Andrea Marcolongo and Mary Norris
Organised by Classics Now. Supported by the Italian Cultural Institute Dublin. Introducing The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons To Love Greek, Andrea Marcolongo writes that her book demands passion and a willingness to be challenged. “It’s a literary tale about a few particular aspects of the magnificent and elegant ancient Greek language – its concise, […]
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Bucare il confine. Storie dalla frontiera di Ventimiglia (Mondadori, 2020)
Join here Password: Ventimiglia2020 Bucare il confine. Storie dalla frontiera di Ventimiglia (Mondadori 2020) is an oral history book by Gabriele Proglio. Spending several months on the Italo-French border, Proglio collected many interviews with migrant people, Italian and French citizens in Ventimiglia (ITA) and Menton (FRA), activists, NGOs and associations. The aim of this volume […]
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“Hard Borders”: what’s in a poem?
What is there in (and beyond) a map? What do we talk about when we talk of borders? Poet Jo Burns and writer Catherine Dunne introduce the themes of the series of encounters “Maps, borders and Territories”, in a conversation with the Directors of the IIC Dublin, London and Edinburgh. Registration to the online event […]
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Maps, Borders and Territories
What is there in (and beyond) a map? What do we talk about when we talk of borders? How do we define territories? Google maps and maps of wonderlands. Cartography and strategies of war. Mapping ideologies and pandemics, continents, countries and counties, languages and races. Never ending fights over borders and identities. Maps of perceptions […]
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XX Week of Italian Language in the World – La scienza a fumetti (in Italian)
On the occasion of the XX Week of Italian Language, under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy, mathematician and essayist Piergiorgio Odifreddi will join us online for a talk on Science and Comic Books entitled “La scienza a fumetti” (in Italian). Introduced by IIC Director Renata Sperandio, Odifreddi will lead […]
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XX Week of the Italian Language in the World – Lingua e immagini tra Ulisse e Topolino
On the occasion of the XX Week of the Italian Language in the World, we are pleased to present on Tuesday October 20th at 7p.m. (BST) “Lingua e immagini tra Ulisse e Topolino” (in Italian), a conversation with journalist and former editor of the weekly Topolino comic book Valentina De Poli, writer Paolo Di Paolo, […]
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XX Week of Italian Language in the World – Ad videos
On the occasion of the XX Week of Italian Language in the World, the Mnistry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released two ad videos, of 37” and 90” lenght each, to celebrate Italian Language. The Week of Italian Language in the World is held under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic of […]
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Online event – “The Lying Life of Adults” by Elena Ferrante – conversation, reading, Q&A.
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 from 8:00pm – Elena Ferrante’s recently translated “The Lying Life of Adults” – conversation, reading, Q&A. We are beyond thrilled to see Giovanni Boccaccio International Prize for Fiction winner and Bancarella Prize finalist acclaimed Irish writer Catherine Dunne among discussants for “The Lying Life of Adults – A Global Event for […]
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Translating Edna O’Brien’s ‘Girl’ – Online event
Fri, 25 September 2020 – 5:00pm – Translating Edna O’Brien’s ‘Girl’ – Online event How do you go about translating Edna O’Brien‘s award-winning literature?In celebration of 2020 European Day of Languages, the Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation is teaming up with EUNIC (the EU National Institutes for Culture), to discuss how some of […]
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Culture Night at the Opera 19:45
We are delighted to join Culture Night celebrations for 2020 with a new format of online and live events. On the night of Friday 18th September, the Italian Institute will take part in the European Culture Trail together with Austria, France, Germany and Spain, an initiative supported by EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for […]
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