The geology and scenery of Italy: the role of earthquakes, volcanoes and tectonic plates
By Lidia Lonergan. The history of geological activity still continues today and Italy is subject to ongoing earthquake and volcanic activity. The lecture will show how an appreciation of the tectonics and internal forces of our planet may enrich our appreciation of the spectacular and varied scenery of Italy from the majestic castellated pinnacles of […]
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“Trotula de Ruggiero” from “Donne, Madonne, Sante e Medichesse”
A documentary byMaria Giustina Laurenzi with Dacia Maraini. The filmmaker presents her documentary on the life and work of Trotula De Ruggiero, the eminent physician who produced her remedies from herbs and silica. Traces of the laboratories where she worked remain in the Giardini della Minerva botanic gardens in Salerno
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Examples of women’s mastery: silence on women scientists
Dacia Maraini in conversation with Catherine Dunne. The story of women in culture and civil life was often a story of exclusion until the end of the 19th century and largely into the mid-20th century. Perhaps it is for this reason that the women who stood out in the past were above all humanists, painters, […]
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Unlocking the potential of staff in an Italian pharmaceutical company
By Danilo Vertemara Presentation of Rottapharm Dublin’s implementation of recent production techniques (Lean Manufacturing, Paperless, TPM/TPA, CPD). Constant advancements and improvements have enabled the company to achieve continuous excellence in manufacturing, garnering recognition both locally and in Europe.
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Innovation in Italian language and culture: the technological approach of Coláiste Chiaráin
Innovation in Italian language and culture: the technological approach of Coláiste Chiaráin By Conor Power, Christian G. Moretti and the Students of Italian involved in the project. Presentation of the Application for Android smart phones produced by students of Italian at Coláiste Chiaráin Croom/Limerick.
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Petrarch, Boccaccio and Italy’s new learning
By Edoardo Fumagalli, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Renaissance Humanism – that is the avant-garde culture that gave rise to and characterized the Renaissance – is to all intents and purposes the brainchild of Petrarch (1304-74) and of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75), whose 700th anniversary is being celebrated this year. It is they above all who brought […]
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Teaching Italian, research and innovation
Presented by the Departments of Italian of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork and National University of Ireland, Galway. “Teaching Italian at Trinity College Dublin: Continuity and Innovation” Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, TCD “More with less: new types of student, new technologies: innovations in the teaching of Italian at University College […]
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13th Week of the Italian Language in the World
Research, Discovery, Innovation: Italian Expertise
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Giuseppe Verdi. Recital operistico.
Celebrazioni per il bicentenario della nascita. La grande stagione dell’ Opera Italiana fra ‘800 e ‘900. Giuseppe Verdi Celebrazioni per il bicentenario della nascita. La grande stagione dell’Opera Italiana fra ‘800 e ‘900. Angela Papale (Soprano) and M°Fabio Marra (Piano). Wednesday 9 October 2013 at 7pm RIAM – Katherine Brennan Hall 36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2 […]
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Dizionario delle collocazioni.
Le combinazioni delle parole in Italiano. With a choice of approximately 200,000 combinations of words, the Dizionario delle collocazioni allows you to find the correct expression to communicate in an accurate, elegant and incisive Italian.
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