Churubusco
a graphic novel by Andrea Ferraris Churubusco tells the story of Rizzo, an Italian migrant who arrives in America in 1846 seeking fortune and dignity. There, he winds up fighting in the ranks of the United States army which has just invaded Mexico.For different reasons, some connected with his Sicilian childhood, at the end of […]
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Reading Dante at the IIC
Have you already read Dante’s Comedy? Would you like to read it again? Do you think the Italian text is too complex to be tackled withoutassistance? The Istituto Italiano di Cultura offers you the possibility to be accompanied in your journey through this splendid masterpiece. The person responsible for the project is the Director of […]
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Lost Between
Lost Between features a host of established and emerging writers from the immense literary landscape of both Ireland and Italy. From a father and son emigrating from Famine-stricken Ireland in search of a better life, to a donor looking for meaning in a lost relationship with his son, to Belfast in the turbulent year of […]
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Giulia Ballaré Concert
As part of the Guitar Festival of Ireland the Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the performance of international prize-winning Italian guitarist Giulia Ballaré.Hugh Lane Gallery,Charlemont House Parnell Square NorthDublin 1 Admission is free with donations at the door Giulia Ballaré was 11 years old when was admitted to the Conservatory of Novara. […]
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Italian Art & Medicine
Wednesday 24th June 3pm NUI GalwayRepublic of Ireland.The event is a small open symposium with three talks on interlinking aspects between Art and Medicine in Italy the 18th-20th Century. The event is not necessarily for specialists, and will be of interest to a wide audience. The talks will be followed by a short discussion and […]
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Jochen Eisenbrand about Exhibition Design and “Hidden Heroes”
Admission is free, registration essentialin English+35316786144hello@irishdesign2015.ieLecture and ExhibitionTalkAs part of the programme of the Year of Irish Design (ID2015) leading designers from Britain, German, Italy and Spain will give public lectures and hold masterclasses throughout 2015 organised by EUNIC Ireland. EUNIC, the network of European Union national institutes for culture, have teamed up with ID2015 […]
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Meeting, Reading and Remembering Seamus Heaney at the IIC Dublin
Two books on Seamus Heaney have recently been published in Italy: Paolo Febbraro’s essay Leggere Seamus Heaney and Marco Sonzogni’s translation into Italian of Death of a Naturalist. Both Paolo Febbraro and Marco Sonzogni treasure their encounter with Seamus Heaney as a turning point in their lives. So does poet and Rai journalist Luigia Sorrentino. […]
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A Dante Quartet – IV Daragh O’Connell – Dante’s Disco Inferno: Popolar Culture and the Commedia
a lecture by Dr Daragh O’Connell Dante’s text still exerts a powerful hold on the western imagination today. This lecture will examine how this influence is manifest in decidedly popular forms of culture: from comic books, computer games, crime novels, tv shows to Hollywood blockbusters – Dante is re-appropriated, adapted, refashioned and in many ways […]
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A Dante Quartet – III Cormac O Cuilleanain – Rivers of Dante (On the Banks of my Own Lovely Styx)
a lecture by Professor Cormac O Cuilleanain Dante leaves us with many haunting images of this world and the next. With the aid of some PowerPoint slides, tonight’s lecture will explore a significant “family” of water imagery that flows through the Comedy, in both real and metaphorical forms. From the classical rivers of the underworld […]
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A Dante Quartet – II John Barnes – “Guerre convien surgere”: Dante and War
a lecture by John Barnes This lecture will first consider Dante’s views on war as a principle and then move on to his direct experience of warfare. Its main purpose, however, will be to explore ways in which those views and that experience are reflected in his literary works, particularly in the imagery of the […]
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