Una Pastora Evangelica in Italia – le donne e la religione
Giuseppina Bagnato, Waldensian Pastor in Rimini, will offer an interesting insight into the role of women in religion in Italy. Starting from the issue of patriarchal society and female roles within it, Giuseppina Bagnato will outline the path of women through religions, from a state of invisibility to becoming preachers within the Waldensian Church.
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Memoria per l’Europa – Un incontro con Paolo Rumiz
Le società europee contemporanee stanno celebrando il centenario della Prima Guerra Mondiale dalla prospettiva del difficile processo di integrazione europea: solo apparentemente liberate da riflussi conflittuali, nelle memorie contemporanee del tempo di guerra si riflettono i modi in cui le diverse comunità nazionali si pensano oggi, raccontano la propria storia e proiettano la propria immagine […]
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Europe Day celebrations in Edinburgh
The Italian Cultural Institute will take part in the celebration of the European Day in Castle Street in Edinburgh on 9 May 2017, event organized by The European Commission Representation in Scotland. Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, will open the celebration. Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, […]
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Riso amaro by Giuseppe De Santis @ The Folk Film Gathering
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to be part of the Folk Film Gathering 2017 at Filmhouse with the screening of: Riso amaro by Giuseppe De Santis (1949). A potent, exhilarating brew of folk song, film noir, and Italian neorealism. On the run from the law, small-time thief Francesca hides amidst a group of female workers […]
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Fighting the World’s deadliest animal
Speaker Dr Francesco Baldini – University of Glasgow (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine) In 2015, malaria killed 429 000 people, mainly children under the age of five. Controlling the mosquitoes that transmit the disease is the most practical and efficient way to prevent the infection. Indeed, the use of insecticides has […]
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Viva Picinisco 1017 – 2017
“Viva Picinisco” A gala dinner to be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh on 1 May 2017. This will be a major fundraising event organized by the Millennium Foundation, which was set up to raise funds to celebrate the Millennium of the ancestral village of Picinisco in Italy. There will be live music performed by Italian […]
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Meeting Gramsci
Speakers Gian Luigi Deiana and Gabriella Cuccu – Casa Museo di Antonio Gramsci, Ghilarza, Sardinia. Italian theorist and politician Antonio Gramsci was born in Ales, Sardinia in 1891. Historical figure of fundamental importance in 1920-1930’s Italy, his work – considered a seminal contribution to 20th century thought – is now studied by sociology, linguistics and […]
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Italia Moderna – Reload 017
An exhibition of art works from some of Italy’s most prominent contemporary artists, curated by In-Art. Italia Moderna was initiated by In-Art in 2011 as a programme of institutional promotion and marketing to increase awareness outside Italy of the contribution that the country’s artists are making to the international world of visual communication. Since […]
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Decline @ Dance International Glasgow
Decline is a dynamic relationship instantly and continuously transforming, told through the bodies of three distinct performers. This Scottish-Italian collaboration is a meditation on things that draw us together and those that fall away with time using the distinct voices of dance and live music. At its core are the movements of that which we […]
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Da Veronese a Tintoretto: Save Venice Inc. e la salvaguardia dell’arte veneziana
Relatore Dr Thomas Dalla Costa – Universita’ di Verona e Save Venice Inc. Sono passati cinquant’anni da quando, il 4 novembre 1966, un’alta marea eccezionale colpì Venezia facendo raggiungere al livello dell’acqua il picco devastante di 194 cm. I danni al patrimonio artistico e culturale, come noto, furono enormi. In seguito a quell’evento e nell’arco […]
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