“Fear in the World” by Corrado Alvaro | Book presentation with translator Allan Cameron
Eleven years before the publication of Orwell’s 1984, a very similar work was published in Italy under the constraints imposed by the Fascist censor. That book was Fear in the World or L’uomo è forte (Man Is Strong) to give it the name imposed on the author. The title is important, because the dominant theme […]
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Raphael Gualazzi Piano Solo, with special guest Emma Morton
On the occasion of the visit to Scotland of the Italian Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Raffaele Trombetta, the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, are pleased to invite the Italian community to a reception on Monday 21st February 2022 at […]
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Mediterraneo: Carnevale 2022!
Mediterraneo and Nothing Ever Happens Here Present Carnevale 2022, a wild masquerade featuring Italian Pizzica, Spanish Flamenco and Colombian Cumbia, with some of Edinburgh’s best foot-stomping live bands – The Badwills, TuFlamenco, and Los Cumbiatones. Three years after the last amazing sell out edition, time to get the party started again with Carnevale: that […]
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Inch and Grub by Alastair Chisholm | Trilingual book event for kids
Reading and discussion on the book “Inch and Grub” with author Alastair Chisholm Come and join author Alastair Chisholm for one-hour reading and discussion on the book Inch and Grub. You will also get the chance to discover the Italian and French versions of the book. A fun and immersive event for your wee ones! […]
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Virtual Exhibition: ‘1849-1871. The Jews of Rome between Segregation and Emancipation’
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a video – available on Vimeo – of the exhibition ‘1849-1871. The Jews of Rome between Segregation and Emancipation‘, created by the Jewish community of […]
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Concerto di Natale with Afton Strings
The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh are pleased to invite you to Concerto di Natale with Afton Strings on Tuesday, 21st December at 6.30 pm at St Vincent’s Chapel, St Vincent Street, Edinburgh EH3 6SW. Programme Excerpts from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission), Ennio […]
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Ten Shorts around the World – 2021
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperationthe and Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 10 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Come un uovo nel radiatore, by Davide Maria Valsecchi, 2020, 10′ Valentino, an aspiring actor, can’t […]
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International Short Film Day
The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio presents 5 short films selected among the most significant and representative of last’s year production. In Italian with English subtitles Las Hadas by Lorenzo Pallotta 2021 – 13′ Concrete prefabricated structure and bare rooms. Four young girls break the silence. A meeting in […]
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Dante and Alasdair Gray: A Scottish Journey through The Divine Comedy
The University of Glasgow and the Alasdair Gray Archive, with the support of the University of Verona and the Italian Institute of Culture, invite you to a symposium and reading commemorating 700 years since the death of Dante in 1321 and Alasdair Gray’s translation of The Divine Comedy, his last major work before his death […]
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Sciascia in the Anglophone World
Thursday 9 December, 4pm Sciascia in the Anglophone World Part of International Lecture Series on Leonardo Sciascia, an homage to Leonardo Sciascia on the centenary of his birth. Introduced by Katia Pizzi (Director, ICI London) and Joseph Farrell (University of Strathclyde). Liz Wren-Owens (Cardiff University) will analyse the way the English translation of La zia […]
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