‘Producing Living Countenances from Marble’: Rhetoric, Technology and Art in Trecento Italy
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Speaker Dr Luca Palozzi – British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh This talk explores Italian poet and intellectual Petrarch’s remarkable involvement with, and understanding of, the technical aspects of stone carving and tomb sculpture in particular. While we traditionally conceive of […]
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African Urbanisation and Urbanism: pro-poor instruments and neoliberal reforms in the water sector
Speaker Dr. Maria Rusca (King’s College London) Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanising and is expected to experience the highest growth globally in the coming decades. This growth mainly occurs in peripheral and unplanned areas, where inhabitants suffer disproportionally from deficits in infrastructures and basic services and the risks associated with poor access to water […]
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INFLUX by Luca Vullo
INFLUX, documentary produced and directed by Luca Vullo. ‘London has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period when European immigration is continuously debated in politics, and after the controversial outcome of the Brexit referendum, INFLUX offers an emotional self-analysis that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Italians, […]
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The Criminal Law Protection of the Financial Interests of the EU: a Post-Brexit Scenario
Maurizio Bellacosa is Professor of Criminal Law, European Criminal Law and Environmental Criminal Law at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He has written extensively on corporate criminal law and public law. Tuesday, 31st January 2017, 3-5 pm Room 01M.473 Teaching Room 13 – Doorway 3 Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh University Edinburgh, […]
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Italian Film Series 2017
Italian Film Series 2017 Rome, That’s Amore! A Journey Through Modern Italy Thursday 26 January, 5.30pm “La dolce vita” (1960) by Federico Fellini – It will be screened in Room G03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. Thursday 2 March, 5.30pm “Mamma Roma” (1962) by Pier Paolo Pasolini – It will be screened in Room G03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh. […]
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Radio Italia ‘900 – Classic Hits from the Past Century
A celebration of Italian music from the past Century with Luigi Cirillo and Lara Russo. The programme will include a list of beautiful songs which will take the audience back to the past century. Luigi CirilloLuigi has studied music since an early age. An eclectic route, through saxophone and guitar, has led him to singing, where he […]
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Castlebrae Art & Design Student’s Eduardo Paolozzi inspired artwork
S1 pupils from Castlebrae Community High School were introduced to paintings and sculptures of well-known local Scottish-Italian artist Eduardo Paolozzi. This is part of a partnership project; Transnationalizing Modern Languages which explores the issues of culture and identity in artistic media. This involves interdisciplinary collaboration between the school departments of Art, Social Subjects and […]
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What does the eye tell us about our health?
The eye is a powerful observatory on our health. A complex network of blood vessels can be inspected directly and inexpensively through the pupil. Can these blood vessels and their changes signal the risk of serious systemic problems, like cardiovascular disease or dementia? Three researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee discuss their work […]
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La cena per farli conoscere by Pupi Avati
Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo Introduction and post screening discussion with Marco Palone Director: Pupi AvatiCast: Diego Abatantuono, Inès Sastre, Vanessa Incontrada, Violante Placido, Blas Roca Rey A comedy, both witty and touching, set amidst the glittering Christmas decorations of modern-day Rome. But actor Sandro Lanza is definitely experiencing the most painful moment […]
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Putting on a show: Sicilian banquet food in the time of the Bourbons
Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo Italian cooking is generally known as ‘cucina povera’, deeply rooted in the landscape and dependent upon whatever seasonal ingredients the land has to offer. It invites us to imagine fresh produce picked directly from the field, then simply prepared to create delicious, traditional food just the way mamma […]
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