EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB 2017: IL GATTOPARDO (1958) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
CELEBRATING 150TH YEARS OF STORIES. The most famous statement in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) is: “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change”. Franco Gallippi’s reading examines the question of change in an Italy on the threshold of Unification, and takes a close look at […]
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Nicola Lagioia at IFOA – International Festival of Authors in Toronto 2017
Nicola Lagioia, Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelist, will be participating at this year’s edition of IFOA – International Festival of Authors on the following dates: October 22 2017 – 4:00 PMJoin Nicola Lagioia, Rachel Manley, Eduard Márquez, Jean E. Pendziwol and Mary Walsh as they read from their latest works. October 22 2017 – […]
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PIRANDELLO 150: Screening of L’ATTESA (THE WAIT)
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate Luigi Pirandello, the Società Dante Alighieri and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, present Pirandello 150, a Film and Lecture Series. October 21, 2017 at 5:30pmCentro Storico Italo-Canadese – 1026 […]
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“SUSPIRIA” 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SCREENING WITH GOBLIN IN ATTENDANCE
It’s been 40 years since Suspiria slashed its way onto the big screen and revolutionized the horror genre and Ladies of Burlesque is celebrating by screening the stunning, newly-minted 4K restoration. Complete with a bloody ballet burlesque act from Sam Antics (performed to Goblin, of course), this promises to be the social event of the […]
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PIRANDELLO 150: Screening of TU RIDI (YOU LAUGH)
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate Luigi Pirandello, the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto and the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, present Pirandello 150, a Film and Lecture Series. George Ignatieff Theatre – […]
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Presentation of the book A BOLD AND DANGEROUS FAMILY by CAROLINE MOOREHEAD
The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to support the launch of the book A Bold and Dangerous Family by Caroline Moorehead (Penguin Random House). The author will be present. ABOUT THE BOOK.‘Expertly alternating vivid domestic detail with lucid exposition of the gradual evolution of totalitarianism, Caroline Moorehead allows her readers not only to know, […]
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NICOLA LAGIOIA’S LITERATURE FESTIVALS TOUR IN CANADA
Nicola Lagioia, Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelist, won the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, with Ferocity. His novels have also won the Volponi, Straniero, and Viareggio literary awards. In 2010, he was named one of Italy’s best writers under 40. He is a jury member of the Venice Film Festival and […]
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Global Art50. Nicoletta Braschi in Toronto.
Global Art50 is a special initiative for the University of Toronto Mississauga’s 50th anniversary featuring internationally-renowned Italian film actress, Nicoletta Braschi. This multi-day celebration recognizes the vibrancy and importance of the Department of Language Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga with a series of events. NICOLETTA BRASCHI is an Italian actress and producer internationally […]
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THE LARK FARM (LA MASSERIA DELLE ALLODOLE) by PAOLO e VITTORIO TAVIANI
Film screening and Q&A A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family’s only hope. Friday, October 13, 2017 – 5pmMuzzo Family Alumni Hall 100 – 121 St. Joseph St.Free admission Screening followed by a […]
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OFFSTREAM: MINORITY AND POPULAR CULTURES
GSAIS Conference – International Conference in Italian Studies 2017 – University of Toronto Presented by: Graduate Students’ Association of Italian Studies; Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto; Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies; Department of Language Studies, UoT Mississauga With the support of: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto; Munk School of Global Affairs, […]
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