Unstitched World: an exhibition by Julie Polidoro
Maps are a logical sequence of coloured shapes, designed for the exploration and understanding of the world. The maps that I paint, not only give the wrong information but also say “All countries are the same size”. How to represent a geography able to create queries? Up to which point can I carve out the […]
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La più bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world #6
12 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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L’Amatore (The Amateur)
Screening of the documentary by Maria Mauti about the architect Piero Portaluppi Followed by a Q&A with the director Somewhere between a story and a biography, between architecture and a portrait of a city, Maria Mauti’s first work has the ambition – and the courage – to escape from usual categories and tread little beaten ground. […]
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Capitalism, Stem Cells and Graphene: three examples of excellent research in the UK funded by the European Research Council
An event in collaboration with the Italian Embassy of London, the European Research Council and AIS UK. Welcome greeting by HE Raffaele Trombetta, Italian Ambassador to the UK The Italian Cultural Institute is delighted to host three promising Italian researchers who will present in details the excellent results of their studies, funded by the European Research Council. […]
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The Italian exile. Lady Montagu, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde
Talk by Masolino d’Amico What did Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762), George Gordon Lord Byron (1788-1824) and Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) have in common? Possibly, something to do with destiny. They all were original and gifted scholars, and they all enjoyed great social success which threatened to ruin them when, after a scandal, they had to […]
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Film-documentary “Alla ricerca di Europa” (“Looking for Europe”)
A film-documentary introduced by director Alessandro Scillitani (Italy, 2019, 63’). The film will be partly in Italian and partly in English with subs. The year 2019 is crucial for the destiny of Europe, with the Parliament elections in May and Brexit getting closer. Exactly when the foundations of the cohesion of the old continent seem […]
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Tutti non ci sono
Performance by the Pathological Theatre troupe (around 60’); written, directed and performed by Dario D’Ambrosi. With the participation of Cristiano Demurtas. The event will be mostly in Italian, but the nature of the performance makes it enjoyable to non-Italian speakers too. The performance starts with the screening of a film set in New York, where a […]
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La più bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world #4
10 talks on the Italian language “The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace, due to either italophilia or nationalism, but is […]
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La Brexit spiegata ai bambini
Con lo scrittore Pierdomenico Baccalario. Evento per bambini dai 7 anni in su Un autore italiano per ragazzi che da anni vive felicemente in Inghilterra, che in Inghilterra ha la sua famiglia, una moglie che insegna all’Università di Reading e due bambine, racconta in modo divertente e con parole semplici cosa succederà con Brexit nel […]
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Presentation of the book “La ragazza di Marsiglia” (The Girl from Marseille) by Maria Attanasio
The author will be in conversation with Simonetta Agnello Hornby Who was Rosalia Montmasson, this forgotten protagonist of the Risorgimento? Exiled in Marseille, Rosalia, a young laundress from Borbonic Sicily, met in 1849 Franscesco Crispi, a republican patriot, who later became her husband. She followed him thorough several exiles and shared his liberal ideals. Rosalia […]
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