Incontri con la scienza – Massimo Ammaniti. La famiglia adolescente
***Event in Italian*** Massimo Ammaniti, one of the most well-known Italian developmental psychoanalysts, was born in Rome in 1941. Graduated in medicine, trained in Child Psychiatry at La Sapienza University of Rome, Honorary Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Previous Chairman of the Infant and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Faculty at La Sapienza University, he is […]
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Lunedì al Cinema – Il Giovane Favoloso
Directed by Mario Martone. Con Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio, 137’.In Italian with English subtitles. The film is based upon the short but fruitful life of the legendary 19th century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. Director Mario Martone’s film, a scrupulously researched and cinematically staged period biopic, gives us the full sweep of the […]
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Encounter with Domenico Starnone
Introduced and moderated by Enrica Maria Ferrara (TCD). In Italian and English. Born in Naples in 1943, Domenico Starnone is an Italian writer of international standing whose works have consistently provided material for contemporary Italian film directors. He combined a long teaching career with an editing role in the cultural section of the Italian […]
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Giro-giro-tondo. 100 Giri d’Italia with miniature theatres and books
Giro-giro-tondo 100 Giri d’Italia with miniature theatres and books Artworks by Fernanda Pessolano Texts by Marco Pastonesi Books by Biblioteca della Bicicletta Lucos Cozza In 2017 the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia will take place (the first edition took place in 1909 but four editions were cancelled during the First World War and five […]
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The lullaby of the tomb looters – with Jacopo Tabolli
The lullaby of the tomb looters – With Jacopo Tabolli (TCD) In English Leaving the excavation after a long and hard day of work, getting some rest at night and being back early in the morning results dramatically in discovering that tomb looters have ‘visited’ your site. It is always true: “excavation is destruction”, but […]
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Quelli del San Patricio – With Pino Cacucci
Second half of the nineteenth century, Mexico. Captain John Riley recalls the years when he fought alongside the Mexicans against the US army and the voluntary militias of Texas. In about two years of bloody battles, the country south of the Río Bravo loses, along with Texas, much of its territory. This is the story […]
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Italian Art and its Icons
Italian and Irish experts will present and discuss the relationship between museums and territory and the importance of cultural tourism. With Paolo Bartoloni (NUI Galway), Michael Cronin (DCU), and Valentina Zucchi (MUS.E, Firenze). Paolo Bartoloni- ‘Trans-temporality and the afterlife of authenticity: The case of Florence’ Michael Cronin – ‘Wild Atlantic Ways? Cultural Tourism in the […]
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Carlo Cassola (1917-1987) – Literature, Cinema and Engagement
Carlo Cassola was born a century ago but the year 2017 is also the 30th anniversary of his death. He is undoubtedly one of the great Italian writers of the 20th century and this is why we remember him by revisiting his work. The evening will be introduced by Professor Roberto Bertoni, Head of Department […]
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CANCELLED – Paolo Maurensig – Scacchi, storie e letteratura
*** We regret to inform that, due to unforeseen circumstances the event has been cancelled *** Sixty-four squares. Thirty-two pieces. And an almost infinite number of ways to combine them. No two games of chess are the same. Each is a unique challenge, played on that magical square that is the chessboard: almost […]
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A History of Italians in Ireland – A Photographic Exhibition
A compilation of photographs drawn from a collection of the late Cavaliere Barbato Borza and other sources.This exhibition charts the history of Italians in Ireland from the late 1800s to the present day. The event is organised by COMITES Irlanda in collaboration with Italian and Irish institutions.More information can be found on www.comitesirlanda.com or www.rds.ie/library. […]
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