Giudei, by Gaia Servadio (Bompiani)
Monday 12 April, 6pmGiudei, by Gaia Servadio (Bompiani)The author in conversation with Donald Sassoon and Ian ThomsonIntroduced by Katia Pizzi Acclaimed author Gaia Servadio revisits the last century through the lives of two very different Jewish families, the Levi and the Foa’. February 1903: Zaccaria and Samuele Levi, cousins and friends, wander around Tuscany, near […]
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Il Circolo di Lettura – Serie “In Prima Persona”, 2021: Città sommersa di Marta Barone
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 ZOOM. Per la serie di quest’anno leggeremo romanzi tutti scritti in prima persona. L’io narrante in […]
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Tuscan Tales: the fantastic fables of Emma Perodi
Thursday 8 April, 6pmTuscan Tales: the fantastic fables of Emma Perodi Translator Katherine Gregor interviews fellow Italian-English translator Lori Hetherington about her recent publication of Tuscan Tales: the fantastic fables of Emma Perodi, the first book-length translation in English to originate from Perodi’s most famous volume, Le novelle della nonna. Fiabe fantastiche (1892). The discussion […]
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Emotional Arenas: Life, Love and Death in 1870s Italy by Mark Seymour
Thursday 1 April, 6pmBook presentation: Emotional Arenas: Life, Love and Death in 1870s Italy by Mark Seymour (Oxford University Press 2020) Emotional Arenas uses the records of a dramatic 1879 Roman murder trial to investigate the social history of Liberal Italy and to develop a new paradigm for emotions history – the ‘emotional arena’. Through close examination […]
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Grande Karma, Vite di Carlo Coccioli, by Alessandro Raveggi (Bompiani)
Wednesday 31 March, 6pm Carlo Coccioli: his travels to Mexico, Paris and Florence, his friends Curzio Malaparte and Jean Cocteau, the topics of homosexuality, alcoholism and animal rights. Alessandro Raveggi in conversation with Claudia Durastanti talks about his latest book Grande Karma, Vite di Carlo Coccioli (Bompiani) dedicated to the life of one of […]
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Dante nel Mondo – Dante in the World
Dante nel Mondo – Dante in the World21-25 March 2021 Watch ICI London’s video Dante@700: A Journey Without End. Actress Greta Scacchi reading from the Canto V of the Inferno, then scholar, author and translator Ian Thomson (East Anglia University) talking about Dante, his work and his importance in the Anglophone world. Greta Scacchi reads […]
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Invernomuto e Jim C. Nedd @ Liverpool Biennial
20 March – 27 June 2021 Venue: Liverpool Cotton Exchange Building Grito – Las Brisas de Febrero ICI London is pleased to support once again the work of artists Artists Invernomuto (duo Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi) & Jim C. Nedd: an immersive audio-visual installation Grito – Las Brisas de Febrero (2021) at Liverpool Cotton […]
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An Elephant in Rome. Bernini, the Pope and the Making of the Eternal City
Book launch of An Elephant in Rome. Bernini, the Pope and the Making of the Eternal City by Loyd Grossman – published by Pallas Athene. The author in conversation with Georgina Godwin, introduced by Katia PIzzi In 1655, a new Pope, Alexander VII, fired with religious zeal, political guile and a mania for building, determined to restore the […]
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Italian Fascism – 100 Years on: Strongmen and Mussolini, Ruth Ben-Ghiat in conversation with John Foot
A new series of talks organised by ICI London and ASMI It was the world’s first fascist movement and would have a lasting and ongoing impact in political and social life in many regions of the world. To discuss its meaning and consequences, the Italian Cultural Institute will host a series of conversations and […]
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Ariosto: The Orlando Furioso and English Culture (Oxford University Press 2019)
Friday 12 March, 6pm Ariosto: The Orlando Furioso and English Culture (Oxford University Press 2019) by Jane Everson, Andrew Hiscock and Stefano JossaChaired by Katia Pizzi From Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing to John Milton’s Paradise Lost, up to Sir Walter Scott ‘the Ariosto of the North’ in Lord Byron’s definition, and J. K. Rowling, whose […]
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