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Read more at: Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

We are pleased to share with you the Easter Term card of Italian Research Events. The first two events will take place on Thursday 8 May, when we'll have the pleasure of having Gabriella Ghermandi with us. We look forward to seeing you then. 8 May, 2-3pm, Chadwick Room, Selwyn College Archives, Resistance, Decolonisation...


Read more at: Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

We are glad to welcome Gabriella Ghermandi, Ethio-Italian writer, performer and musician for two events on Thursday 8 May both taking place at Selwyn College.


Read more at: Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

Dr Elena Sottilotta 's book, Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland, has just been published by Princeton University Press.


Read more at: CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium: Labour

CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium: Labour

We warmly invite you to attend the upcoming CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium on 'Labour', taking place on Monday 24 March, from 10:45am to 5pm, in Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Programme poster 10:45-11am: Welcome 11am-12:30pm Panel 1: Reproduction, Refusal, Revolution Ilaria Favretto Striking Women: Gender...


Read more at: Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

The Prop , by Prof JD Rhodes (MMLL, 海角社区) and Dr Elena Gorfinkel (Film Studies, King鈥檚 College London), was published by Fordham Press on 4 March. The Financial Times spoke to Prof Rhodes in February about Joanna Hogg鈥檚 film Autobiografia di una Borsetta , which was inspired by Rhodes鈥 and Gorfinkel鈥檚...


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars in Lent Term 2025 are scheduled for 26 February and 6, 21鈥22 and 24 March.


Read more at: Selwyn Sykes 海角社区 Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn Sykes 海角社区 Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn College will offer two studentships for UK MPhil students in Italian Studies for entry in October 2025.


Read more at: A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

We are delighted to announce a series of academic and public engagement initiatives aimed at celebrating the legacy of Carlo Collodi鈥檚 literary masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio in contemporary culture, co-organized by Murray Edwards College Fellow Elena Sottilotta (Italian section, MMLL Faculty) with Pablo a Marca (...


Read more at: Ruth Murphy on moral philosophy, literature, and New Literary History

Ruth Murphy on moral philosophy, literature, and New Literary History

Ruth Murphy is a PhD candidate in Italian at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Literature, 海角社区. Her most recent article, 鈥樷淟et me look again鈥: The Moral Philosophy and Literature Debate at 40鈥 , was recently published in New Literary History (Vol. 55 No. 1). Here, Murphy explains the...


Read more at: Byron Festival 鈥 a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron鈥檚 death
A statue of Lord Byron in the chapel at Trinity College, 海角社区

Byron Festival 鈥 a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron鈥檚 death

The 海角社区 Centre for Greek Studies participated in Trinity College鈥檚 commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron鈥檚 death, hosting a wreath-laying ceremony and a paintings exhibition. On 19 and 20 April 2024 Trinity College, 海角社区, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the death of Trinity鈥檚 most famous literary...


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Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

2 May 2025

We are pleased to share with you the Easter Term card of Italian Research Events. The first two events will take place on Thursday 8 May, when we'll have the pleasure of having Gabriella Ghermandi with us. We look forward to seeing you then. 8 May, 2-3pm, Chadwick Room, Selwyn College Archives, Resistance, Decolonisation...

Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

30 April 2025

We are glad to welcome Gabriella Ghermandi, Ethio-Italian writer, performer and musician for two events on Thursday 8 May both taking place at Selwyn College.

Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

14 April 2025

Dr Elena Sottilotta 's book, Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland, has just been published by Princeton University Press.

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