Carmen Consoli in concert – Eco di Sirene European Tour 2018
The popular Italian singer-songwriter will bring on stage the same “Eco di sirene” show she successfully performed in Italy in 2017. The artistic set up of this concert is really powerful: just three musicians on stage – a violist, a cello player and Carmen with her acoustic guitar. Carmen’s music is as charming and seductive […]
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Performative Arts Today
A cross-meeting with poets, translators, art critics, land art creators, film makers, composers, musicians and singers. Special guests: Antonio Presti, president, arts promoter and creator of Fiumara d’arte Foundation; Giuseppe Sterparelli, film-maker and arts scholar; Eiléan Nì Chuillenáin, Irish poet and Professor of Poetry; Antonella Anedda Angioy, Italian scholar and poet; Maurizio Boldrini, theatre expert; […]
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Comics, what a passion! – Exhibition about the Masters of the Italian comic strip from the 1950s to today
After more than one century from their birth, comic books are still one of the most popular narrative languages in the world. They unite drawing and literature, image and communication. In Italy, comic books and newspapers have enchanted different generations, with diverse education and social background. The exhibition shows many original drawings of the Italian […]
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Monday at the Cinema: Terramatta
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. TerramattaDirector: Costanza QuatriglioWith: Roberto NobileRunning Time: 74′Genre: DocumentaryYear: 2012 This documentary tells the story of the diary that Vincezo Rabito (born in 1899), a semi-literate man from Sicily, wrote […]
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Book Launch: Italian Women’s Autobiographical Writing in the XX Century – By Ursula Fanning (UCD)
Dr Ursula Fanning is Associate Professor in Italian Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in University College Dublin. She is a member of the Boards of Doctoral Studies for Italian and for Comparative Romance Literatures at the Istituto Orientale, Naples, as well as of the editorial board of the Women and Gender […]
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Reading Dante at the IIC
The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to announce the 2018 Spring season of the series “Reading Dante at the IIC”. Several times throughout the Commedia Dante addresses the lettore with the belief that he will be read by the futura gente – ourselves, and this we shall continue to do with Prof. Corinna Salvadori […]
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Monday at the Cinema: La città ideale
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. La città ideale / The Ideal CityDirector: Luigi Lo CascioWith: Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Massimo FoschiRunning Time: 105′Genre: drammaticoYear: 2012 La città ideale tells the story of […]
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Christmas break
The Institute will be on Christmas break from December 18th untile January 5th. During this time, we will be open until 5pm and there will be no Italian classes or events.
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Monday at the cinema – Che strano chiamarsi Federico
Monday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Che strano chiamarsi Federico / How strange it is to be called FedericoDirector: Ettore ScolaIn italian with English subtitles The film, based on the personal memories of the director […]
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Public conversation with Claudio Magris on his latest works and his thoughts on Europe and its identities
Due to unforeseen circumstances we regret to inform you that this event was CANCELLED.
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