Lampedusa Calling: Understanding Human Flows from Africa to Italy/Europe
Round Table Debate & Documentary The Centre of African Studies of the University of Edinburgh, with the kind support of the Italian Cultural Institute and Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, is pleased to announce the round table debate on Lampedusa calling: understanding human flows from Africa to Italy/Europe.The island of Lampedusa has been […]
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le immagini della fantasia
Curated by Monica Monachesi – Fondazione Šteˇpán Zavrˇel 32nd International Exhibition of Illustration for Children An amazing panorama of original illustrations and recently published books, featuring Giovanni Manna as Guest of Honour, and a magical thematic section dedicated to Scotland, in collaboration with the Edinburgh College of Art, the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the Edinburgh […]
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Dante & Scottish Culture
Public Colloquium at the University of Edinburgh To celebrate the 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth, Professor Nick Havely (York) and Dr Davide Messina (Edinburgh), in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, have organised a day of events at the University of Edinburgh. Invited speakers from Italy and the UK will highlight some of the […]
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Pirandello: Performativity and Role-Playing
The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will host the 2015 general conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies. This year’s conference investigates Pirandello’s quintessential theme of role-playing across different works as well as media and within the theoretical framework of performativity, a theory that has had a profoundly transformative impact […]
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Mia Madre
Nanni Moretti Italy/France 2015 Digital – 107 minutes Rated 15 – Contains strong language Cast: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti, Giulia Lazzarini. Italian and English with English subtitlesIn this smart, sensitive drama, Margherita (Margherita Buy) is a middle-aged director shooting a film with a difficult American star (played by John Turturro). Throughout this testing time, […]
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The Hidden Theatres of Le Marche by Ian Arnott
Book presentation In his book the author examines the origins of the theatre boom in Le Marche, and analyses the historic, social and architectural significance of a remarkable theatre heritage which stretches from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Why was there such a growth of theatrical activity in a relatively isolated area of Italy?As […]
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Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana
St Andrews Dante Lecture Series A Lectura Dantis (‘reading of Dante’) is a public reading and explanation of all 100 cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy canto by canto. Each canto of the Commedia is discussed by a different scholar, and there is a wide range of expert speakers coming to St Andrews for each meeting of the Lectura Dantis […]
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Italian Women Writers: Gender and Everyday Life in Fiction and Journalism, 1870-1910
Book presentation Katharine Mitchell will be in conversation with Caterina Soffici. This study looks at the work of three of the most significant women writers of Post-Unification Italy: La Marchesa Colombi, Neera, and Matilde Serao. These writers, whose works had been largely forgotten for much of the last century, only to be rediscovered by the Italian feminist movement […]
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Noseda Conducts Mahler
Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé sing Verdi The Edinburgh International Festival will present Mº Gianandrea Noseda conducting Mahler and Verdi, accompanied by the European Union Youth Orchestra. The European Union Youth Orchestra is an orchestra like no other. It unites Europe’s most talented young musicians under internationally renowned conductors, in an ensemble that transcends […]
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LA MERDA BY CRISTIAN CERESOLI, STARRING SILVIA GALLERANO
Frida Kahlo Productions, Richard Jordan Productions, Produzioni Fuorivia with Summerhall Frida Kahlo Productions, Richard Jordan Productions, Produzioni Fuorivia with Summerhall Winner of six major awards including the Scotsman Fringe First and Stage Best Actress. Following sell-out seasons around the world, the critically-acclaimed sensation La Merda returns for its final Edinburgh performances.Date: 25-30 AugustTime: 3.25 pm […]
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