The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague inaugurated an exhibition narrating the stories of women scientists. The “A Life as a Scientist” exhibition draws inspiration from the databank of the “100 Women Against Stereotypes” project launched by the Osservatorio di Pavia and the Associazione di giornaliste Gi.U.Li.A., in partnership with the Bracco Foundation and with the support of the European Commission Representation in Italy. The exhibition not only expresses the voices but also the faces of some of the Italian experts in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) who accepted to sit for photographer Gerald Bruneau.
The 36 photographs displayed in the Baroque chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute pay homage to women scientists and contribute to overcome the prejudices and stereotypes in applied science and in the world of research. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by the Minister of Science and Innovation of the Czech Republic, Helena Langsadlova, who invited Italian Institutions to a bilateral meeting to further strengthen scientific cooperation between the two countries. The Italian Ambassador, Mauro Marsili, accepted the invitation recalling how at present almost 100 Italian scientists and researchers, both men and women, are at work in the Czech Republic, some of whom are at the head of their research departments.
Two young researchers, Anna Cimmino, from the Department of Physics of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, and Anna Tropia, professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Charles University of Prague, brought their testimony as scholars committed to global research.
On closing the ceremony, the director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Alberta Lai, addressed an emotional thought to the women who are the victims of the Ukrainian conflict. The exhibition will run until the 8th of April.
