On the pathways of the world – Irish monks in Europe and Italy
by Enzo Farinella The history of Irish monasticism, from St. Patrick to the “wanderers” for Christ is extremely interesting. We find Irish monks everywhere throughout the known world, in Britain, Scotland, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, America. Their skills, above all their knowledge of reading and bookmaking, made of them counsellors in […]
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Stone Green
Selected Poems 1980-2010, by Alberto Toni Poetry by Alberto Toni, appearing for the first time in English, translated by Anamaría Crowe Serrano and Riccardo Duranti. These poems offer exquisite declarations of love, approached obliquely, through striking images. They ponder life’s mysteries and take us on a journey that questions the ultimate abyss.Introduction by Roberto Bertoni, […]
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Sapere di scrivere. Svevo e gli ordigni de La coscienza di Zeno
by Paolo Bartoloni “Ricordo tutto ma non intendo niente” (“I remember everything but understand nothing”), claims the leading character of Italo Svevo’s La coscienza di Zeno (Zeno’s Conscience) as he embarks on writing the autobiography of his life. What about us, the readers; can we make sense of it? La coscienza has been subjected to […]
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Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things
We use them every day. They influence our lives. They number in the billions. They are so common that we rarely even think about them: the hidden heroes of everyday life. Be it a plaster, a tea bag or a zipper, these objects are classics. Typically based on an idea that was both simple and […]
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The mind elements of words
The Italian Institute of Culture and Trinity College Dublin cordially invite you to the launch of E-le-menti delle parole,The mind-elements of words a bilingual collection by the Italian poet Domingo Notaro, translated by Catherine O’Brien and Kay McCarthy
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The Italian strand part of the Jameson Film Festival 2015
The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the Italian strand part of the Jameson Film Festival 2015:Bertolucci on BertolucciFri 27, 18:45, Screen 1The great Italian director lays himself bare in this fascinating documentary co-directed by Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love).PasoliniMon 23, 20:30, Lighthouse 1Willem Dafoe delivers a magnificent performance as the controversial Italian […]
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Women in First World War Italy: assumptions, categories and some case-studies
a lecture by Francesca Medioli Dr Francesca Medioli (born 1962), lecturer in Italian, director of the Centre for Italian Women’s Studies, studied at Lawrence College, NY, and graduated in history at Bologna University, supervisor Carlo Ginzburg, with a dissertation on a XVIIth centuryVenetian proto-feminist nun – Arcangela Tarabotti – and her pamphlet L’inferno monacale (Monastic […]
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Franco Battiato and Joe Patty Experimental Group
Kammamuri and the Italian Istitute of Culture of Dublin present:Franco Battiato and Joe Patti Experimental group in Dublin.Con il progetto joe patti’s experimental group Battiato ci propone un concerto dove protagonista è la musica elettronica e sperimentale a cui l’artista ha nel tempo dedicato un’ampia e dirompente produzione, qualcosa di diverso rispetto ai suoi ultimi […]
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Introduction to Friuli – Flavours and Traditions to discover
3:00 pm Welcome from the Ambassador of Italy to Ireland, Giovanni Adorni Braccesi Chiassi, and President of Friuli nel Mondo, Pietro Pittaro, and inauguration of Fogolâr Furlan in Ireland3:30 pm Workshop “Discover food&wine tourism in Friuli”4:30 pm Live performance by Friulan singer Giulia Daici and exibition “Cartulinis dal Friul”5:15 pm Closing reception with typical Friulian […]
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La Grande Guerra nella storia d’Italia
The Italian Institute of Culture in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin is pleased to presentLa Grande Guerra nella storia d’Italiaa lecture on Italy’s involvement in the Great Warby leading historian Professor Mario Isnenghi Monday 23 February 20156.30pmItalian Institute of CultureIn ItalianFree AdmissionProfessor Mario Isnenghi (Venice, 1938). A graduate in Contemporary Italian Literature at the University […]
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