Gastrodiplomacy: Cucina as soft power
Monday 29 November, 5pm Gastrodiplomacy: Cucina as soft power On the occasion of the Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo 2021 (Week of Italian Cuisine in the World), the Italian Cultural Institute in London is pleased to host a conversation between historian Prof. David Ellwood and anthropologist Prof. Sara Marino around the theme of Italian cuisine […]
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Inventory of a Life Mislaid
Marina Warner in conversation with Stella Tillyard, Sally Bayley and Charles Burdett. Chaired by Katia Pizzi Inventory of a Life Mislaid (Harper Collins) follows Marina Warner’s beautiful, penniless young mother Ilia as she leaves southern Italy in 1945 to travel alone to London. Her husband, an English colonel, is still away in the war […]
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Frames of Representation 2021
25 November – 4 December Frames of Representation 2021 Curated by Nico Marzano ICI London supports the Institute of Contemporary Arts’ sixth edition of the annual international film festival dedicated to the works of pioneering filmmakers and researchers in the cinema of the real, with Italian guests Gianfranco Rosi, Roberto Minervini, Federica Di Giacomo, Alessio Rigo […]
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Autoritratto (una luna) by Chiara Camoni
Exhibition of the work “Autoritratto (una luna)” by Chiara Camoni 29 drawings, pencil on Canson paper Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe del Comune di Santa Croce sull’Arno, Pisa Italian Cultural Institute in London 24 November – 23 December 2021 Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm This exhibition is organised on the occasion of AMACI’s 17th Contemporary Day “The […]
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The Leconfield Lecture 2021: Once Upon A Time In The West – Shooting A Masterpiece. A talk by Sir Christopher Frayling
23 November, 7:00 – 9:00 pm Please note: due to social distancing restrictions and limited space, this event is reserved to BIS members only. To become a member, please click HERE Sergio Leone’s film Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) was intended to be the “ultimate Western”- a celebration of the power of classic Hollywood […]
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Explore Ensemble performs: “Systema Naturae”, by Mauro Lanza and Andrea Valle
Thursday 18 November, 7pm Explore Ensemble performs Systema Naturae, by Mauro Lanza and Andrea Valle UK Premiere Supported by ICI London As part of the 2021 edition of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Explore Ensemble present the UK premiere of the audaciously spectacular cycle by Italian composers Mauro Lanza and Andrea Valle: Systema Naturae, for ensemble and electromechanical devices. […]
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Book O’Clock: Annie. Il vento in tasca
Giovedì 18 novembre, ore 17 Book O’Clock – Circolo di lettura per bambini, ONLINE a questo link YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCytf8iTdV5_LR3LrLq800Rw/LIVE Gloria Danili presenta il libro Annie. Il vento in tasca – terzo evento della nuova serie dedicata a bambini e ragazzi di età scolare di età compresa tra i 6 e gli 11 anni – […]
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From Venice to London
In partnership with La Biennale di Venezia and Curzon Cinemas we are delighted to announce that for the first time ever we will be presenting From Venice to London, at Curzon Cinemas in London from 18-22 November. Seven specially selected films from Venezia 78 have been chosen to be shown in London at the festival with […]
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Storie d’Africa by Piero Cannizzaro
Wednesday 17 November 6pm Screening Storie d’Africa by Piero Cannizzaro In the presence of the Director With English Subtitles Introduced by Cristina Massaccesi – Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Italian, SELCS UCL Followed by Q&A with Piero Cannizzaro and Cristina Massaccesi An event organised by Beatrice Sica, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT […]
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The Italian Memories of World War II: Past, Present, and Future
A Roundtable discussion with: Professor Robert Gordon, Professor Filippo Focardi, and Professor Luisa PasseriniChair: Guido Bartolini Luisa Passerini (European University Institute)Italian Memories in Controversy Filippo Focardi (University of Padua)I crimini di guerra italiani. Un’impossibile resa dei conti col passato? Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge)Decentred Memory: The Holocaust in Postwar Italy The Second World War continues […]
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