Figli della Notte (Children of the Night)
The Italian Cultural Institute, NYU Washington, DC, and N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) present a screening of Figli della Notte (Children of the Night) by Andrea De Sica. N.I.C.E. is a non-for-profit cultural organization that was founded in 1991 by a group of film professionals and which has consequently grown into one of the most important expressions of Italian cinematography abroad. The […]
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The Bridge Book Award – Third Edition
You are invited to the Award Ceremony and Panel Discussion for the Italian winners of the Third Edition of the Book Award “The Bridge” with curator Maria Ida Gaeta, panelists Tiziana Rinaldi Castro and Eli Gottlieb (2016 American Fiction winner), and the 2017 Italian winners, Andrea Inglese for fiction (Parigi è un desiderio, Ponte […]
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The Garbage Patch State: Ocean Plastics Pollution
The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, is pleased to sponsor a conference dedicated to raising awareness of the environmental harmful impact of plastic pollution in our oceans and to the global marine ecosystem. Maria Cristina Finucci will show, with numerous images, all the […]
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Fermi – Exploring the Extreme Universe
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute cordially invite you to a conference with: Introduction:Gino Segre’ (University of Pennsylvania), Enrico Fermi’s Legacy: The Last Years. Enrico Fermi, probably the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo, was unique in a number of ways, including the staggering breadth of his research. As Prof. Segre` will show, after WWII […]
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Kids Euro Festival – Screening of Quando sarò bambino (Once I’ll be a child)
Now in its 10th year, Kids Euro Festival is one of the largest performing arts festivals for children in America, bringing Europe’s most talented children’s entertainers to the DC metro area each fall for two weeks of free performances, concerts, workshops, movies, storytelling, puppetry, dance, magic, and cinema. With programs both for the general […]
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The Lost Notebook of Enrico Fermi
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute cordially invite you to a lecture and book presentation. Conference: Luisa Cifarelli (Univ. of Bologna, Società Italiana di Fisica and Centro Fermi President): Enrico Fermi and His First Experiments with Neutrons. Presentation of the volume: The Lost Notebook of Enrico Fermi – The True Story of the Discovery of […]
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Innovation in Italian Programs and Pedagogy
17TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLDUnder the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic Join us on October 21, at Georgetown University, for the third iteration of the Italian Language and Culture Conference which this year focuses the discussion on pedagogical innovations to increase enrollments in the Italian classroom. The Keynote […]
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An Italian-Language Excursion into Swiss Cinema – at the Embassy of Switzerland
17TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLD Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic Fasten your seat belt and join us on a time-travel trip to discover the path between images and words. Our time travel will start with some examples, such as Eve by Francis Borghi and Heidi by Luigi Comencini, representing the origin […]
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The Course of Empires: American-Italian Cultural Relations, 1770-1980
This international conference will examine the persistent fascination of American and Italian artists with the cultural achievements of ancient Rome and the Renaissance. In creating national identities, both countries turned to history for similar reasons: to find inspiration for enlightened political practices; to locate models of artistic, political, and economic preeminence; and to seek ways […]
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Il Deserto dei Tartari (The Desert of the Tartars) by Valerio Zurlini
17TH ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLDUnder the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic On the occasion of the “17th Week of Italian Language in the World”, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden present a rare screening of Il […]
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