A vije du Molise: Molise’s dialect through linguistics, history, and poetry
Wed, May 21
|Istituto italiano di cultura
Second event in our Primavera molisana series! / Secondo evento della serie Primavera molisana! / Deuxième événement de notre série Primavera molisana !
Time & Location
May 21, 2025, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Istituto italiano di cultura, 1200 Av. du Docteur-Penfield, Montréal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada
About the event
A panel discussion between Professor Dario Brancato and Jordan Black, moderated by Cassandra Marsillo. A vije du Molise, meaning “the road to Molise,” comes from a poem by Giose Rimanelli. In this panel, Brancato and Black will discuss the place of dialects in Italy from a linguistic and historical point of view, with a special focus on the context of Molise and the use of dialect in literary works. Presented by the Federazione delle associazioni molisane del Québec. The panel will be in English and Italian, though questions will be taken in English, Italian, and French.
Date: May 21, 2025
Location: Istituto italiano di cultura, 1200 ave. du Docteur-Penfield, Montréal, QC H3A 1A9
Time: 6:30
Free
Dario Brancato is a Professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics at Concordia University. He has a PhD in Italian Linguistics from the University of Toronto. His current research spans across…