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PROGRAMME OF CULTURAL EVENTS

The Dublin International Film Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, is Ireland’s premier event, taking place in February each year. DIFF curates and presents the best in emerging international and Irish film and moving image culture for a wide audience through its flagship annual festival, which aims to offer memorable experiences through audience interaction and engagements with filmmakers, actors and industry professionals, along with informed debate about the future of film as an art form. The festival is driven by a passionate belief in the power of film, across all its many genres and source cultures, and it is committed to introducing Irish audiences to provocative, inspirational and thought-provoking international cinema which might not otherwise be seen here. This year’s edition will take place between Wednesday 20th February and Sunday 3rd March. More details TBA on www.diff.ie and www.iicdublino.esteri.it

FIRST FORTNIGHT FESTIVALFirst Fortnight is an Irish charity that challenges mental health prejudice through arts and cultural action. 2019 will see a unique edition of the First Fortnight festival, as the organisers secured the right to host the Europe’s Mental Health festival in Ireland. This year’s festival will showcase the vibrancy and diversity of modern Ireland with an emphasis on the European community. The Italian Institute of Culture, will host a mental health related event as part of the festival. More details in the following pages.

LUNEDÌ AL CINEMAMonday at the Cinema is a series of screenings dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema, promoted in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. All the films are shown at the IIC in Italian with English or Italian subtitles. Free admission.

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READING DANTE AT THE IICSeveral times throughout the Commedia Dante addresses the lettore with the belief that he will be read by the futura gente – ourselves, and this we did and shall do again with Prof. Corinna Salvadori Lonergan and read the conclusion of the journey, the final cantica, Paradiso. Although Dante is ‘transhumanized’, his heavenly experience is shared with us and placed in the context of our human condition, on our earth, so small in the cosmos, and tragically ‘l’aiuola che ci fa tanto feroci’, a threshing ground that makes us fierce. It was not intended, but the resulting number of readings will be 33, very Dantean.

The encounters will take place in the Pavilion at the Italian Institute of Culture on Tuesdays at 6.30pm. The explanation will be in English and the reading of the text in Italian. We look forward to welcoming all who want to enjoy the wonder of the Commedia, readers old and new. Don’t worry if your Italian is not perfect - Dante will improve it.

GIORNATA DELLA RICERCA ITALIANA NEL MONDO Italian Research Day

III GIORNATA DEL DESIGN ITALIANO NEL MONDO 3rd Italian Design DayThe Italian Design Day in the World, an integrated promotion project launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to highlight the excellence and peculiarities of Italian design around the world, reaches its third edition. This year’s Design Day, taking place on Wednesday 20th March, will focus on “the cities of the future”. In the upcoming months, the IIC will organise specific events and make available a variety of online resources dedicated to Italian design. More details TBA.

All events taking place at the Italian Institute of Culture are free unless otherwise stated. In order to minimize disappointment, we strongly recommend booking your

seat in advance. Please check booking requirements in the following pages. Please note that the programme is subject to change: up-to-date details can be found

on our website and Facebook page.

Celebrated on 15th April (marking Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday), the Italian Research Day is a project organised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research to acknowledge the relevance of scientific and technological research work that Italian nationals conduct abroad. More details TBA.

Friday 18th January - 7.30pmDublin Unitarian Church, 112 St. Stephen’s Green, D2Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Tenores di Neoneli Gramsci: un’Omine, una Vida Recital on the life of Antonio Gramsci with Orlando Mascia and Eliseo Mascia

The Coro a Tenores – Cultura Popolare di Neoneli, founded in 1976, is a group of canto a tenore, a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of the island of Sardinia. One of its founders, Tonino Cau, is still the leader of the group at this present day. In forty years of activity the Tenores have travelled in every corner of Sardinia and all over the five continents, bringing Sardinian popular culture in more than 30 different countries. The recital Gramsci: un’Omine, una Vida is a series of songs focusing on life episodes of the Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci, native of Sardinia.

Thursday 17th January - 7.30pmNational Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, D2 Tickets available on www.nch.ie

Marco Ramelli NCH International Guitar Series For info and tickets: www.nch.ie

This concert features the Milan-born guitarist and composer Marco Ramelli, professor of guitar at the DIT Conservatory of Music in Dublin. The programme focuses on the expressive and exhilarating music of the mid-20th century virtuoso Agustin Barrios Mangoré, the self-style ‘Paganini of the guitar’, and includes two contemporary works – one by Raffaele de Giacometti dedicated to Marco Ramelli and one by Ramelli himself. The concert is part of a series of six concerts focusing primarily on guitarist composers, curated by the NCH and Redmond O’Toole.

Nello is the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients in 1980s Italy. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law, many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them, although there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.

First Fortnight Mental Health and Arts FestivalFilm screening: Si può fare Directed by Giulio Manfredonia, 2008 In Italian with English subtitles

Monday 14th January - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking essential on www.firstfortnight.ie

In 1938 Mussolini’s racial laws entered into force and Italians were induced by propaganda to accept the persecution of a minority that had been living peacefully in Italy for centuries. 1938 - Diversi sets out to describe what those laws meant for Italian Jews and how the population, both Jewish and non-Jewish, reacted to racism and persecution. The film shows how Jews were transformed in the space of a few months into diversi, or “different” people, and then into enemies of the nation. Introduction by Martina Piperno (UCC). In collaboration with the Irish Jewish Museum.

Monday 28th January - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.itLunedì al Cinema Holocaust Remembrance Day: 1938 - Diversi Directed by Giorgio Treves, 2018 In Italian with English subtitles

Tuesday 22nd January - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Exposing lives Carla Cerati’s photographic exploration of Italy Talk by Giorgia Alù (University of Sidney) In English

Carla Cerati is generally remembered for her contribution, along with photographer Gianni Berengo Gardin, to the book Morire di classe, a shocking enquiry into the condition of Italian mental institutions. Her artistic career, however, includes a vast production of photographs of Milan and other parts of Italy, and the publication of numerous (semi)fictional stories. By looking in particular at her photographs of Italian society, this seminar will explore how, as a female artist, mother and wife, Carla Cerati’s art emanates from the domestic and the private and moves outdoor to interpret the world around her. In collaboration with Trinity College Dublin.

Coined by film director Piers Haggard, the term ‘folk horror’ has become ubiquitous in contemporary British culture, denoting both a genre and a veritable ‘tonality’ underlying Britain’s relationship with its own past, repeatedly resurfacing in visual culture, literature, and music. Folk horror has also become a peculiarly trans-national phenomenon, finding specific resonances in Italian culture. By moving from his book Italia lunare, Fabio Camilletti will explore the still uncharted region of ‘Italian folk horror’ through cinema, literature, music, and ethnology.

Italian Folk Horror Wyrd, Occulture, Psychedelia Lecture by Fabio Camilletti (University of Warwick) Introduced by Enrica Maria Ferrara (UCD)

Tuesday 29th January - 4pm Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, D2Booking details TBA

The Italian pop-rock band led by Francesco Sarcina are getting ready to bring their vibrant sound to some of the best European stages for the first time. Hits such as Così Sbagliato and Amore Zen will be part of the setlist along with their best-loved classics, which will bring old and new fans together in a music journey across Europe - a great opportunity for the band to reconnect and get closer to their audience while enjoying intimate settings in European capitals. Their energetic rock vibe will sound loud and clear, that’s a promise!

Le Vibrazioni Così sbagliato European tour 2019 Organised by TIJ Events

Monday 11th February - 8pmWhelan’s, 25 Wexford St., D2Tickets available on www.wavtickets.ie

Lunedì al Cinema A cavallo della tigre Directed by Carlo Mazzacurati, 2002 In Italian with English subtitles

A remake of the 1961 classic by Luigi Comencini. Guido, a Milanese gambler who is in debt up to his ears, organizes a fake kidnapping to pay off the money he owes. His young girlfriend Antonella helps him. However, everything goes wrong and Guido is arrested while Antonella gets away with the ransom. Two and a half year later, Guido is about to be released from prison when his two cell mates, Fatih and Hamid, ask for his help to escape.

Monday 18th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Thursday 7th FebruaryBoole Library, University College CorkMore details TBA

Opening of the exhibitionIrish in Italy Irish Literature and Politics in Italy in the first half of the 20th Century

The Irish in Italy exhibition, taking place between January and March, aims to illustrate the progressive emergence of Ireland as an autonomous entity, both culturally and politically, in the Italian public consciousness, focusing on the role of pioneer publishers and translators. Irish in Italy displays several important documents such as letters by Pavese, Joyce, Montale, Yeats, Linati and first editions of Irish literature in Italy, both in periodicals and in book form. The exhibition will also feature talks by Lauren Arrington, Alessandro Gentili and John McCourt. More details TBA.

Friday 22nd February- 7.30pmNational Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, D2 Tickets available on www.nch.ie

Pavel Steidl NCH International Guitar Series For info and tickets: www.nch.ie

This concert features the guitarist Pavel Steidl, one of the most celebrated of contemporary guitar virtuosos, in a programme focusing on Italian music of the 19th

century by Legnani, Regondi, Giuliani and Paganini (a fine guitarist as well as one of the greatest violinists of all time). The concert is part of a series of six concerts focusing primarily on guitarist composers, curated by the NCH and Redmond O’Toole.Presented in association with Dublin Guitar Symposium/DIT Conservatory of Music.

Thursday 21st February- 6.30pmNational Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, D2Booking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Il Quartetto di VeneziaMusic of La Serenissima In collaboration with NGI Sponsored by Mediolanum International Funds

The Quartetto di Venezia (Quartet in Residence at the Fondazione GiorgioCini in Venice) will perform an engaging concert featuring the music of Boccherini, Mozart, Malipiero and Cherubini in the beautiful surroundings of the National Gallery of Ireland’s show room. The concert is part of a series of events organised by the NGI around the exhibition Canaletto and the art of Venice. St. Joseph’s Church in Galway will host a performance of the Quartetto on Wednesday 20th February, organised by Music for Galway.

Reading Dante at the IIC - ParadisoThe Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to announce the new season of the series “Reading Dante at the IIC” with Corinna Salvadori Lonergan. All readings begin at 6.30pm. The calendar for the upcoming months is the following: 19/02: 6th Heaven: justice, just rulers, virtuous heathens (XVIII-XX) 12/03: 7th Heaven: Benedict; 8th Heaven: triumph of Christ (XXI-XXIII)02/04: Peter, James, John and the theological virtues (XXIV-XXVI)16/04: 9th Heaven; Beatrice’s condemnation of greed (XXVII-XXX)

30/04: Empyrean; Dante’s ‘homecoming’ and vision (XXXI-XXXIII) [Lithograph by Liam Ó Broin]

Friday 8th March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Jhumpa Lahiri Launch of The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories In English and Italian

Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London to Bengali parents and raised in the United States. After winning a Pulitzer Prize and publishing several books, she decided to move to Rome and begin writing in Italian. The collection Italian Short Stories brings together forty writers that have shaped her love of the Italian language. The wide ranging selection includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. In collaboration with Penguin Books and Istituto Italiano di Cultura - London.

Thursday 28th February - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Roma: a novel by Vittorio Giacopini Beauty and decay: a journey through Rome with Vittorio Giacopini and Enrico Terrinoni In Italian

Rome, its streets and its unmistakable language are at the core of countless literary productions which depict the main feature and contradiction of the Eternal City: the endless war between beauty and decay. In his novel Roma, Vittorio Giacopini paints a grim picture of modern-day Rome and even predicts its literal destruction... Vittorio Giacopini is a writer, essayist and radio host. Enrico Terrinoni, academic and translator, is currently working on the Italian translation of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

A lost key and an accidental touch of cold hands in the dark – so begins the tender romance at the heart of La Bohème, one of the best loved of all operas and a smash hit for over a century. Rodolfo and his friends lead a typical student existence, dodging the landlord and carousing at the Café Momus. Everything changes when Rodolfo meets Mimì - the girl from upstairs - and they fall deeply in love. Acclaimed Artistic Director Vivian J. Coates brings the story to the evocative 1950s, with a first class cast of Irish and international singers.

La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Presented by Lyric Opera Productions

From 23rd to 26th FebruaryNational Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, D2 Tickets available on www.nch.ie

Monday 11th March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Sponsored by Regione Sardegna, Visioni Sarde is a collection of short films, documentaries and avant-garde films by young Sardinian filmmakers. The five shorts selected for our screening (Deu ti amu!, Isole, Je ne veux pas mourir, L’ultimo miracolo, Tu ridi) show a hidden side of Sardinian culture, where traditions merge with modernity, urban landscapes blend with rural scenery, and reality and fantasy collide. In collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna.

Thursday 14th March - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Ciao amore ciao Recital on Luigi Tenco - with Nino Racco In Italian

Lunedì al Cinema Visioni Sarde Short films by young Sardinian filmmakers In Italian with English subtitles

Thursday 21st March - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.itWorld Poetry Day Music and Poetry at the IIC With Marco Ramelli More details TBA

Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings. Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate the innermost values of diverse cultures. For this reason, a decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session, held in Paris in 1999. In occasion of World Poetry Day 2019, the IIC will host a night of music and poetry reading with guitarist Marco Ramelli and many other special guests. More details TBA.

Ciao amore ciao was the last song and the “suicide note” of the legendary singer-songwriter Luigi Tenco, who took his own life in 1967, shortly after performing at the Sanremo Festival. Tenco subsequently became an icon of love and despair and his artistic legacy lives on to these days. The actor Nino Racco incorporates music and storytelling in his homage to the songwriter, focusing on Tenco’s struggles and on his human and artistic tragedy.

Buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and later brought back to light, Pompeii is not only the world’s most complete surviving ancient city, but is also constituted of the overlapping of a large number of restorations, reconstructions, and museological reconfigurations carried out from 1748 to the present. Using a variety of examples, architectural historian Gabriella Cianciolo will discuss the restoration, musealization, and reception history of Pompeii, focusing particularly on questions of heritage preservation and architectural innovation.

How much of Pompeii is Pompeii? Restoration, musealization, and reception of the Vesuvian City Lecture by Gabriella Cianciolo - In English

Wednesday 27th March - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lia Levi Questa sera è già domani In English and Italian

Thursday 4th April - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lia Levi, born in Pisa in 1931 to a Jewish family of Piedmontese origins, is a journalist, founder of the magazine Shalom and author of several works of fiction largely dedicated to Jewish history and themes. Her novels provide insight into the trials and tragedies facing Italian Jews during the 20th century as well as documentation of their great contributions to the development of Italian civilization. From her writing, Levi’s readers gain a truer emotional and intellectual understanding of the past.

Lunedì al Cinema Acqua e zucchero - Carlo Di Palma: i colori della vita Directed by Fariborz Kamkari, 2016 In Italian with English subtitles

Monday 25th March - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Cinema’s magic is the running theme of this warm documentary about the life and works of visionary cinematographer Carlo Di Palma, whose working maxim was “la luce, la luce, la luce” (light, light, light). Di Palma collaborated with directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni and Woody Allen: his innovations in colour with Antonioni’s Red Desert and Blow-Up, set him apart as a genius of the medium. Director Fariborz Kamkari threads together stunning excerpts from the films with interviews. The result is a glorious celebration of a humanist and an engaged artist of uncommon talent.

Italo, a stray dog, befriends Meno, a young boy from the Sicilian village of Scicli who is living a lonely childhood after his mother’s death. Unfortunately the boy’s father Antonio, Mayor of Scicli, has a zero-tolerance policy on stray dogs in town. While Antonio is stuck between trying to find a connection with his son and overcoming grief by diving straight into his work, Italo wreaks havoc in the streets of Scicli and ends up facilitating unexpected changes in the lives of locals. Based on a true story.

Monday 8th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Wednesday 10th April - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

The Castle of Melfi in Basilicata is one of the most important medieval castles in Southern Italy. Built by the Normans in the 11th Century, it hosted synods and ecumenical councils and became the residence of Emperor Frederick II: there, he promulgated the Constitutions of Melfi (code of laws of the Kingdom of Sicily) in 1231. Today, the castle hosts an important archaeological museum. Maria Chiara Monaco is a lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Basilicata, author of over 100 papers and an expert in ancient Greek history.

Lunedì al Cinema Italo Directed by Alessia Scarso, 2014 In Italian with English subtitles

Archeologia nel castello The Castle of Melfi and the National Archaeological Museum “Massimo Pallottino” Lecture by Maria Chiara Monaco - In English

Places and spaces in women’s writing with Simona Storchi and Sharon Wood Chaired by Ursula Fanning (UCD)In English and Italian

Friday 12th April - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Simona Storchi and Sharon Wood (University of Leicester) discuss the Festschrift for Professor Wood Women and the Public Sphere in Modern and Contemporary Italy, which looks at the multifaceted relationship between women and the public sphere from the mid-19th to the early 21st century through the lens of space and place studies, and gender and queer studies to name but a few of the approaches. The event will be chaired by Ursula Fanning (UCD).

Two precarious workers, a pensioner, and an old bully discover the sport of curling by chance and decide to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, in which Italy automatically has a qualified team being the host country. Despite being highly motivated, the four friends have little experience and their training methods are unrefined to say the least; moreover, their families strongly disapprove of their new project. The Olympics will change their lives in unexpected ways.

Monday 29th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Lunedì al Cinema La mossa del pinguino Directed by Claudio Amendola, 2013 In Italian with English subtitles

In his book La più bella del mondo Stefano Jossa tells stories about rhymes, invented languages, impossible riddles, poets in Sanremo and meeting Dante for lunch. Through these stories, the readers can discover how much they truly love the Italian language, its structures, the way it evolved and adapted through the centuries and - above all - its literature, which is what makes Italian a ‘living being’. Stefano Jossa is a literary critic and lecturer at the Royal Holloway, University of London.

La più bella del mondo Reasons to fall in love with the Italian language with Stefano Jossa - In English and Italian Introduced by Enrica Maria Ferrara (UCD)

Thursday 25th April - 6.30pmItalian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

Why is chemistry so relevant in our daily life? What are the most challenging opportunities of today’s chemistry? What are young and promising Italian researchers doing in Dublin under the guidance of Professor Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson? Prof. Gunnlaugsson is the principal investigator of the TG Supramolecular and Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, based in the School of Chemistry of Trinity College Dublin, which is at the cutting edge of research into supramolecular structures, sensor design and materials development.

Italian Research Day Everyday Chemistry with Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson In English

Date TBA - 6.30pm Italian Institute of CultureBooking recommended on www.iicdublino.esteri.it

CALENDAR OF EVENTSDAY TIME PLACE EVENT14/01 6.30pm IIC First Fortnight - Film screening: Si può fare17/01 7.30pm NCH Marco Ramelli - International Guitar Series18/01 7.30pm Unitarian Church Tenores di Neoneli22/01 6.30pm IIC Exposing lives - with Giorgia Alù28/01 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: 1938 - Diversi29/01 4.00pm TCD Italian Folk Horror - with Fabio Camilletti07/02 TBA Cork Opening of the exhibition Irish in Italy11/02 8.00pm Whelan’s Le Vibrazioni: Così sbagliato European tour18/02 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: A cavallo della tigre19/02 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC: Paradiso20/02 8.00pm Galway Quartetto di Venezia 21/02 6.30pm NGI Quartetto di Venezia: Music of La Serenissima22/02 7.30pm NCH Pavel Steidl - International Guitar Series23-26/02 NCH La Bohème by Lyric Opera Productions 28/02 6.30pm IIC Roma with V. Giacopini and E. Terrinoni08/03 6.30pm IIC Jhumpa Lahiri: Italian Short Stories11/03 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: Visioni sarde12/03 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC: Paradiso14/03 6.30pm IIC Ciao amore ciao - with Nino Racco20/03 ITALIAN DESIGN DAY21/03 6.30pm IIC World Poetry Day - music and poetry25/03 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: Acqua e zucchero27/03 6.30pm IIC Lecture on Pompeii by Gabriella Cianciolo02/02 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC: Paradiso04/02 6.30pm IIC Lia Levi: Questa sera è già domani08/04 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: Italo10/04 6.30pm IIC Lecture on Melfi by Mariachiara Monaco12/04 6.30pm IIC Places and spaces in women’s writingTBA 6.30pm IIC Italian Research Day - Everyday Chemistry16/04 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC: Paradiso25/04 6.30pm IIC Stefano Jossa: La più bella del mondo29/04 6.30pm IIC Lunedì al Cinema: La mossa del pinguino30/04 6.30pm IIC Reading Dante at the IIC: Paradiso

Details subject to change. Please check our website and Facebook page for updates.

OUR COURSESOur courses are structured according to the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students not previously enrolled in the IIC who wish to follow a course at a higher level than A1.1 should take an assessment test (free of charge - by appointment only). Please call us on (01) 662 0509 or 662 1507 for further details or to set up an appointment.Level A1.1 is for total beginners and those students with a very basic knowledge of Italian. No test is necessary for this level.Our courses will help you develop speaking, reading and writing skills in a structured and gradual manner. Our teachers are Italian graduates with extensive experience and special qualifications in the teaching of Italian as a foreign language. Their enthusiasm and ability is known throughout Dublin and beyond. Our sincere hope is that not only will you enjoy learning the Italian language but that you will partake in our cultural activities and promotion of Italian culture. Our programme of events includes lectures, concerts, seminars, and exhibitions. They are presented with free admission unless otherwise specified.

BURSARIESThe IIC will make available a number of study grants from private language schools in Italy (generally covering a percentage of the fee for a short-term course) to students who would like to experience a language course in Italy.

LIBRARYOur library includes a special “Easy Reader” section suitable for beginners.

ENROLMENT FEES INCLUDE• One year membership of the Library of the IIC.• A 10% discount at International Books, 18 South Frederick St, D2.• A 10% discount at “Pinocchio” Italian Restaurant, Luas Kiosk, Ranelagh, D6.

TERMS & CONDITIONSPlease note that due to organizational and administrative reasons the following terms and conditions apply:- Fees cannot be refunded or transferred from one term to another once a course has commenced.- Cancellations/Requests for refunds can only be accepted if made before the beginning of a course. The requests must be made in writing to the Director of the Institute and will be subject to a €50 administrative charge. - Please make sure that you will be able to attend the class you registered for on scheduled days/times. Class changes will only be allowed during the first week of the course. - The IIC reserves the right to cancel a course if an adequate number of students is not reached and to alter the timetable where necessary.

Italian Language Courses

SPRING TERM From 11th February 2019 to 17th June 2019Enrolments will start on Monday 14th January 2019

DEADLINE Friday 31st January 2019

ENROLMENT OFFICE HOURSMonday to Thursday from 11am to 7pm - Friday from 11am to 3pm .

Each course consists of 15 lessons/30 hours. Each class lasts 2 hours, including a 10 minute break. Classes will have a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 15 students.

TEXTBOOKSOur language courses employ the Contatto, Nuovo Contatto, Nuovo Magari and Nuovo Progetto Italiano series of textbooks. Students will be advised of the correct textbook upon enrolment. Books can be purchased at International Books, 18 South Frederick St, D2. Our students can avail of a 10% discount on all textbooks.

A1.1 - A1.2 - A1.3 Nuovo Contatto A1 Loescher EditoreA2.1 - A2.2 Nuovo Contatto A2 Loescher Editore

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B2.2 - B2.3 Contatto 2B Loescher EditoreAll levels C (advanced) Nuovo Progetto Italiano 3 Edilingua

Lingua, Società, Letteratura (advanced) Nuovo Magari C1/C2 Loescher Editore

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