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P r e s e n t e d i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h e Universit y of Toronto Depar tment of I tal ian

Studies and E . G o ggio Chair in I ta l ian Studies , “ Toronto Salutes Dante” wi l l present , over the n e x t m o n t h s , a s e r i e s o f r e a d i n g s o f D a n t e ’s “ Inf e r n o” in th i r t y - thre e lan guag es , in c lu din g v a r i o u s I t a l i a n r e g i o n a l d i a l e c t s a n d t h e indigenous language of the Anishinaabe nation, Anishinabemowin.

D a n t e , k n o w n a s t h e f a t h e r o f t h e I t a l i a n language, was born in Florence in 1265 and

died in Ravenna in 1321.

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medieval l i terature that has inspired poets and writers worldwide through the centuries .

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updates and new events throughout 2021.

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DANTE 700 | WEBINARThe Metamorphoses of Dante’s UlyssesProf. Lino Pertile | Harvard University

Ulysses personifies the fundamental moral issue of the use and abuse of human intelligence: Are we allowed to pursue any intellectual quest regardless of its consequences? Should we resist the temptation to let our intelligence run freely without any moral restraint? In the Divine Comedy, Ulysses becomes a tragic hero. His example, more relevant today than ever, re-occurs as both a stimulus to search endlessly and a warning not to trespass the limit beyond which human intelligence brings its own downfall.

Presented by the Embassy of Italy and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Washington DC in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto.

Wednesday, March 3 | 4:00pm ESTVia Zoom | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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DANTE 700 | BOOK PRESENTATIONThe Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic. From Dante to TassoIn conversation with author Andrea Moudarres | UCLAThe book explores enmity within the self, the state, and the world through the prism of prominent works of the Italian literary canon, including Dante’s Divina Commedia, amongst others. The book’s central argument is that early modern Italian literature conceived of all forms of hostility—even those conventionally considered external, such as the conflicts between Christian and Islamic forces in the Middle Ages and Renaissance—as predominantly internal. Organized by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington DC.

Wednesday, March 3 | 8:00pm ESTVia Zoom | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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RENAISSANCE READERS AND THEIR BOOKS: REPRESENTATIONS OF A FUGITIVE ACT Antonio Ricci | Associate Professor | York UniveristyThe image of a person holding a book appears frequently in Renaissance art and literature. The privileged status of texts in humanist culture and their proliferation after the coming of print technology contributed to the motif’s popularity. This lecture will examine depictions of readers in paintings and poems of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, aiming to recover aspects of the experience of reading during the period and, at the same time, to gain a measure of insight into what remains an elusive phenomenon.

Presented by the Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto. Funded by Joe Di Geso, co-sponsored by the Toronto and Ottawa Chapters, with the support of the College of the Humanities, Carleton University.

Sunday, March 7 | 2:00pm ESTVia Zoom | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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ICFF/L’ALTRA ITALIA FILM SERIESHOME STREAMINGPetraAfter two failed marriages and finally free from sentimental ties, Petra Delicato, Genoa’s Police Inspector, is searching for her place in the world. In the midst of her job in the old archives, Petra finds herself thrown to the front lines to solve mysterious murder cases alongside the deputy inspector Antonio Monte, a wise and old-fashioned Police Officer close to retirement. Despite their different personalities, the relationship will build a strong professional affinity and sincere friendship.Supported by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto

Available March 8 to March 18

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ITALIAN BOOK CLUBDante Alighieri Society of BCIl colibrì | Sandro Veronesi Marco Carrera is “the hummingbird”, a man with the almost supernatural ability to stay still as the world around him continues to change. As he navigates the challenges of life – confronting the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; taking care of his parents as they approach the end of their lives; raising his granddaughter when her mother, Marco’s own child, can no longer be there for her; coming to terms with his love for the enigmatic Luisa – Marco Carrera comes to represent the quiet heroism that pervades so much of our everyday existence. Winner of the prestigious literary prize, Premio Strega 2020 and Book of the Year for the Italian daily, Corriere della Sera.

NOTE: The discussion will take place in ItalianTuesday, March 16 | 8:30pm ESTVia Zoom | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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DANTE 700BOOK PRESENTATION | WEBINARFrancesca da Rimini in the ArtsFerruccio Farina | DirectorFrancesca da Rimini International Study Centre

Ferruccio Farina will present his book Francesca Da Rimini History of a Myth. Literature, Visual Arts and Music between the 14th and the 21st centuries (Maggioli Editore, 2019). Through literary and artistic materials never analyzed until now, the volume traces the history of Francesca’s myth which has fascinated and influenced Western culture’s poetry, theatre, cinema, paintings, sculptures and music of more than a thousand artists from every continent, making her an emblem of freedom and virtue.Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles in collaboration with the Centro Internazionale di Studi Francesca da Rimini, the UCLA Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington DC.

March 11 to December 31, 2021Via YouTube | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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STILL AVAILABLE: TRASH | THE EXHIBITIONAfter the successful virtual screening of TRASH on Family Day, we are pleased to announce that the exhibition continues for an extended period of time. Here, you will meet again, or for the first time, the wonderful cast of TRASH characters...boxes, bottles, containers...on an educational and fun journey for the whole family.

Don’t forget to download the educational video game Trash and the Magic Pyramid. Here you will learn lots of useful information about the environment. The app is available for download on iOS and Android devices. Presented by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.

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SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR 1921: FROM ROME TO NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKEOne-hundred years ago, Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author was presented at the Teatro Valle in Rome on May 9, 1921. This version was staged in 2000 and 2001 at the Shaw Festival with considerable success. Almost all the other stagings of this play are based on a new version of the original text that Pirandello penned in 1923 and in 1925, making fundamental changes, additions and significant cuts to the original text. The director of the Shaw production, Tadeusz Bradecki, and its translator, theatre scholar Domenico Pietropaolo, will analyze and comment on the staging with Donato Santeramo who will bring an analysis of the changes made by Pirandello to the original text. Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto.

Tuesday, March 30 | 3:00PM ESTZOOM Webinar | Free Event | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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EMERGING ECOLOGIES @ DesignTO 2021Italy Under Construction SeriesCurated by Roberto Damiani, Emerging Ecologies presents a selection of eight built urban projects from Italy and Canada that show how public agencies and interdisciplinary teams of designers are working together to envision more socially and environmentally sustainable scenarios for our built environments. A video presentation of the exhibition is available on the website of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto. Click link below for more details on this fascinating exhibition.

IIC VIDEO EXHIBITION: YouTube Channel of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura

DesignTO DIGITAL EXHIBITON: January 22 to March 1

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ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES ONLINERegistration opens on Friday, March 5th for our Spring 2021 Italian language courses, which begin the week of April 6. You are welcome to register anytime until the beginning of the courses.

As the Istituto Italiano di Cultura is closed to the public due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, all courses will be offered online via virtual classrooms, during the Spring Term, from the comfort of your home, instead of on-site at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura locations in Toronto and Vaughan. All courses will be taught by our regular instructors. Although the classes will be offered virtually, students will continue to participate actively in those same activities offered in an on-site classroom: speaking, writing, listening, working in groups, etc.

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