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2 February 2015
Tirana – Journalism discussed at Cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana resumed its cycleof “Encounters with the Authors” one of which will be held on Wednesday at theInstitute’s Library and dedicated to journalism and the growth of Internet andnews media. Piepoli Institute President and professor at the University of RomaTre Roberto Baldassari will present his latest essay “Journalism, news andcommunication”, […]

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30 January 2015
Osaka – The history of Italian Music in 6 meetings

Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Verdi and Puccini are only some of the composers to be discussed and analysed in a course on Italian music history organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka. The 6-meetings course, from 18 February to 6 March, will traverse the music and lives of the composers and musicians who wrote the […]

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30 January 2015
Caracas – Italy celebrates the month of the Oscars

The Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas is celebrating the month of the Oscars with the screening of four Italian films that have won the famed Academy Award over the years: Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1989 “New Cinema Paradiso”, Gabriele Salvatores’ 1991 “Mediterraneo”, “Roberto Benigni’s 1998 “Life is Beautiful” and Paolo Sorrentino’s 2014 “The Great Beauty”, to be […]

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30 January 2015
Brussels – Artists and Mediterranean, Blumm Prize to photographer Vancon ‎

The Embassy of Italy in Brussels hosted the ceremony for the “Blumm Prize Future Frames: comparing identities” award, the winner of which was French artist Laetitia Vancon. The artist’s work, entitled “My Home, My Prison” focuses on the ancient practice of family feuds in a northern Albania governed by the “Kanun”, a legal code that […]

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29 January 2015
Marseilles – Pompei and Europe, nature and history

Art historian and CNRS(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) researcher Maria Teresa Caracciolo, expert on European painting of the 18th and 19th centuries and Franco-Italian relations during the Revolution and the Empire, will hold a conference entitled “Pompei and Europe. Nature and History”, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Marseilles on 10 February. The conference […]

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29 January 2015
Athens – Conference on “Extermination of Jews in Greece”

On Thursday, 29 January, a conference will be held in Athens entitled, “From Salonika to Athens. The extermination of the Jews in Greece”. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the event is part of the international Holocaust Remembrance initiatives and commemorates, in particular, Italy’s attempt to save as many Jews as possible – including non-Italians […]

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28 January 2015
Iran: Restored Pomodoro sculpture returned

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculpture “The Sphere” once again shines in the garden of the Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, where it has been since the institution’s foundation. The restored piece was returned to its owners during the museum’s “Dusting the Earth” ceremony. Italian ambassador Mauro Conciatori delivered a greeting to the conference for the presentation of […]

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28 January 2015
U.S.: Major acknowledgement for Italian language

The United States’ CollegeBoard, a non-profit organisation that every year helps more than seven million students prep for college admission, gave a boost to efforts to promote the Italian language in the U.S. by committing to support funding for the continued inclusion of Italian among the Advanced Placement (AP) programme language exams. Italian ambassador to […]

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28 January 2015
Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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28 January 2015
Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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27 January 2015
Brussels – Domenico Scarpa presents “Così fu Auschwitz”

The Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels will premier Primo Levi’s collection “Così fu Auschwitz. Testimonianze 1945-1986” [That was Auschwitz. Testimonials 1945-1986], a book edited by Fabio Levi and Domenico Scarpa (Einaudi, Turin 2014) that gathers what are, for the most part, previously unpublished testimony and documentation. Speakers at the event, to be held at 19:00 […]

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27 January 2015
Paris – exhibition of work by Carlo Mollino

An exhibition will open in Paris on 5 February of the work of eclectic architect, designer, race car driver and pilot, photographer, professional skier and professor of architectural composition at the Turin Polytechnic Institute. On display will be project drawings, architectural and automobile designs and models illustrating the extraordinary output of this important post-war figure. […]

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