Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
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A captivating dialogue; a sold-out event: the scene at the Academy last night as Barbara Faedda introduced Jhumpa Lahiri and Alessandro Giammei for their roam around Rome.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A captivating dialogue; a sold-out event: the scene at the Academy last night as Barbara Faedda introduced Jhumpa Lahiri and Alessandro Giammei for their roam around Rome.
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Oct 30, 4:30pm
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @stefanofusi.bsky.social
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @stefanofusi.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tomorrow! Oct 30, 4:30pm
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @stefanofusi.bsky.social
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @stefanofusi.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Oct 29, 6PM:
ON ROME. Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei
travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. We hope to accommodate standby guests; see info at
tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
ON ROME. Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei
travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. We hope to accommodate standby guests; see info at
tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tomorrow! Oct 29, 6PM:
ON ROME. Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei
travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. We hope to accommodate standby guests; see info at
tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
ON ROME. Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei
travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. We hope to accommodate standby guests; see info at
tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
Today at the Academy's open seminar series we had Pamela Smith, Stefano de Bosio, Marianna Mancini, & Simone Picchianti:
"Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink." Barbara Faedda (Exec. Dir.) welcomed the group.
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"Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink." Barbara Faedda (Exec. Dir.) welcomed the group.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today at the Academy's open seminar series we had Pamela Smith, Stefano de Bosio, Marianna Mancini, & Simone Picchianti:
"Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink." Barbara Faedda (Exec. Dir.) welcomed the group.
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
"Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink." Barbara Faedda (Exec. Dir.) welcomed the group.
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Oct 30, 4:30
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register here: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social ,
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @stefanofusi.bsky.social
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register here: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social ,
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @stefanofusi.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oct 30, 4:30
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register here: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social ,
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @stefanofusi.bsky.social
"How does the Geometry of Brain Activity Shape Behavior?"
Valeria Fascianelli; moderator Stefano Fusi, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia.
Open seminars series; register here: tinyurl.com/379uda2z
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social ,
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @stefanofusi.bsky.social
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"On Dante & Lorenzo Da Ponte"
Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Thu, Nov 6, 5PM
Teodolinda Barolini, Barbara Faedda; w/ Elena Aprile, Claudio Pagliara
Plus: Handwritten poems & letters by Da Ponte (from Columbia's Rare Bk & Manuscript Library)
Register: tinyurl.com/2rf7jy9k
@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
"Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems"
Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
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Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
@olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Universal Rights in Practice: Int'l Frameworks & Domestic Legal Systems"
Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
@olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social
Tue, Nov 18, 5PM
Giuliano Amato, John Bessler, Marian Da Silva, Spyridon Flogaitis, Olatunde Johnson, Sarah Maree Knuckey, & Miguel Ángel Moratinos
Register: tinyurl.com/mvhfvsvh
@olatij.bsky.social, @sarahknuckey.bsky.social
Open seminars!
Oct 21 "Looking Afresh: Photocopies & Other Reproductions that Permit New Methodologies" (Moderator: Alexander Alberro, Barnard)
Oct 23 "Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink" (Mod'r: Pamela Smith, Columbia)
Register: tinyurl.com/2my34n9z
Oct 21 "Looking Afresh: Photocopies & Other Reproductions that Permit New Methodologies" (Moderator: Alexander Alberro, Barnard)
Oct 23 "Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink" (Mod'r: Pamela Smith, Columbia)
Register: tinyurl.com/2my34n9z
October 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Open seminars!
Oct 21 "Looking Afresh: Photocopies & Other Reproductions that Permit New Methodologies" (Moderator: Alexander Alberro, Barnard)
Oct 23 "Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink" (Mod'r: Pamela Smith, Columbia)
Register: tinyurl.com/2my34n9z
Oct 21 "Looking Afresh: Photocopies & Other Reproductions that Permit New Methodologies" (Moderator: Alexander Alberro, Barnard)
Oct 23 "Finding the Names: Artists & Craftsmen in Gold, Stone, & Ink" (Mod'r: Pamela Smith, Columbia)
Register: tinyurl.com/2my34n9z
Elena Aprile was feted as IA's new Director by Provost Olinto, w/ Marco Peronaci (Italian Amb. to the US), Giorgio Mulè (VP, It. Ch. of Deputies), & more. For the future: building on the Academy's strengths, expanding work in sciences, making links w/in Columbia and across NYC.
October 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Elena Aprile was feted as IA's new Director by Provost Olinto, w/ Marco Peronaci (Italian Amb. to the US), Giorgio Mulè (VP, It. Ch. of Deputies), & more. For the future: building on the Academy's strengths, expanding work in sciences, making links w/in Columbia and across NYC.
Nov 13, 5PM—
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nov 13, 5PM—
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Primo Levi's "Periodic Table" at 50.
Elena Aprile, Jhumpa Lahiri & other scientists & writers speak. Info & registration: tinyurl.com/43jh38z3
Oct 29, 6PM: Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei ON ROME. Prize-winning scholars/translators travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
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@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Oct 29, 6PM: Jhumpa Lahiri & Alessandro Giammei ON ROME. Prize-winning scholars/translators travel the city w/ the spirits of fellow Romans & adoptive ancestors—Ovid, Ennio Flaiano, Petrarch, Amelia Rosselli, Raphael, & more. tinyurl.com/4v6zx8sb
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@columbiauniversity.bsky.social
Yesterday our new Director, Elena Aprile, opened up our seminar series to the broader Columbia community. Thx to Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz—and to GSAPP's Jorge Otero-Pailos.
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yesterday our new Director, Elena Aprile, opened up our seminar series to the broader Columbia community. Thx to Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz—and to GSAPP's Jorge Otero-Pailos.
Former Fellow Luca Zipoli's Bryn Mawr course, "Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time" had a guest lecture by Exec. Director Barbara Faedda: "From Liberty to Libretto: Italian Cultural Contributions to Early America."
More info: www.brynmawr.edu/inside/lates...
More info: www.brynmawr.edu/inside/lates...
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Former Fellow Luca Zipoli's Bryn Mawr course, "Philadelphia the Global City: The Italian Legacy across Time" had a guest lecture by Exec. Director Barbara Faedda: "From Liberty to Libretto: Italian Cultural Contributions to Early America."
More info: www.brynmawr.edu/inside/lates...
More info: www.brynmawr.edu/inside/lates...
In her role as ambassador/permanent observer of EPLO, Barbara Faedda, the Academy's executive director, attended the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly.
September 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In her role as ambassador/permanent observer of EPLO, Barbara Faedda, the Academy's executive director, attended the high-level General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly.
News from current Fellow:
Valeria Fascianelli will be at la Sapienza University of Rome to present her work on how representational geometry correlate with behavior. More info: lnkd.in/e4YNZCmr
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Valeria Fascianelli will be at la Sapienza University of Rome to present her work on how representational geometry correlate with behavior. More info: lnkd.in/e4YNZCmr
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social
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September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
News from current Fellow:
Valeria Fascianelli will be at la Sapienza University of Rome to present her work on how representational geometry correlate with behavior. More info: lnkd.in/e4YNZCmr
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social
Valeria Fascianelli will be at la Sapienza University of Rome to present her work on how representational geometry correlate with behavior. More info: lnkd.in/e4YNZCmr
@valeriafascianelli.bsky.social
[Columbia ID required w/ registration] "Germany was so poor in 1927, but gov't money went to a unique building project. Why?" Oct 1 at 1PM. Speaker: SEBASTIAN MEYER-VON KÖCKRITZ (architect for historic buildings). Moderator: JORGE OTERO-PAILOS (GSAPP). tinyurl.com/yxcmr5en
September 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
[Columbia ID required w/ registration] "Germany was so poor in 1927, but gov't money went to a unique building project. Why?" Oct 1 at 1PM. Speaker: SEBASTIAN MEYER-VON KÖCKRITZ (architect for historic buildings). Moderator: JORGE OTERO-PAILOS (GSAPP). tinyurl.com/yxcmr5en
New Fellow joining the Academy:
Claudia Wedepohl; Project: “The story of Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’”
tinyurl.com/33np4taa
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Claudia Wedepohl; Project: “The story of Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’”
tinyurl.com/33np4taa
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New Fellow joining the Academy:
Claudia Wedepohl; Project: “The story of Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’”
tinyurl.com/33np4taa
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Claudia Wedepohl; Project: “The story of Aby Warburg’s ‘Bilderatlas Mnemosyne’”
tinyurl.com/33np4taa
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
New Fellow joining the Academy:
Simone Picchianti; Project: “Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith”
tinyurl.com/muwt4eh6
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Simone Picchianti; Project: “Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith”
tinyurl.com/muwt4eh6
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New Fellow joining the Academy:
Simone Picchianti; Project: “Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith”
tinyurl.com/muwt4eh6
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Simone Picchianti; Project: “Fashioning in gold and steel: the science and art of Giuliano Ferraccini, Medici swordsmith”
tinyurl.com/muwt4eh6
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
New Weinberg Fellow joining the Academy:
Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz; Project: Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)”
tinyurl.com/y3uxdzcv
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz; Project: Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)”
tinyurl.com/y3uxdzcv
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New Weinberg Fellow joining the Academy:
Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz; Project: Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)”
tinyurl.com/y3uxdzcv
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv
Sebastian Meyer-von Köckritz; Project: Transformation of the villa: the example of the Thieleck estate in Berlin (1927–1931)”
tinyurl.com/y3uxdzcv
See all Fellows: tinyurl.com/5afsx4kv