From vinyl to social media. Italian pop songs in the new millennium
The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels hosted a lecture by Ernesto Assante on 15 October to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the World. A journalist and a music critic. Assante writes for dailies and magazines – La Repubblica, L’Espresso and Rolling Stones. His lecture, which was entitled “Dal 45 giri ai […]
Read more“Speaking, writing, inventing”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris has set up a rich programme of events to celebrate the 18th Week of the Italian Language in the world. The event organized on 15 October and entitled “Parlare, scrivere, inventare: la lingua italiana tra YouTube e letteratura” (Speaking, writing, inventing: the Italian language between YouTube and Literature) […]
Read moreSeminar on social media and the promotion of fashion and style
The Miami Marangoni Institute, with the support of the Consulate, hosted a seminar on 17 October, which focused on the impact of social media in promoting Made in Italy fashion and style. The event was divided into three parts: the first part started from changes in our language due to the influence of the Internet as […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy, 19 October: Latest global news
Democratic Republic of Congo: three Italian construction companies to build agri-food processing platforms Work has recently started on the construction of three agri-food processing platforms in the city of Lukula, in the Bas Fleuve district in Kongo Central Province, on the border with the Kabinda Angolan enclave, entirely built by three Italian companies: Societa’ Italiana di […]
Read more“Campiello al Fairmont”
Il 12 ottobre l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Monaco ha ospitato, in occasione dell’apertura della XVIII edizione della settimana della lingua, il Premio letterario Campiello, concorso di narrativa italiana contemporanea organizzato dalla Fondazione II Campiello- Confindustria Veneto. Per gli autori è intervenuto Francesco Targhetta che, con “Le vie potenziali” (Mondadori), ha ottenuto, il secondo posto, raccontando la […]
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On 12 October, to kick off the 18th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Embassy in Munich held the Campiello Literary Prize, a contemporary Italian novel-writing contest organised by the Fondazione II Campiello-Confindustria Veneto. The speaker on behalf of the authors was Francesco Targhetta who won the second prize with his “Le […]
Read morePininfarina: Arte, Cultura, Design
Si è tenuto all’Istituto di Cultura di Los Angeles il 16 ottobre, in apertura della Settimana della Lingua Italiana del Mondo e in occasione delle Giornate del Contemporaneo l’evento “Pininfarina: Arte, Cultura, Design”. Silvio Pietro Angori ha raccontato l’evoluzione dell’iconico marchio italiano che combina arte, design, cultura e imprenditorialità’, e ha presentato la rivista letteraria […]
Read more“Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies”
On 15 October, the Round Table on “Online Italian Language Teaching and Italian Studies” was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Beijing and held at its Auditorium. The initiative offered a forum for the exchange of experiences and opinions by Italian and Chinese teachers and experts and to debate the new MOOC (Massive […]
Read more“My story continues…”, collective writing attempts
A meeting was held on 17 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin to present the online collective writing project “Continua la mia storia…”, [My story continues], marking the 18th edition of the Italian Language in the World. The event was held in association with the Berlin Committee of the Dante Alighieri Society and […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 17 October: latest world news
OICE 2018 Report: engineering, architecture and consulting are consolidating their activities abroad The Italian Trade Agency, ICE, will launch, on 19 October, the 2018 edition of the OICE Report, drafted in conjuction with CER – Centro Europa Ricerche – on the activities of Italian engineering, architecture and technical and economic consulting firms across the world. […]
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