PROGRAMME 2013 MARch - APRil

istitutO itAliAnO di cultuRA - nEw dElhi

index6th March, 6:30 p.m.9th March, 2:00 p.m.Tessitori Hall

7th March, 4:00 – 5.30 p.m.Azad Bhawan, ICCR

8th-20th March National LibraryKolkata

8th March, Coimbatore21st March, Bangalore5th April, Pune and Chennai19th April, Goa20th April, Mumbai

13th March 2013, 6:30 p.m.

Tessitori Hall 14th March, 6:30 p.m.16th March, 2:00 p.m. Tessitori Hall

20th March, 6:30 p.m.23rd March, 2:00 p.m.Tessitori Hall

21st March, 6:30 p.m. Tessitori Hall

22rd March, 6;30 p.m.India International Centre, Annexe Lecture Room II

21st-23rd MarchUniversity of DelhiDepartment of Germanic and Romance Studies

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITESILVANA MANGANO in RISO AMARO Bitter Rice

INterfAIth CONfereNCe “On World Religions Diversity, Not Dissension” Italian participation with a talk by Dr. Santiago Zabala

DOCuMeNtAry exhIbItION VOYAGE TO INDIAby Ludovico De Varthema (1502-1508)

eu fILM feStIVALIL PRIMO INCARICOThe First Assignment

bOOk LAuNChWHEN NOT IN ROME, DON’T DO AS THE ROMANS DO by Stefano Pelle

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITEANNA MAGNANI in BELLISSIMABeautiful

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITEALIDA VALLI in SENSOFeelings

eNChANtING CIrCLeS/MAtrIkA Dance Show - Choreography by Luisa Spagna and music by Paolo Pacciolla

Archeologythe WONDerS Of SWAtIllustrated lecture by Prof. Luca M. Olivieri - University of Bologna

INTERNATIONAL CONfERENCE CIty CIty bANG bANG: Contemporary literary and cultural representation of the city Italian participation with lecture by Prof. Mirko Tavosanis

index

Please note that the Multimedia Hall is now called the Tessitori Hall All events take place in the Cultural Centre unless otherwise mentioned. Programmes might be subject to change. Please visit www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the reception desk for updated information.

3rd April, 6:00 p.m.6th April, 2:00 p.m.Tessitori Hall

4th April, 7:30 p.m.Tessitori Hall

8th April, 7:30 p.m.9th April, 7:30 p.m.

10th April, 6:30 p.m.13th April, 2:00 p.m.Tessitori Hall

17th April, 6:30 p.m.20th April, 2:00 p.m.Tessitori Hall

20th & 21st April11th May

24th April, 6:30 p.m.27th April, 2:00 p.m.

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITESOPhIA LOreN in LA CIOCIARATwo Women

NOMAD DANCE fEST International festival of Dance, Music and CulturesGyPSy rOute

ISHARA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET fESTIVAL 2013 Italian participation with a show by Pupazzi di Carta

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITECLAUDIA CARDINALE in IL BELL’ANTONIO

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITEMONICA VIttI and LeA MASSArI in L’AVVENTURAThe Adventure

Theatre IL rAttO DeLLA frANCeSCAAbducting Diana by Dario foDirected by Avijit Dutt. & Designed by Luca Ruzza

ITALIAN DIVAS IN BLACK AND WHITEStefANIA SANDreLLI inSEDOTTA E ABBANDONATAA Matter of Honour

cinema 6 mar

francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(SILVANA MANGANO)

rISO AMArO Bitter Rice1949, 108 min.

Director: Giuseppe De Santis Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone

6th March, 6.30 p.m.9th March, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

lecture 7 mar

Santiago Zabala, ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona currently teaches courses on contemporary philosophy. He is the author of The Hermeneutic Nature of Analytic Philosophy (2008), The Remains of Being (2009), Hermeneutic Communism, editor of Weakening Philosophy (2007), The Future of Religion (2005), Nihilism and Emancipation (2004), Art’s Claim to Truth (2009), and co-editor with Jeff Malpas of Consequences of Hermeneutics (2010). He also writes opinion articles for the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and others.Europe, A Container of Faiths. The aim of this paper is to point out how hermeneutics, the philosophy of interpretation, through its fusion of horizons can help Europe overcome its indifference. Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo thesis, expressed in The Future of Religion, will be used as a reference to recall how a religion without atheist and theist is necessary in order to implement hermeneutics fusion of horizons.

Event organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations.

ItALIAN PArtICIPAtION IN the INterfAIth CONfereNCe “ON WOrLD reLIGIONS DIVerSIty, NOt DISSeNSION”

eurOPe, A CONtAINer Of fAIthSConference by Dr. Santiago Zabala

thursday, 7th March, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

 

exhibition8-20 mar

The place was Rome and the year 1510 when the first book ever on India was published by a European. The Bolognese author Ludovico De Varthema, left Venice in 1502, travelled extensively to the east of the Mediterranean Sea and reached the Indian peninsula, where he stayed for a long time. He chronicled his journeys in the volume first published in 1510. The exhibition also contains a large number of contemporary cartographic images by an anonymous traveller which dwells on the curious and fascinating aspects related to plants, animals and trade and life in general in the great Asian peninsula.

Event organized by Archivio di Stato (National Archives), Rome and IstitutoItaliano di Cultura, New Delhi incollaboration with National Library, Kolkata,and Consulate General of Italy, Kolkata.

 

“The testimony of one eye-witness is worth more than ten hear-says” Ludovico De Varthema

 

VOyAGe tO INDIAby Ludovico De Varthema (1502 - 1508)

DOCUMENTARY ExHIBITION 8th – 20th March,Art GalleryNational Library, kolkatabelvedere, kolkata

cinema8 mar

Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher. She is sad because she is having a serious love affair with someone from her village: they promise that nothing will change between them. And so she leaves, a little sad and a little curious about what is in store for her. But what she finds is completely different from what she imagined: a school isolated on a high mountain plain, wild children, people she has nothing in common with and a hostile environment. She sticks it out because of pride and because francesco loves her for her courage, until one cold february day when everything goes wrong, everything seems lost forever.

Event organized by the European Union Delegation in collaboration with the Embassies of the Member States.

ItALIAN PArtICIPAtION IN the18th eurOPeAN uNION fILM feStIVALALL AbOut WOMeN IL PrIMO INCArICO The First Assignment2010, 90 min.Director: Giorgia CecereCast: Isabella Ragonese, francesco Chiarello, Alberto Boll, Miriana Protopapa

8th March, Coimbatore

21st March, bangalore

5th April Pune and Chennai

19th April, Goa20th April, Mumbai

 

book launch13 mar

Stefano Pelle returns to a post-liberalised India as an expatriate, and what starts from there is a journey through emerging markets, peppered with personal anecdotes and insights he gained during his stint in India. Stefano Pelle is Executive Vice President and COO, Perfetti Van Melle Group. He has a double Masters Degree, a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and has attended various executive education programmes in renowned institutes like the London Business School. Besides his deep business acumen, he has profound interest in academics. In 2007 he published the book Understanding Emerging Markets: Building Business BRIC by Brick.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

WheN NOt IN rOMe, DON’t DO AS the rOMANS DO

Presentation of book byStefano Pelle

Wednesday, 13th March 2013, 6:30 p.m.tessitori hall

 

cinema 14 mar

Maddalena is a screen-struck mother convinced of her daughter Maria’s star potential. Dreaming of a better life for her family - as a means of escape from the struggles of everyday existence in working-class Rome - she invests everything, including her last penny, into the dream that her daughter will be discovered at an open casting. However, on overhearing the film crew’s candid assessment of her daughter’s audition, Maddalena is forced to reconsider her views on the film industry and its world of illusions….

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(ANNA MAGNANI)

beLLISSIMA1951, 109 min.Director: Luchino Visconti Cast: Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Alessandro Blasetti

14th March, 6.30 p.m.16th March, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

cinema 20 mar

Venice, 1866, last days of the Austrian occupation: a performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration organized by Count Ussoni. The married Countess Livia Serpieri sees her cousin challenging the Austrian Lieutenant franz Mahler for a duel in the opera and being arrested and sent to exile for one year. When she meets Mahler, she first hates him but after a night together walking along the streets of Venice, she falls deeply in love with him, becoming his mistress. When the war starts, she moves to her property in the countryside missing Mahler. When he visits her during a night, she forgets her principles, decency and betrays her cause with cruel and tragic consequences…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(ALIDA VALLI)

SeNSOFeelings1954, 125 min.

Director: Luchino ViscontiCast: Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, farley Granger

20th March, 6.30 p.m.23rd March, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

dance21 mar

The performance/concert joins the two projects Matrika and Enchanting Circles in a single musical stream. Matrika, a Sanskrit word, represents the Cosmic Mother, the Origin and is a trilogy of dances on three aspects of the feminine: Shakti, Matrika and Shekara. Enchanting Circles, a project on the singing drum, considered “a strong contribution to modern frame drumming” (Scott Robinson), is the fabric upon which Luisa Spagna weaves her dance. Music guides the flow of dance, its gestures and suggestions and dialogues.

Musician and ethnomusicologist, Paolo Pacciolla teaches ‘Ethnomusicology’ at the Conservatorio di Musica of Vicenza. His musical production includes The Singing Drum, a project on tuned hand drums and musical bows, solo and group recordings. Dance and researcher, Luisa Spagna has received training in classical ballet and in Indian classical dance styles of Odissi and Seraikella Chhau. She is the author of the dance project Racconti del Corpo, archetipi del femminile with which she explores the women myths and archetypes through choreographies, seminars and writings.

eNChANtING CIrCLeS/MAtrIkA

Choreography and dance by Luisa SpagnaMusic by Paolo PacciollaConcept Sutra Arti Performative

21st March, 6.30 p.m. tessitori hall

 

archaeology22 mar

Italian archaeologists have been exploring Pakistan’s magical Swat Valley for nearly 60 years. Dr Luca M. Olivieri, who is co-director of the Italian Archaeological Mission and runs the ACT (Archaeology, Community, Tourism) field School, has worked in Swat since 1987. He will speak about three ACT projects in Swat: the Buddhist sacred area at Amluk-dara; a Kushan urban site at Barikot; and a late-Bronze Age graveyard recently uncovered in Udegram. He will also give an overview of the restoration of the Jahanabad Buddha partially destroyed by the Taliban, of the Udegram mosque and of the Saidu Sharif I main stupa, as well as the reconstruction of the Swat Museum.Event organised by India International Centre in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

the WONDerS Of SWAtIllustrated lecture by Dr Luca M. Olivieri, University of Bologna

friday, 22nd March, 6:30 pm

Annexe Lecture Room – IIIndia International Centre40, Max Mueller MargLodhi Estate

 

lecture21-23 mar

The paper will analyze some recent representations of the contemporary Italian cities. In particular, it will analyze from this point of view some recent reference works describing the role of the Italian cities in literature and their cultural and linguistic networks. Particular attention will be paid to the recently completed Atlante della letteratura italiana (‘Atlas of the Italian literature’, 2010-2012), that has tried to introduce a new way of looking at literature through the use of tables, maps and graphic representations. The paper will then compare those descriptions with the depictions of contemporary Italian cities that can be found in some recent movies and works of literature created by residents of Italy of foreign origin. Particular attention will be paid to the case of Rome, depicted from unusual angles in works such as the movie Le fate ignoranti (The Ignorant fairies, 2001) directed by ferzan Özpetek and the novel Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore in piazza Vittorio (Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, 2006) by Amara Lakhous.

MAPPING the CONteMPOrAry ItALIAN CItIeS

Italian participation in the Annual International Conference “City City Bang Bang:Contemporary literary and cultural representations of the city”Department of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of Delhi

Lecture by Prof. Mirko tavosanisuniversity of Pisa

 

cinema3 apr

Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the Second World War. They travel to the village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village, the mother does everything to protect Rosetta. However, on one occasion they both get raped by soldiers hiding in a church. This cruel event is too much for the always powerful fighting Cesira and she suffers from a breakdown. During their stay in the village, a young intellectual, Michele falls in love with Cesira who does not know how to reply to the advances of such a gentleman…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(SOfIA LOreN)

LA CIOCIArA Two Women1960, 100 min.Director: Vittorio De SicaCast: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown

3rd April, 6.30 p.m.6th April, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

dance4 apr

The show GIPSY ROUTE retraces the journey of the nomads that started in the Thar Desert around the 11th century. The “GIPSY ROUTE” roots are in India that is why it is so important to rediscover the traditions from Rajasthan in order to understand the nomadic culture. Dance and music are a mixture of cultures: from Rajasthani and Kalbeliya to Turkish rhythms, from Arabic sounds of Northern Africa to Arab-Andalusian tradition and the red colour of flamenco from Spain.A blend of Arab-flamenco rhythms and Rajasthani melodies in continuous dialogue.

Event organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with Nomad Dance festival and Puglia Sound.

NOMAD DANCe feSt International festival of Dance, Music and CulturesGyPSy rOute

Artistic Director: Monica Maya DeviArtistsMAYA DEVI- Italy/India – Rajasthani, Kalbeliya dance & flamencoALMORAIMA-Italy- flamenco Arabic and Southern Italy soundsRAffAELLA CIPOLLATO – Italy – Oriental & Arabic DanceGIULIA fRANCESE – Italy –

Dances from Southern Italy

thursday, 4th April, 2013 7:30 p.m. tessitori hall

 

theatre8 apr

The “table puppet” is a type of puppet that is manipulated by the animator on a table. Nonso and Nonso are two table puppets, two cute and funny characters faced with insurmountable or simple problems and conflicts. They live in a world of antiques objects and they try to understand how the existence works. (“non so” in Italian means “I don’t know”). Audiences follow Mr. Nonso and Mrs. Nonsa in their efforts; laugh at them, because they recognize themselves in their naivety and tenacity. The show consists of short and poetic sketches, full of a delicate comicality, typical of the silent movies of 1900. The sketches are accompanied by music and punctuated by explanatory signs. The show, suitable for audiences from 3 to 100 years was presented at festivals.

Event organised by Ishara Puppet festival and Teamwork films in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

NONSO e...NONSA I don’t know... She doesn’t know

Show and Puppets by Pupazzi di Cartawith Valeria bianchiAngela Malvasi

Italian participation in the Ishara Puppet festival, 7 – 14 April, 2013

Monday, 8th April, 7:30 pm Club PatioGurgaon

tuesday, 9th April, 7:30 pmAmphitheater India habitat CentreLodhi roadNew Delhi

 

 

cinema 10 apr

After spending 3 years in Rome, handsome Antonio Magnano returns to his native Catania. His reputation as a lady-killer has been fostered largely by his boastful father, Alfio, who equates honour with virility. Consequently Antonio finds himself besieged by women, a situation from which he escapes by agreeing to his father’s wish to marry Barbara Puglisi, the naive and innocent daughter of a wealthy and politically prominent family. for the first time in his life, Antonio becomes involved in a relationship based on love rather than pure eroticism and…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(CLAuDIA CArDINALe)

IL beLL’ANtONIO1960, 105 min.Director: Mauro BologniniCast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur, Rina Morelli, Tomas Milian.

10th April, 6.30 p.m.13th April, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

cinema 17 apr

A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean. When they are about to leave the island, they find Anna, the main character up to this point, has gone missing. Sandro, Anna’s boyfriend, and Claudia, Anna’s friend, try without success to find her. While looking for the missing friend, Claudia and Sandro develop an attraction for each other. When they get back to land, they continue the search with no success. Sandro and Claudia proceed to become lovers, and all but forget about the missing Anna…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(MONICA VIttI, LeA MASSArI)

L’AVVeNturAThe Adventure1960, 140 min.Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Gabriele ferzetti

17th April, 6.30 p.m.20th April, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 

theatre20, 21 apr

A botched kidnap plays into the hands of Diana, the Media Baron and delights you with bizarre goings-on. Think of it as clowns on a tight rope performing without a safety net. An incredible laugh fest in pure, inventive Dario fo land!

Event organised by Yatrik Production in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Old World Culture.

IL rAttO DeLLA frANCeSCA Abducting Diana by Dario fo

Directed by Avijit Dutt and designed by Luca RuzzaCast: Kriti Vij, Keshav Moodliar, Varoon Anand, Sudeep Singh, Shekhar Murugan, Vani Vyas & Avijit Dutt

April 20 and 21, 8:00 p.m.Stein AuditoriumIndia habitat Centre Lodhi road

11 May epicentre, Apparel house, Gurgaon.

 

cinema 24 apr

Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl is

seduced by Peppino, her sister Matilde’s

fiancé. Soon Vincenzo, Agnese’s father,

discovers everything. He wants to force

Peppino to marry the dishonored Agnese,

but Peppino runs away and Vincenzo

sends his son Antonio to kill him. At this

point, Agnese goes to the police to try to

stop events. They’re all taken to court. But

events can’t be stopped, there’s still time

for a fake kidnapping…

ItALIAN DIVAS IN bLACk AND WhIte(StefANIA SANDreLLI)

SeDOttA e AbbANDONAtAA Matter of Honour 1964, 125 min.

Director: Pietro Germi Cast: Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì, Lando Buzzanca

24th April, 6.30 p.m.27th April, 2.00 p.m.tessitori hall

 highlights of Spring

Session 2013 (January-April):

• NewSpecialCourse‘Italian in your Pocket’ for 20hrs. Duration with lessons twice a week or over week-ends from April;

• SpecialCourses:Travel & Tourism, Conversation, Italian in your Pocket – with variable duration on formation of specific groups.

LeArNING ItALIAN LANGuAGe

 

language

Learn Italian at the Italian Cultural Centre, the official centre for the promotion of Italian language and culture in India. Courses in Italian are offered on week-day mornings, afternoons, evenings and on week-ends providing training in all basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with a systematic study of grammar.

Spring and Autumn Sessions for Regular Courses start each year in January and August respectively and are of-fered on all levels in accordance with the Common European framework of Reference for Languages:

Elementary (A1 -A2)Intermediate (B1 - B2)Advanced C1 (Part 1)

Each regular course is offered for 120 hours per session of four months, unless otherwise specified.

All teachers are university qualified. Classrooms are equipped with audio

visual facilities.

for further details visit www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

CILS - The Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi, is a recognised seat for taking “CILS” exams of the University for foreigners of Siena. The 6 levels offered are equivalent to the Common European framework of Reference for Languages (CEfR), ranging from A 1 (beginner) to C 2 (bilingual speaker). The Certification CILS is recognised by Italian Universities, so those who wish to pursue higher studies in an Italian University can obtain the minimum level requested in Italy, B 2 (= CILS 2), by simply taking the exam in Delhi and will not need to pass further exams of Italian Language.

DITALS - The Italian Cultural Centre is a recognized seat for taking the exam for the Certification of Teaching Italian “DITALS” from University for foreigners of Siena, Italy. Exams are held twice a year for each level.The University of Siena grants this Certification in order to enable teachers of Italian language to get a professional qualification showing that they have gained modern and innovative methods in didactics.

for further details please refer to: www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

education

 

CILS - CertIfICAtION Of ItALIAN AS fOreIGN LANGuAGe(uNIVerSIty fOr fOreIGNerS Of SIeNA) IN DeLhI

NExT ExAM:6th June 2013 Applications: 45 days before the exam at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

DItALS - CertIfICAtION fOr teACherS Of ItALIAN LANGuAGe (uNIVerSIty fOr fOreIGNerS Of SIeNA) IN DeLhI

NExT ExAMS:DITALS level II: 15th July 2013 Applications: 45 days before each session, at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

education

hIGher StuDIeS IN ItALy

•TheItalianhighereducationsystemincludes83 universities (58 of them sponsored by the State), as well as numerous non-university institutions such as academies of art, design and music, and institutes of technical education and specialized training.

•StudyinginItalygivesstudentsaccesstosome of the most influential art, architecture, and history in the world. To encourage foreign students join their courses, a number of Italian Universities offer post-graduate studies as well as Research Courses in English Medium also.

•Withaneffectiveandsimplifiedenrollmentprocess, interested students from all over the World register ‘online’ for the courses of their choice in the University of their choice. Most of the Universities, Polytechnics and Higher Educational Institutions in Italy operate their websites in English and other languages also besides Italian. for further information please contact: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it.

 

education

SCHOLARSHIPS

•TheItalianMinistryofForeignAffairs,incollaboration with the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development, awards scholarships to Indian students annually. A Joint Selection Committee selects candidates on the basis of academic performance and personal interviews to be held in New Delhi. The scholarships are available for higher studies in any faculty and in any university, polytechnic or recognized higher educational institutions in Italy.

•DetailsonItalianGovernmentscholarshipsoffered to Indian citizens can be accessed on the website: http://www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_Newdelhi and also on the website of the Ministry of Human Resource Development: http://www.education.nic.in.

•BesidestheabovescholarshipsmanyUniversities offer scholarships to foreign students details of which are posted on the individual websites of the Universities.

•Scholarshipstopursuesummercoursesof Italian language and culture at the University for foreigners of Perugia and at the University for foreigners of Siena are awarded to students of this Centre securing the first and second positions in the final examinations of Italian language level B2. Details in this regard can be had from: scholarships.iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

The Reading room is open to members and students where they can relax and have access to News papers, Magazines, Multimedia material and Computer terminals with internet.

MAJOR ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS:

ITALIAN MAGAZINES:L’EspressoDomus (Architecture)Bell’Italia (Tourism)film Critica (Cinema)Viva Verdi (Music)Civiltà della Tavola (Cuisine)Ottagono (Design)Sipario (Theatre)Il Giornale dell’arte (Art)The Art NewspaperArte In (Art)

ITALIAN TVItalian Channels Rai1, Rai2, Rai3, and Rai International can be viewed during office hours on the TV set located in the foyer.

INDIAN NEWSPAPERSAll leading Dailies are available

 

reading room

TIMINGSMonday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.friday and Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

NEW ARRIVALS:

library

The library of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura has around 9,000 volumes covering a wide range of subjects like Literature, Art & Architecture, Religion & Philosophy, Civilization, Indology, History, Geography, Tourism, Italian language, fiction, Photography, Cuisine, Cinema & Theatre along with Encyclopedias and Dictionaries. While almost 80% of the publications are in Italian, important books in English, french, Hindi and Punjabi are also available. There is also a collection of around 300 DVDs of Italian films in our library. A constantly updated on-line catalogue is available for consultation on www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

TIMINGSMonday, Tuesday and Thursday:9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Wednesday: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.friday: ClosedSaturday: 12:30 p.m – 3:30 p.m.

 

TIMINGSMonday to Saturday: 9.30 a.m. - 11 p.m.Sunday: 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.Tel: 24674575

café @ icc

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura also promotes food as part of Italian Culture. Its Cafeteria, located in the quiet lawns and outsourced to the popular Diva Restaurant, uses the finest ingredients and serves authentic Italian dishes. Several culinary activities are organized here from time to time to promote the varied and rich traditions of Italian cooking.

 

membership

for further details please visit : www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it or contact the Reception at 26871901/03/04.

fACILITIES OffERED

. Weekly film programme

. Invitations to cultural activities

. Reading Room services

. Access to the Cafeteria

. Internet

. facility to borrow books from the Library

Istituto Italiano di Cultura(Italian Cultural Centre)50-E Chandragupta MargEntry from Nyaya MargChanakyapuriNew Delhi - 110021T : +91-11-26871901f : +91-11-26871902E : iicnewdelhi@esteri.itwww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

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