ACCADEMIA DELLA CRUSCA: Claudio Marazzini, “On the sidelines of an epidemic: linguistic implications of a virus”, March 2020
Claudio Marazzini, President of the Accademia della Crusca and renowned historian of the Italian language, tries his hand at dealing with some linguistic issues related to the Covid-19 epidemic, offering a significant contribution to the culture of the word. “However, consider this chat – writes Marazzini – as a way to reflect on current events, […]
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“Coronavirus and philosophers: Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, Roberto Esposito, Sergio Benvenuto, Divya Dwivedi, Shaj Mohan, Rocco Ronchi, Massimo De Carolis”, from “European Journal of Psychoanalysis” in collaboration with the Journal “Antinomie”
“Faced with the frenetic, irrational and entirely unfounded emergency measures adopted against an alleged epidemic of coronavirus, we should begin from the declaration issued by the National Research Council (CNR), which states not only that “there is no SARS-CoV2 epidemic in Italy”, but also that “the infection, according to the epidemiologic data available as of […]
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ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI: Maurizio Brunori and William A. Eaton, “Why always wear a mask in public”, Accademia dei Lincei. The Blog, Huffpost (April 17, 2020)
M. Brunori, professor emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and president emeritus of the FMN Class of Sciences of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and W.A. Eaton, Director of the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry in the National Institute of Diabets and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health […]
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The Italian pianist Stefano Andreatta in concert with the Orchestre Classique de Montréal
“CANCELED due to epidemiological emergency Covid-19″ Thanks to the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal and the Concours Musical International de Montréal, the Italian pianist Stefano Andreatta will perform in Montréal, playing Beethoven and Alexander Brott with the accompaniment of the Orchestre Classique de Montréal. Sunday May 24th 2020 at 3 p.m.Salle Bourgie […]
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“Raffaello 500: Maestro Universale” – Raphael’s dream
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, while we wait for cultural destinations to reopen and to be able to see works of art live again, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the US and Canada will celebrate Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) through several online multimedia initiatives, starting May 15th with Prof. Marzia […]
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“Raffaello 500: Maestro Universale” – Raphael’s Frescoes
A Zoom webinar of the #Raffaello500 series with: Marco Leona, Head of Scientific Research at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Antonio Sgamellotti, Accedemia dei Lincei Fellow Virginia Lapenta, Chief Curator at Villa Farnesina. Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – 3:00pm Click here to register. The series of webinars offered by the network of Italian Cultural Institutes of […]
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“Salone EXTRA”, the Turin Book Fair arrives online
The Turin Book Fair, the most important Italian publishing fair, will organize a series of online conferences from the 14th to the 17th of May, in place of the event that was supposed to be held during the same period at the Lingotto in Turin and which was postponed to a date to be determined […]
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Cinzia Zuffada: Reflections on the Earth Viewed from Space
Journalist Maria Teresa Cometto in conversation with Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tuesday May 5, 2020, 7:30pm Registration required: Register here. Dr. Zuffada explains how new sustainable remote sensing techniques help us understand dynamic processes of the terrestrial hydrology typical of complex ecosystems like wetlands. She also talks about […]
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#WeAreItaly #StayTuned On It
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs just launched the campaign #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt to promote the most creative and vital Italy in the world during Coronavirus. Andrea Bocelli, Uto Ughi, Tiziano Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Ada Montellanico, Nek, Andrea Griminelli, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and many others joined the initiative and created video messages to spread abroad the […]
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Music and work, the Italian Song Portal for May 1st
With a playlist of songs dedicated to the theme of “Work”, purposely created by the musical historians Luciano Ceri and Paolo Prato, the Portale della Canzone italiana celebrates the Festa del Primo Maggio. Stories of work and workers to the rhythm of music and words told by the voices of the characters of the songwriter and […]
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