A whole month of new events in the cultural program organized around Edmund de Waal’s exhibition “psalm” (open to the public from May 8th to Sept 29th, 2019)
Edmund de Waal psalm
Cultural Programme – September 2019
1 September
11.30 a.m., 3.00 p.m.
European Day of Jewish Culture
Guided tour of psalm with the Jewish Museum staff
Jewish Museum, Campo del Ghetto Nuovo
Free event. Booking essential: prenotazioni.mev@coopculture.it
In collaboration with Coopculture
5 September, 5.30 p.m.
Writing Memory and Human Rights
Philippe Sands in conversation with Sara De Vido
Ca’ Bottacin, Dorsoduro 3911
The event is in English
Free event. No booking required
9 September, 5.30pm
An Odyssey.Daniel Mendelsohn interviewed by Pietro Del Soldà
Aula Baratto, Ca’ Foscari, Dorsoduro 3246
The event is in English. Italian translation available
Free event. No booking required.
11 September,5.30 p.m.
André Aciman: Reflections on Elsewhere (with Igiaba Scego)
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
The event is in Italian
Free event. No booking required
15 September
11.30a.m.-3.00 p.m.
European Day of Jewish Culture: ‘Dreams’
Guided tour of psalm with the Jewish Museum staff
11.30 a.m. Guided tour in English
3 p.m. Guided tour in Italian
Jewish Museum, Campo del Ghetto Nuovo
Free event. Booking essential: prenotazioni.mev@coopculture.it
In collaboration with Coopculture
18-20 September
The Library of Memory – International Symposium
18 September 6.00 p.m.
Marc-Alain Ouaknin: Venise, le Talmud, le Carnaval et les confetti/Venice, the Talmud, Carnival and the confetti/Venezia, il Talmud, il carnevale e i coriandoli
Presented by/introduce Giuseppe Balzano
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
The event is in French, Italian and English translation available
Free event. No booking required
In collaboration with Beit Venezia
19 September, 9.15 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
With: Edmund de Waal, Mehnaz Afridi, Alessandro Bertoni, Tom Cartelli, John Champagne, Marc Epstein, Yoel Finkelman, Eva Hoffman, Mary Hoffman, Jacqueline Nicholls, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Dorit Raines, Bill Sherman, Gretchen Starr Le Beau
20 September, 9.15 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
With: Murray Baumgarten, Margaret Brose, Simon Levis Sullam, Daniel Vogelmann, Yigal Zalmona
20 September, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
David Grossman and Edmund de Waal in conversation
Auditorium Santa Margherita, Dorsoduro 3689
The event is in English, Italian translation available
Free event. Booking essential: book here
In collaboration with Beit Venezia, National Library of Israel, Mishkenot Shaananim, Jewish Museum of Venice
23 September, 4.00 p.m.
Storie di esilio e di successo: greco e greci a Venezia.
With Caterina Carpinato, Margherita Losacco, Kostantinos Staikos, Marco Vigevani, Niccolò Zorzi
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
The event is in Italian
Free event. No booking required
In collaboration with the Department of Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
24 September, 6.00 p.m.
Dove vai quando sei fuori di te, with Debora Petrina (piano, voice) and Tiziano Scarpa (metric voice)
Ateneo Veneto (Aula Magna)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
The event is in Italian
Free event. Booking essential: bookings@psalmvenice.org
25 September, 6.00 p.m.
Ararat and Beyond: Frank Westerman
Ateneo Veneto (Sala Tommaseo)
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897
The event is in English
Free event. No booking required
In collaboration with: Waterlines, Collegio Internazionale Ca’ Foscari, Fondazione Venezia, San Servolo Servizi Metropolitani
26 September, 5.30 p.m. : THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED/EVENTO ANNULLATO
Exile in Ancient Rome: Matthew Kneale in conversation with Lorenzo Calvelli – ANNULLATO/CANCELLED
Ca’ Bottacin, Dorsoduro 3911
The event is in English
Free event. No booking required
In collaboration with:
Barchetta Blu
Bollati Boringhieri
Ca’ Foscari – Harvard Summer School Collegio Internazionale Ca’ Foscari
Department of Humanities, Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Giuntina
Jerusalem Foundation
Jewish Book Week
Jewish Studies Program, Vassar College
Mishkenot Shaananim
National Library of Israel
Waterlines
This programme was made possible with the generous support of: The Blavatnik Family Foundation, Debbi and Richard Burston, Suzanne Deal Booth, Maryam and Edward Eisler, The Prism Foundation.
These events are associated with Edmund de Waal’s exhibit psalm,
open to the public from May 8 until September 29, 2019
(hours 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. Mon-Fri and Sun; closed Saturdays)
located at the Ateneo Veneto and the Jewish Museum of Venice.
Please find here the complete cultural program organised around Edmund de Waal’s psalm.
Learn more about psalm here
Some events require booking. Please check individual listings.
