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April 6, 2018 @ 5:30 am - 8:00 am Literary historian Susannah Fullerton delighted us in August with a talk on why Italy has been such a magnet to writers over the centuries. Details Date: April 6, 2018 Time: 5:30 am - 8:00 am Event Category: Past Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Club Marconi 259 Riley St Surry Hills 2010, NSW 2010 Australia

April 8, 2018 @ 12:00 am - 2:00 am A presentation by a delegation of the city of Foligno of a faithful replica of the first printed edition in 1472 of the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri. On April 11th 1472, the city of Foligno (Umbria region) saw the first ever printed edition of Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia. The printing was carried out by the master printer Johann Numeister, a pupil of Gutenberg, with the collaboration of the Foligno minter Emiliano Orfini. Why exactly in Foligno? What kind of process, printing style and characters were used? What were the characteristics of the paper that guaranteed durability over the years? What were the illustrations like? The talk examined the early establishment of printing in Umbria, exploring the reasons of its emergence in Foligno, leading to the production of the Editio Princeps of Dante’s masterpiece. Add to calendar Details Date: April 8, 2018 Time: 12:00 am - 2:00 am Event Category: Past Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Dante Alighieri School level 3 suite 38 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney Australia

April 27, 2018 @ 4:00 am - 5:30 am No appreciation of Italian language and culture could be complete without an understanding of historic Rome and the ways of the ancient Romans. The extremely-rich archaeology of Rome provides extensive information on how the ancient Romans lived, governed, and made community decisions on their civic and private amenities. Richard Mann is a Sydney-based architect with extensive international experience. His practice at Ecosystem Architecture employs principles of design and building that have foundations in Roman times and beyond. Richard has studied the buildings of ancient Rome, focusing on the human aspects; the people who drew up the plans, arranged permissions and resources, did the construction and made use of these buildings for more than a thousand years. In his presentation, Richard explained how the old stones and cement (opus caementicium) of Rome yield up secrets of the past, inspire contemporary society and enrich our appreciation of modern Italy. Details Date: April 27, 2018 Time: 4:00 am - 5:30 am Event Category: Past Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Phone: 92830261 Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue St. Joseph’s Church Hall 12 Albert Street Edgecliff, NSW 2027 Australia

April 27, 2018 @ 4:30 am - 6:30 am Dr. Alice Loda, a Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, talked about immigrants’ poetry in Italy. Traditionally a country of emigration, over the past four decades it also increasingly became one of destination and transit. Her talk described the progressive emerging of migrant voices in contemporary Italian literature, and explored their positioning within the relevant literary debate. It then presented and analysed a selection of works produced in Italian by authors born in non-Italophone countries, focusing in particular on poetry writing and on literary collectives. Details Date: April 27, 2018 Time: 4:30 am - 6:30 am Event Category: Past Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Dante Alighieri School level 3 suite 38 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney Australia

May 18, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $20 Vice-president Concetta Cirigliano Perna spoke about the wonderful city of Matera, 2019 European Capital of Culture, while actress Bianca Bonino read some excerpts from “Cristo si è fermato ad Eboli” and “L’uva Puttanella”. Details Date: May 18, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Cost: $20 Event Categories: Past Events, Society Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au

November 14, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - November 15, 2018 @ 12:30 am The Dante Alighieri Society Sydney end-of-the-year party 2018! Over 150 guests made this year’s party a memorable one, thank you all! Details Start: November 14, 2018 @ 8:00 pm End: November 15, 2018 @ 12:30 am Event Categories: Past Events, Society Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Grappa Ristorante e Bar

December 16, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm l Porcellino is the bronze statue that graces Macquarie Street at the entrance of the Old Sydney Hospital. The statue, surprisingly not known to many sydneysiders, was donated to the City of Sydney by the Marchioness Clarissa Fiaschi Torrigiani on 16 December 1968 in memory of her father, Dr. Tommaso Fiaschi. Dr. Fiaschi was an extraordinary gentleman who in 1896 founded the Dante Alighieri Society Sydney, but he is also and maybe better known as a surgeon who introduced sterilisation techniques to Australia, as a member of the medical core of the Australian army during the Boer War, and during the WWI in which achieved the rank of general. He also served in the Italian army during that war. One additional achievement was the establishment of a vineyard “Tizzana” on the Hawkesbury River with cuttings he brought from France and Germany. The vineyard is still active, albeit in different hands. The 16th of December marks the 50th anniversary of the placement of the statue of Il Porcellino, as it is known, in Macquarie Street and the descendants of Dr. Fiaschi celebrated the event with a well attended ceremony in the courtyard of the Old Sydney Hospital. Mr. Jim Robertson, a Sydney great great grandson of Dr. Fiaschi, reunited several members of the family, some had not seen each other for many years and had arrived from Italy, in the presence of the Deputy Mayor of Sydney, Mrs. Linda Scott who welcomed the guests and relatives of Dr. Fiaschi. Present were Mr. Lanfranco Secco Suardo from Bergamo, Tom Yates, Nigel McCarthy who narrated recollections of the family and Fabio Carosone, president of the Dante Alighieri Society Sydney, who introduced a brief history of the Society and the present condition of the learning of the Italian language in Australia and, in particular, in Sydney. After refreshments and appetisers, a cake with the image of Il Porcellino was cut by Jim and the deputy mayor Linda Scott and enjoyed by all. All the guests then assembled by the Porcellino for photos and coin donations to the statue. Details Date: December 16, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Event Categories: Italian SYD Events, Past Events, Society Events Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au

August 15, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Free Dear members and friends of the Dante, we invite you to join us on this meaningful occasion! The Dante Alighieri Society Sydney will donate its precious copy of the Divina Commedia – The Divine Comedy – to the University of Sydney, which has organised a special event to celebrate this donation. On 15 August 2019, from 4 to 6:30 pm, come and meet us at the Fisher Library, where Prof. Nerida Newbigin and Dr. Francesco Borghesi will entertain us with a tailored talk. The event is free and open to everyone. For further information, either contact us or Dr. Borghesi. Details Date: August 15, 2019 Time: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Cost: Free Event Categories: Italian SYD Events, Past Events, Society Events Website: https://slc-events.sydney.edu.au/calendar/inspired-giving-dante-collection-university-of-sydney-library Organisers Dante Alighieri Society Sydney University of Sydney Venue Fisher Library, room 218 – University of Sydney Fisher Library (F03), Eastern Ave, University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006

June 2, 2017 The Dante Alighieri Society Sydney held a retrospective on Totò, one of Italy’s most famous and polyhedral comic actors, at the Club Marconi. Date: June 2, 2017 Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Dante Alighieri School level 3 suite 38 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney Australia

July 6, 2017 Pianist Elisa Berti talked about Arturo Toscanini, one of the greatest conductors the world has ever seen, with the aid of rare original audio and video documents. This talk was held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Toscanini’s birth. Details Date: July 6, 2017 Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email: enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Dante Alighieri Schoollevel 3 suite 38 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney

August 10, 2017 Giovannino Guareschi was a journalist, writer, and humorist. Along with Giovanni Mosca and Giaci Mondaini he founded the humorous magazine “Candido”. He was the author of the “Don Camillo” series, based of stories of the two main characters of his books: Don Camillo, the priest, and Peppone, the communist Mayor, characters in constant but “affectionate” battle. Date: August 10, 2017 Time:4:00 am Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney Email:enquiries@dantealighieri.com.au Venue Dante Alighieri School level 3 suite 38, 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney

Dr. Marco Abbondanza, an ophthalmic surgeon with more than 30 years’ experience, talked about the most recent advances in ophthalmology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He discussed the latest research dealing with refractive errors, keratoconus, glaucoma, retinopathies, and cataracts, with the aid of data, pictures and videos from his own surgical experience. Ophthalmologists, academics, orthoptists, biostatisticians, journalists and university students attended Dr. Marco Abbondanza’s conference at UTS, contributing to a long and pleasant Q&A session. Date: September 1, 2017 Time:4:00 am - 6:00 am Organiser Dante Alighieri Society Sydney UTS Venue UTS Level 13 Building 1, 15 Broadway Ultimo, NSW 2007

The ARA PACIS is a monumental altar located in Rome and dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace, built in 13 B.C. to honour the return of Emperor Augustus to Rome. Add to calendar Details Date:September 12, 2017 Time:4:00 am - 5:30 am Organiser Dante Alighieri Venue: Dante Alighieri School level 3 suite 38, 104 Bathurst Street, Sydney

November 20, 2017 @ 5:00 am - 6:30 am Pasta and Jazz Pasta Emilia 259 Riley St, Surry Hills 2010, NSW Join us for a fun evening with live entertainment by well known singer songwriter Carlotta Centanni. Pasta Emilia259 Riley St Surry Hills 2010,NSW 2010

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