Toronto – Starting on January 26, professor Franco Gallippi will offer the Toronto community the chance to embark on a journey across Italy’s culture and heritage. The initiative consists in a series of lectures at the Cinema Bloor in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of the city. The goal is to highlight the diversity in cuisine, literature, politics and society that has characterized Italy throughout its history. Professor Gallippi holds a PhD from University of Toronto bringing a thesis on Italo Calvino, “Calvino: Reader of Leopardi and Galileo”. He taught Italian language, literature and cinema for four years at McMasterUniversity. For the past five years, Gallippi has taught at the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto, while preparing a manuscript on Calvino, and continuing to publish essays and papers on Italian cinema and literature. The first day of the initiative will begin at 9am at Bloorcinema and those who have signed up for the course will receive all teaching material then. The cycle will end on March 8. (9colonne)
