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Friday, June 08, 2012  | Il principio di perfezione nel pensiero dantesco
(The principle of perfection in Dante's thought)
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Check the latest arrivals: books and DVDs now available at the IIC Melbourne.
"La Sicilia nella preistoria"
by Sebastiano Tusa
"Federico II: Un Imperatore Medioevale"
by David Abulafia.
Click here for more details. Visit our library page to use our on-line catalogue. |
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Discounts on some of the events with which the Institute is involved in either a supporting or collaborative capacity such as the Italian Film Festival and Melbourne City Opera
Frequent give aways such as cinema and concert tickets
Information regarding over 100 scholarships to Italy exclusively available to Institute members
Access and borrowing rights to the Institute library and resources including over 11,000 volumes, magazines, DVDs, CDs and videocassettes
$10.00 discount off
NGV membership
10% discount of
Italian Villa Vacation
10% discount off
Restaurant Partners
(Please note that benefits at partner restaurants may only be redeemed upon presentation of Member's non-transferable Card. Offers are valid once only per day at any given restaurant.)
10% discounts at:
- Café Latte (Toorak)
- Ecco Restaurant (South Yarra)
- Fleischer Cakes (Malvern)
- Pizzette (South Yarra)
- San Luca (South Yarra)
- Sotto e Sopra
(Melbourne)
-Seasons Provedore (Carlton)
20% discount off drinks at:
-The Italian Corner
(Fitzroy)
(On the evenings "Aperitivo Italiano" every Friday evening from 6.30pm onwards)
A free glass of wine upon purchase of a meal at:
-La Notte
(Carlton)
2 for 1 gelatos at:
-Tutto Bene
(Southgate)
A free cup of coffee with a purchase of $3.00 or more at:
-Brunetti
(Camberwell)
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EARTHQUAKE CHARITY DINNER
6.30pm on August 10, 2012
at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
The Italian Consul General of Victoria and Tasmania, in conjunction with La Dolce Italia, is holding a charity dinner to raise funds for the Emilia Romagna earthquake.
The charity dinner is to be held on Friday 10 August 2012, during the official opening day of "La Dolce Italia" at the Royal Exhibition Building, and will feature an exclusive eight course degustation menu matched with rare wines created by 2 Michelin Star Chef Patrick Dang, Italian pastry champion Emanuele Forcone and Italy's Female Sommelier of the Year Karen Casagrande.
For more information, click here or visit the Dolce Italia's official website.
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9.30am-3.00pm on July 3, 4, 5, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Through activity-based learning your child will be speaking Mandarin in no time at all. What could be better than spending your wet winter holiday having fun and learning a language too? |
 IIC Language and Culture Courses
Term 3: Monday 16 July - Saturday 22 September, 2012
We are pleased to inform you that enrolments for term 3, 2012 are now open. The IIC Melbourne offers a wide range of courses, from standard to tailored ones which are designed to suit all level of competencies and needs.
In addition to our general, conversation, intensive, culture and children's courses, our special course for this term is the Italian Art History Course by Petra Cipriani, former Professor Assistant at San Diego University, California.
Courses for children also start on July 16.
For further information visit our website or call 03 9866 4729.
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 Ancient Mediterranean Marine Cultural Heritage Keynote address by Professor Sebastiano Tusa
9.39-10.30am on July 18, 2012 at the Museo Italiano (199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Melbourne)
The Conference " South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions " will run between 17th and 21st July 2012 at the Museo Italiano located in the heart of Melbourne's Italian precinct in Carlton. This inter-disciplinary conference will focus on the movement of people and interactions of culture in the Mediterranean region of Southern Italy and Sicily from antiquity until the present by fostering critical analysis of geographical and chronological interconnections in Southern Italy and Sicily. The program will include exhibitions at the Hellenic Museum and the Museo Italiano of ancient Greek vases from Southern Italy and Sicily as well as other pieces from the collection of the Trendall Research Centre along with a tour of the world-class resources held at the A.D. Trendall Research Centre at La Trobe University. Consideration of cultural interaction, population movements, and changing religious and philosophical ideas over a period of approximately 3000 years will prompt scholarly discussion around continuity and change over time in this region of the Mediterranean. Admission: Full rate: $200/$160 (Consession) One day attendance:$45/$40 (Consession)
For registration, please visit the online registration page on the La Trobe University's website.
For more information about this conference including conference program and abstracts, please visit the La Trobe University's website. |
 Pre-Roman Sicily: at the Crossroads of Indigenous and Settler Civilizations6.30pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building,
The University of Melbourne
This lecture, delivered by one of the world's leading specialists, will provide a fascinating perspective on Sicily's thriving pre-Roman civilization. The closing centuries of the 2nd millennium BCE witnessed the rise of a proto-urban development that produced sizeable and socially stratified settlements in Sicily.
This process was interrupted by migration of some ethnic groups from the Italian Peninsula around 1000 BCE and by a series of Greek and Phoenician colonisation waves. This transformational period saw a great impulse in urban planning, architecture and art in the Greek part of Sicily, while its now predominantly Phoenician west became an integral part of Carthage's large-scale international trade operation. This distinct subdivision of Sicily into three different ethnic, political and cultural enclaves would roughly last until the gradual Roman conquests of the First and Second Punic Wars (264-201 BCE).
Professor Sebastiano Tusa is Professor of Prehistory at the Corso di Laurea in Beni Culturali - Universitŕ Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples. He has over forty years' experience in the survey and excavation of archaeological sites in Italy, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. Since 2004 and 2011 respectively he also holds the position of Soprintendenza del Mare of Regione Siciliana as well that of Superintendent of Cultural Heritage for the Province of Trapani. Professor Tusa has published numerous books and articles on the pre-history of Sicily and Mediterranean maritime archaeology.
Free Admission For registration, please visit the Melbourne University's website.
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 Roman sites Paintings by Alex Zubryn Until Friday, August 3, 2012 at the IIC Melbourne
Roman Sites is a series of paintings depicting the architecture of Rome in relation to contemporary life. The inspiration for the series comes from time spent by the artist at the British School in Rome on an Australia Council residency in 2000-2001. Living in Rome presented the opportunity to explore and appreciate this monumental urban space and to begin the journey of discovery through Rome's historical layers. This motivated Alex to split up the imagery of urban scenes. Sections of the views are sorted and stacked in the way of an archaeological dig. The exhibition includes depictions of the Pantheon, Largo Argentina, The Esposizione Universale di Roma as well as painterly descriptions of Roman brick formations gleaned from outer sites such as Ostia Antica and Hadrian's Villa. The picture shown is a detail of the work "Largo Argentina", 2003, oil on canvas, 79 x 300cm by A.Zubryn. Exhibition Opening Hours
Monday -Thursday 9.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00, Friday 9.00-13.00) Free Admission |
By popular demand !
5 Additional free passes
- Give Away for IIC Members Proudly supported by the IIC, Melbourne. La Dolce Italia Festival 2012 will showcase the best of Italian food, wine, fashion, tourism, sport and art all together under the one roof transforming the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton into 'Little Italy'. There will be so many things to see and do, from fashion parades to food and wine masterclasses, from sport to arts and crafts. The IIC, Melbourne will be giving away additional 5 free passes to La Dolce Italia festival (General admittance ticket $35) - to the first five IIC, Melbourne members/students to respond to this e-newsletter.
To receive your pass to La Dolce Italia Festival, please e-mail us at bookings.iicmelbourne@esteri.it with your details (Name, address and contact number). 5 passes available for this MEMBER/STUDENT'S ONLY give-away. Only winners will be notified via email. Winners will be notified via email.
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WANT TO STUDY ITALIAN IN ITALY?
Every year the Italian Institute of Culture is offered a certain number of short term scholarships from the various Italian educational institutions. Don't miss this month's offers:
Discover Florence, "the cradle of the Renaissance", and its World Heritage listed Historic Centre and artistic treasures. An art centre to rival any in the world.
* ABC School, Florence: 1 scholarship at 100% for a 4 week standard course and 10 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 1, 2, 3 or 4 week standard course.
* Istituto Europeo, Florence: 1 scholarship at 100% for a 4 week intensive course and 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 4 week intensive course.
* Istituto il David, Florence: 1 scholarship for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 4 week standard course.
* Eurocentres, Florence: 1 scholarship at 100% for a 4 week standard course and 2 scholarships for a 50% reduction on the cost of a 4 week standard course.
Short term scholarships are available only to current members and students. To become a member please click here.
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Phone:
General enquiries, events information & bookings
+61 3 9866 5931
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Fax: +61 3 9867 3696
Web:www.iicmelbourne.esteri.it
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