Mobilizing Cultural Identities in the First World War: History, Representations and Memory
Mobilizing Cultural Identities in the First World War: History, Representations and Memory (Palgrave: 2020), edited by Federica G. Pedriali and Cristina Savettieri. A round table with the volume’s editors in conversation with Jay Winter, Marco Mondini and Simona Storchi. Mobilisation during the First World War was a major process of material and imaginative engagement unfolding […]
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Leggere Dante: Come, Perché | Free E-book download
To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, Ambassador Raffaele Campanella has recently published “Leggere Dante: come, perché”, a guide book to (re)discover Dante Alighieri’s work and life, with a preface from Dante scholar Professor Mirko Tavoni. Dante Alighieri’s work does not only enjoys a unique status within Italian literature: Dante’s genius and communication […]
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Scholarships | Accademia alla Scala
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is pleased to offer scholarships for two courses organised by the Accademia d’Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo Teatro alla Scala in Milan: Opera Singers and Performing Arts Management. Accademia Teatro alla Scala The La Scala Academy, under the leadership of BoD Chairman Giuseppe Vita and […]
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Cinema Made in Italy 2021 (16 – 29 April)
CINEMA MADE IN ITALY 2021 returns this year with a new digital edition, bringing cutting edge Italian cinema to a national audience for the first time, on the curated streaming service MUBI. From 16 – 29 April film fans will once more have the unique opportunity to take in a diverse array of the best […]
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Adriano Sangineto | The Edinburgh International Harp Festival
Italian musician Adriano Sangineto presents Arpa Creativa, a show with a thousand aspects, where his harp becomes an extension of his lively and engaging character. His original compositions bring new and unexpected twists to the mainstream harp repertoire. Hands and feet keep on moving under and over the stage as he draws on his experience […]
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‘Quasi Grazia’ by Marcello Fois
My idea, I would say my obsession, was the need to represent the flesh of this woman who was so important for the literary culture of our country. As if it were absolutely necessary not to stop at a “ simply” literary re-enactment, but rather a living representation. – Marcello Fois It is precisely […]
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Frolics in the Face of Europe Sir Walter Scott, Continental Travel, and the Tradition of the Grand Tour
Book launch of Frolics in the Face of Europe Sir Walter Scott, Continental Travel, and the Tradition of the Grand Tour by Dr Iain Gordon Brown on the occasion of the commemoration of Sir Walter Scott 250th birth anniversary in 2021. A webinar with Iain Gordon Brown and Joseph FarrellIntroduced by Katia Pizzi, Director, ICI […]
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Audiolibro “Dalla selva oscura al Paradiso. Un percorso nella Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri in trentatré lingue”
An audiobook, produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of Dante’s centenary celebrations, presents select passages from the poem in thirty-three different languages. Seven hundred years after Dante’s death, the audiobook Dalla selva oscura al Paradiso (From the Dark Forest to Paradise) leads listeners on a guided tour through […]
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Artificial Intelligence between Research and Industry
The video recording of this extremely fascinating webinar is now available to watch online! Scroll down to enjoy it! or head to our YouTube channel There is no doubt that, in the last years, Artificial Intelligence has left research laboratories and universities to become part of our everyday landscape. Such a process has been possible thanks […]
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V Settimana della cucina italiana nel mondo | Cooking in Sicily, a Cooking competition with Bonetta dell’Oglio and Sommelier Mariella Caputo
We close the World Week of Italian Cuisine with Cooking in Sicily, a Cooking competition with Chef Bonetta dell’Oglio and Sommelier Mariella Caputo – in partnership with Ambasciatori del Gusto (the Italian Association of Ambassadors of Taste – whose members focus on enhancing Italian food and wine heritage). The online event will involve 30 people winning […]
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