Tue 17 Nov · 6:30pm
CO.AS.IT. · Carlton
a free talk on food, Pinocchio and what makes Italian identity
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Celebrating 200 Years of Carlo Collodi: Food, Culture and Identity in His Stories. A Talk with Dr Andrea Pagani (Monash University), moderated by Benedetta Ferrara
Part of the Program for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, coordinated by the Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne and the Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne
For the 200th anniversary of the birth of Carlo Collodi, Dante Alighieri Society and CO.AS.IT. propose an evening exploring the relationship between literature, food and Italian identity. Pagani will examine how local foods, food traditions and convivial practices become markers of regional and community identity, and how Collodi uses them to present Italian identity as a diverse and multicultural whole.
Andrea Pagani is an Assistant Lecturer in European Studies at Monash University and a journalist for SBS.
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When is Food, Culture and Identity in Carlo Collodi?
Tue 17 Nov 2026, 6:30pm.
Where is it?
CO.AS.IT., Carlton, VIC.
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It is free.
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