“Emergent Form”
Join us for a series of interdisciplinary discussions, performances and exhibitions on Emergent Form organized by ArtSci Salon. Form does not always follow function. Nature teems with self-organized forms that seem to spring spontaneously from the smooth background of things, by mechanisms that are not always apparent. Think of rippled sand on a beach or […]
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FAST The Making of a Super Sports Car
Italy Inspires Canada Lecture with Stefano Domenicali On the occasion of Italian Research Day (Giornata della ricerca italiana nel mondo) the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to present a lecture by Stefano Domenicali. In his lecture at the University of Toronto, Mr. Domenicali, Chairman and CEO of Lamborghini, will focus on two main topics: […]
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Learn Italian at the Istituto: The Spring Program for 2018 is here!
You know us already, so why not learn to speak or improve your Italian with us. The Spring term begins Monday, April 9 and runs through to Saturday, June 23. Courses are divided into eight progressive levels with different options running weekly or bi–weekly at our two locations of Downtown and Vaughan. All classes are […]
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Italian pianist Beatrice Rana in concert
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana has won three major awards in 2017: Edison Klassiek Award as “Discovery of the Year,” the BBC Music Magazine’s Newcomer of the Year Award, and the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award. These are part of a long list of major accolades. Rana came to public attention in 2011 after winning First […]
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Presentation of “Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies”- anthology of Italian poetry
Join us for a discussion on the making of Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies (Toronto University Press), an anthology that aims to provide an organic profile of the evolution of Italian poetry after World War II. The book’s editors Giuseppe Cavatorta, UA Associate Professor Italian, and Luigi Ballerini, Professor Emeritus of Italian at […]
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Creative Minds: Conversations on the Benefits of Art on Neurological Conditions
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Villa Charities are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion, as part of Villa Charities’ Cultural Tuesdays series, with guest speakers Dr. Alfonso Fasano, Associate Professor of Neurology at UHN, Toronto, Kathleen Downie, arts-in-health practitioner with expertise in dementia care learning programs and Tony Luciani, artist and visionary. […]
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“In Deum” by Vesuvius Ensemble
On Good Friday, many devoted communities in Southern Italy still walk along an ancient path toward a holy sanctuary, singing powerful melodies along the way. In this special Good Friday performance, the Vesuvius Ensemble will take you along a sacred musical path, offering both traditional and composed music which considers the sacred mysteries of life […]
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International Seminar: Critical Approaches to Dante
ISCAD 3: The third edition of the International Seminar on Critical Approaches to Dante will explore the key-categories of Authorship and Readership and their applications in the field of Dante Studies. This edition will host two keynote lectures given by Prof. Albert Russel Ascoli (Berkeley, University of California) and Prof. Johannes Bartuschat (University of Zurich, […]
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The Great Inquisitor and the Little Grey Men: Two Ways of Thinking Political Domination
We are accustomed to thinking of domination as a malignant phenomenology of power: on the one hand an omnipotent subject, the bearer of coercion and violence, on the other a subject reduced to a mere object, without recourse against that violence. The same polarized view extends to the collective dimension: a cynical leader, versus the […]
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Concert in commemoration of Gabriele D’Annunzio “L’Alba separa dalla Luce l’ombra”
Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara, pianist and Roberto Cresca, tenor, will be in Toronto on the occasion of the commemoration of Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938) with two concerts on the “arie da salotto” of Tosti, a friend of D’Annunzio and with special attention to the texts of D’Annunzio. An excursus of lounge romances that will lead to listen […]
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