Tides – A History of Lives and Dreams Lost and Found (Some broken)
The multi award winning film Tides, written and directed by Alessandro Negrini, is the story of a river able to reveal a sense of life imprisoned by history? Despite the end of the conflict, in Northern Ireland there is still a city with two different names: Derry, for Catholics, Londonderry for Protestants. In the middle […]
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Imparare cantando
Lo spettacolo dal titolo “Imparare cantando” è il frutto di una serie di workshop realizzati dai piccoli studenti dell’Italian Club presso la scuola Fernhill di Glasgow. Attraverso i suoni e la musica, i bambini hanno migliorato e approfondito la loro conoscenza dell’italiano, memorizzando parole nuove ed espressioni semantiche. Laboratori formativi e divertenti hanno visto protagonisti […]
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Giochi italiani tradizionali
Giochi italiani tradizionali [Italian Traditional Games] is a day dedicated to Italian families, organised to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica Italiana (Italy’s National Day). While sharing Italian history and traditions, kids and adults will take part in a remarkable afternoon of old and new games, from il salto con la corda (skipping rope) to tiro […]
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The EU After Brexit: Towards a (further) Differentiated Integration?
Lucia Serena Rossi is Professor of European Union Law at the Law School of the University of Bologna and Director of the International Research Centre on European Law (C.I.R.D.E). The Centre has been active within the University of Bologna since 1991. Before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2009) the Centre was operating […]
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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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