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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EUROLIS online seminar 2021
An online conference held over 3 weeks Wednesdays 03, 10 and 17th Novembre 2021, from 4 to 6pm The seminar will seek to explore the effect that library closures due to the pandemic had on children and how libraries have reacted. Through online presentations from European speakers, we will learn what creative strategies […]
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Mazzini and the London School by Guido Ravagli
The Associazione Mazziniana Italiana presents a short video on Mazzini and the London School, by Guido Ravagli. Introduced by ICI London Director Katia Pizzi, Pietro Finelli (Domus Mazziniana, Director) and Michele Finelli (Associazione Mazziniana Italiana, President), with contributions by Domenic Pini (Chairman of the Mazzini Garibaldi Club), Andrea Del Cornò (London Library), Alberto Pravettoni (Scuola […]
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Venice: Tales of a Sinking City
Monday 8 November, 7,30pm Venice: Tales of a Sinking City How can one city tell the story of the emergencies we face? Venice, a timeless destination for tourists the world over, is also where current global crises – environmental, cultural, social, and technological – come together. How can one city tell the story of the emergencies we […]
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Il Circolo di Lettura – Serie “In Prima Persona”, 2021: Giovanissimi di Alessio Forgione
Il Circolo di Lettura – Serie IN PRIMA PERSONA – Ciclo di incontri della Biblioteca marzo/settembre 2021 ATTENZIONE! Date le circostanze eccezionali che stiamo attraversando a causa della pandemia dovuta al COVID 19, per motivi di sicurezza, l’incontro non avrà luogo presso la Biblioteca del nostro Istituto, ma sarà gestito online, tramite il programma per videoconferenze […]
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