Marconi “Il Genio delle Onde” – The Genius of the Waves
La storia di un grande italiano ICI London and London One Radio present this event dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi (1874 – 1937), the Italian physicist who invented the wireless telegraph. Among numerous awards, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. Speakers: Philip Baglini (I.C. B&S. ltd) London One Radio and Fabio Cosci, President […]
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MARTIN EDEN by Pietro Marcello
Screening of the award-winning film by Pietro Marcello, and adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel Martin Eden. Introduced by Clara Caleo Green, Founder and Chair of CinemaItaliaUK. Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli), comes from Naples’ working class, but his fate is changed forever when he defends a young boy from a beating by a security guard […]
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Extended – Dante Ipermoderno
We are pleased to announce that this exhibition has been extended until Thursday 7 April 2022. The exhibition ‘Dante ipermoderno. Illustrazioni dantesche nel mondo, 1983-2020‘ will finally reach London in February, and the Italian Cultural institute will open its doors to show the public the most recent phases in the long history of illustrations of […]
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The Craft
John Dickie in conversation with Marco Gambino Chaired by Katia Pizzi One of The Times Best Books of 2020, John Dickie’s The Craft (Hodder & Stoughton), published in Italy as I liberi muratori: Storia mondiale della Massoneria (Editori Laterza), is a book about the mysterious workings of Freemasonry, a movement that started in London in […]
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Robots, Ballet, and the Brain-Computer Interface
Humans, Post-humans, Machine 31 January 2022, 6pm The second session in the series Humans, Posthumans, and Machines, curated by Katia Pizzi (Director, ICI London) and Kate Foster (Institute of Modern Languages Research), in collaboration with the Institute of Modern Languages Research. With Ben Russell (Science Museum, London) on ‘You, Robot: Bridging the Human-Machine […]
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The Heritage of a Transit Camp: Fossoli
Thursday 27 January 6pm, online International Holocaust Memorial Day Introduction by Philip Mears – Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Followed by the presentation of the book The Heritage of a Transit Camp Fossoli: History, Memory Aesthetics (Peter Lang, 2021) by the curators of the book, Matteo Cassani Simonetti, Roberta Mira, Daniele Salerno togheter with Marzia Luppi, […]
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Night of Ideas: Deciding Together
Save the date for the NIGHT OF IDEAS taking place on 27 January at the Institut français in London. How can we rebuild tomorrow’s world together? On the backdrop of global socio-economic and environmental crises, a collective desire for new initiatives and action is arising. Crossing British and European perspectives, the Night of […]
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1849-1871. The Jews of Rome between Segregation and Emancipation’ Virtual tour of the exhibition
On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, 27 January 2022 The Portal Italiana hosts the video of the virtual tour of this exhibition which narrates the unification of Italy, and the contribution of Jewish communities. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of […]
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Borgo Sud – A Sister’s Story
Donatella Di Pietrantonio in conversation with Ann GoldsteinChaired by Katia Pizzi Donatella Di Pietrantonio, author of the acclaimed L’arminuta (A Girl Returned) will join us at the Italian Cultural Institute to discuss her new novel Borgo Sud (A Sister’s Story) with translator Ann Goldstein. Published in English by Europa Editions UK, A Sister’s Story revisits […]
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Breaking Bread with Dante
A series of enlightening seminars about Dante Alighieri’s life and works Presented by Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute), Tabitha Tuckett (UCL) and John Took (UCL) The aim of this series is to explore some of the leading ideas of Dante’s work and their continuing significance to us. The audience will be introduced to Dante’s life and […]
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