A lecture by dr. Toni Veneri, University of Trieste. Event in collaboration with the Società Dante Alighieri in Haifa.
Young Italian scholars travelling between East and West
Young Italian scholars travelling between East and West "SECOND CLASS" ITALY, IN PAOLO RUMIZ'S EYES – 1. MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, RAILWAYSA lecture by dr. Toni Veneri, University of Trieste.Event in collaboration with the Società Dante Alighieri in Haifa.Paolo Rumiz (Trieste, 1947), special correspondent for the paper "Piccolo" and columnist for "La Repubblica", wrote a series of travel reportages about a far less known Italy, abandoned by both tourists and its own inhabitants. A double appointment at the IIC Haifa will introduce you to Rumiz's "second class" Italy, starting with its mountains, as described in La leggenda dei monti naviganti; its longest river, as seen in Morimondo; its secondary railway system (L'Italia in seconda classe); its many deserted locations (Le case degli spiriti). Toni Veneri lives in Trieste, where, after the archivist qualification (2009), he obtained in 2011 his PhD in Italian Literature and was appointed "cultore della materia" in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. Besides acting as Director of the Istituto Gramsci del Friuli Venezia Giulia, and working as a high school teacher (Literature, History, Latin), he is currently completing his post-doctoral research at the University of Haifa. His areas of interest overlap: the literary and scientific construction of space in late Medieval and early modern times; travel literature in its encounters with the history of cartography, art, print and diplomacy; theoretical issues between history and literature. Event held in Italian. Thursday, May 8th, 2014, at 19:00Italian Cultural Instituterehov Meir Rutberg 12 – Haifa