Diplomazia Culturale

Cultural Diplomacy

3 February 2025

The January issue of the SFIM newsletter is online

Every month the SFIM newsletter provides the latest news on Italian education abroad, ranging from the most relevant and interesting initiatives, to educational projects and cultural activities of the Italian Education System in the World. SFIM includes Italian schools and sections abroad, Italian language and culture courses, as well as assistantships and lectureships at foreign […]

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Diplomatic Network

31 January 2025

London, Italian musical excellence with Carmen Consoli

The Consulate General of Italy in London continues its commitment to enhancing and promoting Italian excellence abroad by hosting an exclusive event dedicated to Carmen Consoli and her new recording project. The Sicilian singer-songwriter adds a new stage to the artistic journey of Terra ca nun senti, an album that continues to strengthen her presence on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

31 January 2025

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Italian schools abroad

The SFIM – Sistema Italiano della Formazione nel Mondo (Italian Education System in the World) celebrated the Holocaust Remembrance Day by organising initiatives and activities aimed at students attending Italian schools abroad, a crucial opportunity to pass down to the new generations the importance of remembering the atrocities and victims of the Nazi Shoah on […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 January 2025

Manama, “Breeze of Tarantella” Concert

On 29 January 2025, just days after the visit of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Italian Embassy in Manama, in collaboration with the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), organised the concert “Breeze of Tarantella: A Journey through Southern Italy”. The event took place as part of the annual […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 January 2025

Miami, 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

Holocaust Remembrance Day event, organized by Italy’s Consulate General in Miami and Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with American Jewish Committee of South Florida, met with tremendous success. The event, which was intended also as a tribute to the work of the great Italian writer Primo Levi, offered the opportunity for a deep reflection on […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 January 2025

On Rai 5 this evening: “The Italian vision”

On 30 January 2025 at 21:15 CET, Rai 5 will broadcast “The Italian vision: culture in the world”, the special dedicated to the States General of Cultural Diplomacy (Matera, 5-6 November 2024). At the same time, the special will be available worldwide via live streaming on Rai Play. From 31 January 2025, it will be […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

30 January 2025

Tokyo, The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo hosted a roundtable entitled “The Greek and Roman world in Japanese manga: representations of the classical world and impact in the age of globalisation”. The event offered a reflection on the cultural dialogue between the West and Japan through the art of manga, which has enabled the rediscovery of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

29 January 2025

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Once again this year, Italian Embassies and Italian Cultural Institutes around the world have organised events to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the international commemoration held annually on 27 January in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. This date was chosen as it marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland by […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 January 2025

Brussels, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp (27 January 1945), the Theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels hosted the theatrical performance Auschwitz’s Swimmer, written and directed by Luca De Bei.  Italian actor Raoul Bova, […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 January 2025

Helsinki, “Colourful Evenings” for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute of Helsinki, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy in Finland, organised a concert in the form of a musical narration titled Ferramonti. Colourful Evenings. The event was curated by Laura Vergallo Levi, Sofia Weck, and Francesco Grigolo from the Civica Scuola di […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 January 2025

Cuba, 26th Week of Italian Culture

Organised and promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Havana, in collaboration with the Cuban Ministry of Culture and the Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, and with the support of various Italian and Cuban companies and institutions, the 26th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba has come to an end.  The programme proposed a series of activities to […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 January 2025

Paris, “Un Natale a casa Croce”

The premiere screening of director Pupi Avati’s new docufilm, “Un Natale a casa Croce” (Christmas at Croce’s House) (2024), dedicated to the figure of Benedetto Croce, took place in France with great public participation. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, opened with a video-message by Pupi Avati, who, although unable to […]

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