Books invade Milan: BookCity 2024 arrives

From November 11 to 17 , the new edition of BookCity Milano will take place: meetings with authors, writers, round tables, presentations, and debates whose absolute protagonists are books. As every year, the program is vast and varied, but we would like to point out two central themes that reflect current events and run through the Milan event. The first, in the age of wars and conflicts, is the theme of peace and coexistence; the second concerns Artificial Intelligence and its implications.

Once again this year our Athenaeum will be the scene of a series of events involving some of our faculty. There are two highlights, both on Thursday, Nov. 14: the meeting with Spanish writer Clara Usón, and the presentation of the re-edition of the volume by Salvatore Silvano Nigro, a former IULM professor, Il principe fulvo, dedicated to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which will be an opportunity to retrace the relationship between the Palermo writer and cinema. Also of special interest is the meeting with two important translators, Enrico Terrinoni and Gabriele Frasca who, starting with two recent books, will talk about Svevo, Joyce and Beckett.

Two meetings, which will be held outside IULM, are co-organized by our University: the presentation of the latest volume by Massimo De Giuseppe, IULM professor, part of the new series "Americhe" by the publisher Il Mulino, and the presentation of another new series that bears the title "Teatro classico in scena" (publisher Carocci), a meeting that will be coordinated by our Martina Treu.

Here is the list of events taking place at IULM:

"Words to Tell Conflicts."
In collaboration with the Cervantes Institute
Thursday 14/11 6 pm, Room 146 (IULM 6)
Meeting with Clara Usón, one of the most original voices in contemporary Spanish fiction, thanks to a writing that knows how to move between the historical document and literary fiction. With the novels The Daughter, The Shy Assassin, and The Fairs (all published in Italian by the publisher Sellerio. The Fairs will be released in early 2025) she creates a kind of trilogy of very young women who enter the workings of History with a capital S.
Guests: Clara Usón, Ana Vázquez Barrado; coordinated by Iaia Caputo

"Tomasi di Lampedusa and Cinema"
Thursday, 14/11, 4:30 p.m., Room 146 (IULM 6)
Presentation of Salvatore Silvano Nigro's book, Il principe fulvo, new edition, Sellerio, 2024.
Guests: Salvatore Carrubba, Salvatore Silvano Nigro; coordinated by Gianni Canova
Bibliography: Salvatore Silvano Nigro, Il principe fulvo, new edition, Sellerio, 2024.

"Encounters between Svevo and Joyce (not to mention Beckett)"
Wednesday, 13/11 at 6 pm, IULM University, Room 146 (IULM 6)
A talk on the relationships between these authors and their cultures of reference. Overlaps, hybrids, multilingualisms...
Guests: Enrico Terrinoni and Gabriele Frasca; coordinated by Paolo Giovannetti
Bibliography: Enrico Terrinoni, La vita dell'altro. Svevo, Joyce: un'amicizia geniale, Bompiani, Milan, 2023; Samuel Beckett. Romanzi, teatro e televisione, edited and with translation by Gabriele Frasca, Mondadori ("I Meridiani"), Milan, 2023.

"Dialogues on Peace on the Borders of War in Ukraine"
Wednesday, 13/11 3 p.m., Room 501 (IULM 5)
The meeting will feature a dialogue between Francesco Vietti, anthropologist and author of the volume MIR. Dialoghi sulla pace ai confini della guerra in Ucraina (People, 2023), researchers and peace activists.
Guests: Francesco Vietti, Massimo De Giuseppe; coordinated by Giacomo Pozzi
Bibliography: Francesco Vietti, MIR. Dialoghi sulla pace ai confini della guerra in Ucraina , People, Busto Arsizio, 2023

"Inventing to Live. Designing for a new world."
Thursday, 14/11, 3 p.m., IULM University, Room 125 (IULM 1)
The event consists of the video presentation of a tetradialogue in which the themes of design and inventiveness are discussed.
Guests: Paolo Domenico Malvinni, Giampaolo Proni, Salvatore Zingale; Mauro Ferraresi coordinates.

These events held outside IULM:

"Americas: Mexico in the Mirror"
In collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Milan
Friday, 15/11, 4 p.m., Castello Sforzesco, Sala delle colonne.
On the occasion of the launch of the new series "Americhe" by the publisher il Mulino, directed by Massimo De Giuseppe and Gianni La Bella, the volume Messico. Biografia di una nazione dall'indipendenza ad oggi (due out in October) by Massimo De Giuseppe.
Guests: María de los Ángeles Arriola Aguirre, Francesca Bertuzzi, Vanni Pettinà, Rafael Rojas; coordinated by Massimo De Giuseppe
Bibliography: Massimo de Giuseppe, Messico. Biografia di una nazione dall'indipendenza ad oggi , Il Mulino, Bologna, 2024

"War and Peace in Attic Theater"
In collaboration with Università degli Studi di Milano - Department of Literary, Philological and Linguistic Studies.
Thursday, 14/11, 5 p.m., Università Statale di Milano, Aula 435
The event will consist of the presentation of the new Carocci series "Teatro classico in scena," which aims to offer new translations of the great classics of Greek theater, designed for today's stage and attentive to the needs of the spectator, the stage and the actors. The speakers' speeches will alternate with the attoral reading of selected passages, so as to give the event also a spectacular dimension and stimulate reactions from the audience.
Guests: Andrea Capra (University of Milan); Maddalena Giovannelli (University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano); Laura Pepe (University of Milan); Giuseppe Zanetto (University of Milan) and actor/director Christian Poggioni (Kerkìs Theatre Association, Milan); Coordinator: Martina Treu
Bibliography: New CAROCCI Series "Classical Theater on Stage." Published volumes: Antigone by Sophocles edited by A. Beltrametti and M. Giovannelli, 2024 and Acarnesi by Aristophanes, edited by G. Zanetto, 2024

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