Dante for Everyone – Book presentation by Prof. Luca Serianni
In the year that marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, we are delighted to announce the launch of the third edition of the Dublin Dante Summer School. The project has received collaboration and support from the Italian Embassy in Dublin, The National University of Ireland, TCD Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, TCD […]
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Fare Cinema 2021
‘Fare Cinema’ is the festival dedicated to Italian cinema abroad promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, ANICA, ICE Agency and Istituto Luce – Cinecittà. The fourth edition, entitled ‘Reboot – Italian cinema restarts’, will be held from the 14th to the 20th of June 2021: it underlines […]
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Science Comes To Life: Carlo Rovelli and John Banville
Man Booker prize-winning author John Banville and Carlo Rovelli, the man he describes as the poet of modern physics, discuss the connections between culture and physics with Karlin Lillington. Free event on Zoom. Please register HERE. Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli’s international bestsellers are celebrated for their compelling insight and ability to explain some of science’s […]
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Holding the mirage: André Aciman
International Literature Festival Dublin presents Holding The Mirage: André Aciman The Italian Institute of Culture Dublin proudly supports the participation to ILFD of best-selling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name, discussing memory, mirage, and the mood of the fantasy life. In his new essay collection Homo Irrealis, Aciman turns his attention […]
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100 Lithographs: Dante’s Divine Comedy by Liam Ó Broin
The Office of Public Works and Istituto Italiano di Cultura celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death with the new exhibition “100 Lithographs: Dante’s Divine Comedy by Liam Ó Broin” at The Coach House Gallery in Dublin Castle from 10 May until 10 October. The exhibition, curated by Brian McAvera, showcases 100 large-scale, vibrant […]
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Dante in Irish Language and Culture
The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin is pleased to present “From the Dark Forest to Paradise, A journey through Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy in thirty-three languages”, an audiobook produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of Dante’s centenary celebrations. IIC Dublin joined the project by realising the […]
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“Pino” at Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
Pino Pascali had given great art to the world – and had much more to give – when he tragically died in a motorcycle accident in 1968. The beloved artist was just 32 years old. Walter Fasano’s charming documentary tells how, fifty years later, the charismatic artist’s work Cinque Bachi da Setola e un Bozzolo […]
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Transmutations of the Orlando Furioso: On the Reception of Ariosto’s Poem
In 2021 we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the publication of the second edition of the Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Francesco Lucioli (UCD) will talk about the fortune of Ariosto’s poem and present his new book “Tramutazioni dell’Orlando furioso. Sulla ricezione del poema ariostesco” (Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2020). Please register HERE […]
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MapsBordersTerritories #11: On drawing lines, making cuts, and other (philosophical) adventures
Andrea Borghini in conversation with Achille Varzi. From a philosophical perspective, the big question regarding boundaries concerns their source. Do they reflect the “objective” structure of reality or do they simply register demarcations determined by human needs and decisions? In this conversation we focus on concrete examples that arise in the humble daily environments of […]
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Book Launch “Elena Ferrante as World Literature”
“Elena Ferrante” is the pen name, gendered female, of an Italian writer whose biographical identity remains unknown. Ferrante’s cycle of four novels known in Italy as My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale) and in the Anglophone world as The Neapolitan Novels became a global sensation and a bestseller in English translation. Hillary Clinton and Salman Rushdie […]
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