News and Events 2013 - 2014
News
- Society of Italian Studies听Rooke听Memorial Prize听The Department is delighted to congratulate Helena Phillips-Robins for being awarded the 2013听Rooke听prize. The prize is open to Masters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Helena's prize-winning entry was her听MPhil听dissertation on听Secular Song and Vision in Dante's听Commedia. She is now working on a PhD on Dante's Philosophy of Music.
- 颁濒补耻诲颈补听罢补谤诲别濒濒颈听罢别谤谤测,听our Gates PhD scholar, has contributed to a forthcoming book which examines how Dante commentaries have contributed to the advancement of literary criticism. The book will be published by Notre Dame University Press in December. There is an article about Claudia's research on the听.听
Events
- Cavafy in 海角社区:听To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth, the Modern Greek Section of the 海角社区 Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies are jointly organizing an evening of poetry and music on Wednesday 20 November 2013.
- Italian Research Seminar, MT 2014
- Visualising听Posture in Dante's 'Comedy', September听12th听&听13th听2014,听CRASSH鈥�
- Italian Research Seminar, ET 2014
- Conduct Literature for and about Women in Italy, 1470-1900: Prescribing and Describing Life,听20th听-21st听March 2014, Alison Richard Building, 海角社区
- Italian Research Seminar, LT 2014
- Italian Research Seminar, MT 2013
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News and Events 2012 - 2013
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- 听Contro听il听materialismo. Le due culture in Italia:听bilancio听di un听secolo听is one of three books shortlisted for the 2013 non-fiction section of the prestigious Italian national book prize the听Viareggio-Repaci听Prize (first awarded in 1930).
- American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize (20th-21st听century).听Congratulations to听Pierpaolo听Antonello听on the award of this prize for his book听.听
- Dr Abigail听Brundin听and two colleagues secure funding for major new project
- 2012 Society of Italian Studies Postgraduate Prize.听The Department is delighted to congratulate Ray Carlson for winning the 2012 SIS Postgraduate Prize. The prize is open to all Masters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Ray's prize-winning entry was his dissertation for his 海角社区 M Phil in European Literature and Culture, entitled '"Eccellentissimo听poeta听et听amatore听divinissimo":听Benedetto听Varchi's听Formulation of Michelangelo's Poetic Persona at the Florentine Academy'.
- Dr听Sanson听has been awarded an Isaac Newton Trust grant (2012)听to carry out research on 'Conduct Literature for and about Women in Italy, 1500-1900: Prescribing and Describing Life'. From the sixteenth century onwards, with the diffusion of the printing press and the establishment of the vernacular as a language of culture, Italy saw a wide production of texts for and about women which aimed to define the nature of women, their role in society and their conduct in everyday life. This little-studied literary production, which is essential for the understanding of women's role in society across the centuries, is the focus of this research. Dr Francesco听Lucioli听has been appointed to collaborate with Dr听Sanson听on the project between 1 October 2012 and 30 March 2013.
Events
- Italian Research Seminar, LT 2013
- The 7th 海角社区 Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting (CIDSM 7), 24th - 5th June 2013
- Italian Research Seminar and Activities, MT 2012
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News and Events 2011-2012
News
- Abigail听Brundin听has been awarded an听AHRC听Network grant听under the theme 'Translating Cultures', for a project in collaboration with the National Trust, entitled: 'National Trust libraries: an untapped resource. A pilot study of Italian books at Belton House, Lincolnshire.' A full description of the project can be found at this link:听.
- Seminars in Medieval Italian Literature and Religious Thought.听May 1st, 8th and听15th, in the Boys Smith Room, Fisher Building, St John's College. Full details are to be found听.
- British-Italian Society /Society of Italian Studies听Rooke听Memorial Prize听The Department is delighted to congratulate Marie-France听Courriol听for being awarded the 2011听Rooke听/ SIS postgraduate prize. The prize is open to听Masters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Marie-France's prize-winning entry was her dissertation from her 海角社区 M Phil in Screen Media and Culture 2011/12, entitled 'Documenting the Epic: Realist and Documentary Strategies in Italian Colonial Film (1935-1939)'. She is now working on a PhD on Italian cinema between The University of Charles de听Gaulle听-听Lille听3 and 海角社区.
- ASMI听postgraduate essay prize winner听The Department is delighted to congratulate Natalie听Fullwood听for being awarded the 2011听ASMI听(Association for the Study of Modern Italy) postgraduate essay prize. The prize is awarded annually to 'an outstanding piece of unpublished work by a postgraduate student, dealing with some aspect of modern Italian history, society, or politics in the period between c. 1780 and the present'. Natalie submitted her PhD, 'Cinema, space, gender:听Commedia听all'italiana, 1958-1970', in October 2011.
- The Department is delighted to welcome for 2011-12 Dr Heather Webb, as a lecturer in Dante and medieval Italian literature. Dr Webb has come to 海角社区 from the US (Ohio State University) and is a former visiting fellow at听CRASSH. She will be teaching across all our undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the medieval area.
- 150th听anniversary.听2011 marked the听150th听anniversary of the Unification of Italy in 1861. There will be a mass of commemorative events, exhibitions and conferences as part of the celebrations in Italy.听
Events
- , 9th July 2012. A one-day convivium at Robinson College, 海角社区
- February 16 2012:听
- 150th anniversary.听2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy in 1861. There will be a mass of commemorative events, exhibitions and conferences as part of the celebrations in Italy. You might be interested in the following websites:听 150潞 anniversario dell'Unit脿 d'Italia: L'Italia in posa
- Italian Research Seminar and Activities, Michaelmas Term 2011
- Desiring Divas: The Diva in Modern Italian Culture, 22nd -23rd September 2011, Downing College听
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News and Events 2010-2011
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- The Italian department is delighted to offer its warmest congratulations to two prize-winners for their performances in Tripos 2010. The Italian Department Prize for the most outstanding performance in Italian at Part II has been awarded to Eliza听Apperley听(Emmanuel). Eliza offered a majority of her papers in Italian and achieved a very distinguished First Class degree. The Department has also awarded an exceptional prize for excellence in Italian Culture to Ashley听Cukier听(Fitzwilliam). Ashley offered his language papers in French and his scheduled papers and dissertations in Italian and was awarded the top First (starred) in the Faculty.
- A number of members of the Italian Department, both Staff and Recent PhD students, spoke at the听Society for Italian Studies Interim Conference听in Venice,听16th-17th听April 2010
- Dr Abi听Brundin听was one of the presenters at the听听in Venice,听8th-10th听April 2010
- Dr Helena听Sanson听was awarded one of the prestigious Philip听Leverhulme听prizes.The Prize is awarded to 'outstanding young research scholars [...] who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge'.听The Prize is awarded to 'outstanding young research scholars [...] who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge'.
Events
- The 6th 海角社区 Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting (CIDSM 6), 16th - 17th June 2011
- Circles of Light, 4th June 2011. A symposium arising from the Performance event of October 2010.
- Performance 2010
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