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20th Week of Italian Language in the World A celebration of the Italian Language through illustrations and graphic novels. Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, events and initiatives from 19 to 25 October.

#SLIM2020 - Italian between word and image: graffiti, illustrations, comics

Like every year, the Accademia della Crusca has created a publication, in collaboration with the goWare publishing house, edited by Claudio Ciociola and Paolo d'Achille and dedicated to the theme of the event and available free of charge for public viewing from 19 to 25 October in e-book format.

#SLIM2020 - Fumetti nei Musei

Thanks to MAECI and MiBACT with the project "Fumetti Nei Musei" initiatives, webinar, and interviews have been organized with cartoonists, illustrators and professionals of the ninth Art to discuss how they engage with the Italian language to produce their work.

#SLIM2020 - National Convention for Australian Teachers of Italian

The Italian Embassy celebrates #SLIM2020 by organising the 5th National Convention for Australian Teachers of Italian, Saturday 24th October 2020 via Zoom from the Italian Language Centre in Brisbane.

MLOL - MediaLibraryOnLine Digital lending

A digital lending platform with the largest collection of content for all Italian libraries. It is a new library service available for free to the public of the IIC Melbourne! Read more...

Events

The popular IIC bookclub is back for 2020!Wednesday, February 26, 2020 → Wednesday, November 25, 2020

*** The Bookclub is currently being held online, until further notice. If you love reading and you love Italy then this is the bookclub for you. With a glass of wine in hand, we chat about the book of the month, which can be read in Italian or in English. The theme for 2020 will be Italian extremes, exe...

Here are the dates for the Afternoon session of the 2020 BookclubThursday, February 27, 2020 → Thursday, October 29, 2020

*** The Bookclub is currrently being held online, until further notice. Italian Cultural Institute Book Club for 2020 - AFTERNOON SESSION! Each year American, Australian and British publishers choose just a handful of Italian novels for translation. The majority of those novels are written by men. This Book club aims...

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Course

Lingua, letteratura, editoria

Fumetto and StorytellingThursday, October 22, 2020

Webinar with cartoonists Thomas Campi, Lorena Canottiere and Manuele Fior. 20th Week of Italian Language in the WorldUnder the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. Italian between words and images: graffiti, illustrations, comics Each year the Italian language is celebrated worldwide during the Week...

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Lingua, letteratura, editoria

XX Week of the Italian Language in the World: National Conference for Teachers of Italian in AustraliaSaturday, October 24, 2020

The Italian language is celebrated worldwide during "The Week of the Italian Language in the World", a cultural event which was launched in 2001 through the joint action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Accademia della Crusca. Each year it focuses on a theme that acts as the l...

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Three Myths and a Ghost. Giurgola, Taglietti, Piano and Nervi. The enduring success of the Italian contribution to the Australian architectureThursday, November 05, 2020

Webinar with by Silvia Micheli and Paolo Stracchi. 4th Italian Design Day. The first Italian Design Day was held in 2017 under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Heritage and ITA – Italian Trade Age...

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Architecture

Elm Tree House