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Le bandiere d'Italia e di Scozia Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo
82 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh EH8 9EW
Scotland, UK
telefono: ( 44) (0)131 668 2232
fax: ( 44) (0)131 668 2777
e-mail: iicedimburgo[at]esteri.it


Opening hours Administration, Library and Videolibrary 
Monday - Thursday from 9:00 to 17:00 
Friday  from 9:00 to 14:00

                          
 St Catherine Crowned by Bartolomeo Veneto (detail), c.1520, Glasgow City Council (Glasgow Museums)

  


  
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                                     Italian language courses 

                    Second term starting from January the 9th 2012 

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Publishing

-Flow: Narratives & Interaction

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Flow: Narratives & Interaction

How does our talking to each other, our reading and our thinking develop? How does storytelling flow and what levels of awareness are involved? Palandri will engage with some literary examples and biographies to explore these questions. In >>>

Science

-Media, Science and Engineering

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Media, Science and Engineering

This event will open with brief presentations by Professors Raffaella Ocone and Sergio Della Sala, moving into a discussion which will be opened to the audience. The presentations will deal with the treatment of science in academic journals and periodicals >>>

Science

-Climate Change and Heritage Cities

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Climate Change and Heritage Cities

Two Italian speakers will deliver brief presentations on issues of climate change, with an emphasis on its effects on Heritage Cities. There will then be an opportunity for questions and discussion. Chiara Ronchini has been World Heritage >>>

Literature

-The Vagabond and Traditore

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Vagabond and Traditore

Allan Cameron, author of five books and translator of twenty-three works from Italian, first went to Italy in the early seventies and describes some of his experiences in his latest work, a collection of short stories called Can the Gods Cry? While >>>

Theatre

-La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli

Thursday, March 01, 2012 - Friday, March 02, 2012

La Mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli

Students from the Italian Department of the University of Edinburgh will stage and perform La Mandragola (1518), by Niccolò Machiavelli. La Mandragola is the first modern Italian comedy and a masterpiece of Renaissance theatre. It was defined as “the >>>

 

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