Houston – Everything is ready for the 11th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World
The eleventh Conference of Italian Researchers in the world, scheduled on 26 and 27 February at the Auditorium of the Italian Consulate General in Houston, is ready to start. The event is aimed at bringing citizens closer to scientific research and to bridge the gap between the humanities and science. Organized by the Comites of Houston – […]
Read moreGeneral Secretary Valensise in Vienna – Cooperation with International Organisations and dialogue with Austria
Italy’s cooperation with the United Nations agencies headquartered in Vienna and the OECD, as well as the dialogue with Austria, were central to the meetings held in the Austrian capital by the General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise. Meeting the directors of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), […]
Read moreLa Valletta – Art and restoration, a focus on the Opificio delle pietre dure of Florence
“The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” (1608), kept at St. John’s Cathedral in La Valletta, is Caravaggio’s major artwork of the Maltese period and was restored by the Opificio delle pietre dure (Workshop of Semi-precious Stones) of Florence. The Opificio’s Superintendent, Marco Ciatti, will be present at the conference organised by the Italian Institute […]
Read moreArgentina – Museums and cultural landscapes focus of discussions in Buenos Aires
Museums and cultural landscapes will be the focus of attention on Mar. 14 at a roundtable in Argentina. The event, organised by the Institute of Italian Culture (IIC) in Buenos Aires as part of the Year of Italy in Latin America, is a day of study in preparation for the next ICOM (International Council of […]
Read moreZagreb – Focus on the influence of Italian opera on the Risorgimento
The Italian Institute of Culture in Zagreb, with the Bogdan Orizovic Library, have scheduled a moment of reflection on the Italian Risorgimento with a lecture by Monica Priante entitled “How Opera Became a Tool for Political Propaganda”, which will be held in Zagreb on Thursday. The promoters of the event said the Risorgimento was at […]
Read moreWolfsburg – The city of Volkswagen hosts “The New Light of Emigration” exhibition
The words of sociologist Milena Gammaitoni: “In the field of sociology, building reality with its different identities, both individual and collective, can also be achieved through artistic experiences that, seen as ‘finite provinces of meaning’, synthesise, recall and evoke images, sensations and collective ideas of how we were, are and could become,” could very well […]
Read moreDEI – Chile: Astaldi and Cimolai win contract for super-telescope
The ACE consortium, constituted by Astaldi (65%) and Cimolai (35%) in partnership with the EIE Group, won a contract to design and produce the dome and the main structure of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), which will be erected on Chile’s Cerro Armazones. It will be the world’s largest structure of this type, with […]
Read moreItaly-Unesco Agreement signed
‘Blue helmets’ of culture set up in Rome to protect the world’s artistic heritage. Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Unesco Director General Irina Bokova have signed an agreement to create an Italian task force and a training centre in Turin. The “Unite for Heritage” task force will consist of specialised personnel (civilian experts […]
Read moreItaly and Serbia boost scientific cooperation
“Italian – Serbian Cooperation on Science, Technology and Humanities” is the title of the third e-book in the “Serbia-Italy” series, published by the Italian embassy in Belgrade, the Association of Italian and Serbian Scientists and Scholars (AIS3) and the University of Belgrade. The book presents the results of projects performed under the Executive Protocol on […]
Read moreCologne – Architecture and art, German students describe the “Piazzas of Palermo”
Students of the Architecture Department of the Cologne Polytechnic enrolled in the master’s course entitled “Design and Construction Strategies” have analysed five ‘Piazzas’ in Palermo with the aim of understanding their functionality, social impact, potentials and problems. The results will be displayed in the exhibition entitled “The Piazzas of Palermo”, which will be open on […]
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