Italians gesture more than Swedes: between myth and reality!
In the framework of ”ResearchNet”, a series of conferences dedicated to the Italian researchers in Sweden, Maria Graziano presents ”Italians gesture more than Swedes: between myth and reality!”. It is a popular belief that there are cultural differences in the type and the amount of gestures that people do when they speak. For example, Italians […]
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International Seminar: ”Architecture as propaganda in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. History and heritage”
The seminar will illustrate and discuss some questions related to ”Architecture as propaganda in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. History and heritage” (Florence: Edizioni Polistampa, 2018), a conference volume from an interdisciplinary conference held at the Swedish Institute in Rome. The book explores how prominent architects conveyed the political programmes of the regimes through buildings, monuments and […]
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”Termini. Cornerstone of Modern Rome” av Arthur Weststeijn och Frederick Whitling
Föreläsning och samtal med Frederick Whitling och Arthur Weststeijn. Med utgångspunkt i Roms moderna centralstation Stazione Termini och dess tillkomst i anslutning till Serviusmuren utforskar historikerna Frederick Whitling och Arthur Weststeijn framväxten av det moderna Rom och Italien mot bakgrund av den antika staden och senare förändringar. I boken ”Termini. Cornerstone of Modern Rome” (Rom: […]
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Göteborg Book-fair – Sunday, September 29
Sunday 29th, 10:00-10:45 ”Italians of the Elsewhere: stories of the Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy” (ENG) Italy recognizes 12 Historical Linguistic Minorities, cultures of non-Italian languages, which have been variously settled and integrated into the national territory throughout history. Today they are an essential part of our identity as Italians. The project “Gli Italiani dell’Altrove […]
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Göteborg Book-fair – Saturday, September 28th
Saturday 28th, 10:00-10:45 “Where do I belong?” – 1 (EN) Teresa returns to Corsica where she spent many thoughtless summers as a child. Now she is a grown-up young lady, pregnant with her first child. In the beautiful Corsican landscape she will understand that her family is very different from what she had always thought. […]
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Göteborg Book-fair – Friday, September 27th
Friday 27th, 10:00-10:45 Cartaditalia book series (SV) Between 2010 and 2012 the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm published twelve books never translated into Swedish before. The project aimed at publishing classics, contemporary novels and poems, and essays. Speaker: Cecilia Schwartz (Stockholm University) and Ulla Åkerström (University of Gothenburg). Friday 27th, 11:00-11:45 Presentation of ”Storia delle […]
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Göteborg Book Fair – Thursday, September 26th
Thursday 26th, 15:00 – 15:30 Stand inauguration and Welcome drinks! (EN) Mrs. Maria Sica, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sweden, inaugurates the stand “Arcipelago Italia”, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Sweden, ICE – Italian Trade Agency and ENIT – Italian Tourist Office. Come and have a drink with us! We are […]
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Göteborg Book-Fair, 26-29 September
The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm together with the Italian Embassy in Sweden, ICE – Italian Trade Agency and ENIT – Italian Tourist Office take part at the Göteborg Book-Fair, the Scandinavia’s largest cultural event. In this four day long literary festival, Italian and Swedish writers, translators and journalists are the protagonists of seminars and […]
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Didactic Movie Club – ”The seduction of Mimì” by Lina Wertmüller
On the occasion of the ”Lina Wertmüller. Behind the White Glasses” series of screenings dedicated to the Italian director Lina Wertmüller, the movie ”The seduction of Mimì” will be presented on Wednesday, September 18th in the auditorium of the Italian Cultural Institute. The seduction of Mimì. Synopsis: The Catalan worker Carmelo Mardocheo, nicknamed Mimi, loses his job […]
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Didactic Movie Club – Lina Wertmüller. Behind the White Glasses
The Academy decided to award the Italian director Lina Wertmüller with the Academy’s career Oscar because ”she has distinguished herself in an extraordinary way throughout her career, and for her outstanding contribution to cinema”. Lina Wertmüller was a pioneer of women’s awards, the first woman in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, in 1972, with […]
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