A series of three lectures on Venice, its history and the Veneto region, once the dominion of the Serenissima Repubblica (the Most Serene Republic), will be held by PhD candidate Sebastiano Bazzichetto at the IIC in the month of February and March 2017, on Fridays, 10-12pm. The lectures will be in English, integrated with video and recordings.
Tickets: $20 General Public/ $15 IIC Students.
Reservation is required. Please call 416.921.3802 ext. 228
PROGRAM:
February 24 – Venezia
The lecture will address the origins of the Romantic myth of Venice and its lagoon. Through the eyes of an imaginary traveller, the sounds of Vivaldi and Galuppi, the recollections of Casanova and Goldoni, the artistic secrets of an enchanting city will be revealed, once the capital of a golden maritime empire.
March 3 – Treviso and Padova
Venice fast expanded its dominion beyond the lagoon and conquered the mainland. The lecture will explore the rich heritage of Treviso, core of the so-called Joyous March, and Padova, in the shadow of Goethe’s palm tree.
March 10 – Vicenza and Verona
Sailing the river Brenta, the lecture will unlock the doors of Palladio’s villas, his Olympic theatre in Vicenza and the legends in “fair Verona”, as Shakespeare christens it in his Romeo and Juliet.
Sebastiano Bazzichetto
Born in Venice, educated in Italy and Canada, Bazzichetto is concluding his Ph.D. program in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. Bachelor of Arts with honours in Italian Literature from Università di Padova. Master of Arts in Modern Philology with honours from Università di Padova, and a five-year Diploma with honours from Scuola Galileiana of Higher Education, Padova. Currently based in Toronto, his research investigates the literary panorama of Baroque poetry from the beginning of the 17th century. A former violin student, he also nurtures his great passion for opera and ballet, and he writes as a freelance for the Italian-Canadian newspaper Corriere Canadese on its cultural pages.