Hilary Term Card 2021
Hilary Term 2021
Guide to all Italy-related events
In order to provide you with a useful guide, the following list comprises all events organised by ISO and other associations:
— ITALIAN STUDIES AT OXFORD (ISO) —
http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk
Tuesday 23 February, 5:15–6:30pm (UK time)
Organized by ISO (Italian Studies at Oxford, UK) in collaboration with the Inserra Endowed Chair at Montclair State University (USA), the Italian Sub-Faculty at Oxford University and the Italian section of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen (Norway)
Book Launch:
Italiani che lasciano l’Italia. Le nuove emigrazioni al tempo della crisi (Milan: Mimesis, 2020)
A round-table discussion (online)
The editors—Marco Alberio (Università degli Studi di Bologna and Université du Québec à Rimouski) and Fabio Berti (Università di Siena)—will be joined in conversation by Guido Bonsaver (ISO Co-ordinator) and two further discussants, Teresa Fiore (Montclair State University) and Monica Miscali (Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
Please register via the following link:
https://forms.gle/Y2Wpp9EbcHSS96Vg6
(Oxford Italian sub-faculty members are automatically registered).
Please see here the editors’ introduction to the volume.
Please note, this event will be in Italian, with (optional) simultaneous translation into English (instructions here: tinyurl.com/ItaliansLeavingItaly).
*ALL WELCOME*
— SUB-FACULTY OF ITALIAN —
ITALIAN RESEARCH SEMINAR HILARY TERM 2021
Seminars take place on Mondays at 5.15pm on Microsoft Teams. To register please contact italian.res-sem@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk (Italian sub-faculty members are automatically registered)
All welcome
Week 1 (18 Jan)
Dr David Bowe (University College Cork) — Meditation and/as Dialogue in Dante.
Week 2 (25 Jan)
Dr Maria Pavlova (University of Warwick) — Saracens and their World in Boiardo and Ariosto.
Week 3 (1 Feb)
Prof. Sarah Sullam (Università degli Studi di Milano) — Title TBC.
Week 4 (8 Feb)
External Work in Progress — Katherine Travers (NYU), Martina Caterino (Università di Genova), Mara Josi (University of Cambridge).
Week 5 (*Wed* 17 Feb)
Prof. Corrado Bologna (Scuola Normale Superiore) — La nascita dell a filologia romanza fra cànone dei Classici e Teatro della Memoria: Angelo Colocci e Giulio Camillo.
Week 8 (8 Mar)
DPhil Work in Progress Presentations (3rd year).
— OXFORD UNIVERSITY ITALIAN SOCIETY (OUIS) —
https://www.oxforditaliansociety.org/
No events currently planned due to the Coronavirus pandemic; please consult the OUIS web page for updates.
— THE OXFORD ITALIAN ASSOCIATION (TOIA) —
All events will take place at 8pm (online): the Zoom link will be sent to members in advance of the meeting.
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Pietro Corsi, ‘Villain or hero? Galileo in the British Isles’
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82642418362?pwd=VmFyRHJaOFQwN08zckpHa05Qa0szUT09
(passcode: 284484)
Wednesday 10 February 2021
Giuseppe Trapani, ‘Olive Oil: A Very Short Introduction’
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84536885866?pwd=SVBEY09tUThCNVlLRU9kVDlVclN4UT09
(passcode: 795906)
Thursday 4 March 2021
Rossella Bondi will discuss her new book: À la recherche de l’homme nouveau. Alberto Savinio et les avant-gardes à Paris 1911-1937 (Peter Lang, 2020)
Respondent: Dr Barbara Giraud-Pavlov (Oxford Brookes University).
Also in discussion: Dr Tristan Alonge (Maison Française Oxford), Prof Dawn Adès (Essex), Prof. Tim Matthews (UCL)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83544229320?pwd=cW9vTXBySnB4aHFMa3puQi9OK2Y2Zz09
(passcode: 449946)
— ITALIAN POETRY TODAY —
https://www.italianpoetrytoday.com
IPT is a reading group which aims to discuss, appreciate, and problematise the issues of contemporary Italian writing, in continuous dialogue with living poets, writers, translators, and scholars. For more information, please contact Adele Bardazzi at adele.bardazzi@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
All events will be held online on Wednesday at 5.30pm (GMT)
Week 1 (20 Jan)
'Giardino e bosco coincidono', a poetry reading by Laura Pugno. Laura Pugno will be joined in conversation by Roberto Binetti (St Anne's College, University of Oxford).
https://zoom.us/j/92890685165?pwd=b1NuSW9GQWR5OEFrTXhVTHRYVGNFUT09
Week 3 (3 Feb)
'La favola delle pupille, un incontro una lettura' by Tommaso Di Dio. Tommaso Di Dio will be joined in conversation by Dr Carmen Gallo (La Sapienza University of Rome).
https://zoom.us/j/99581591978?pwd=T1k5b2lmS0lWS0JBbzV5SjcvbFlwQT09
Week 5 (17 Feb)
'Casella mio, per tornar altra volta / là dov'io son, fo io questo viaggio', a poetry reading by Giulia Martini. Giulia Martini will be joined in conversation by Prof. Niccolò Scaffai (University of Siena).
https://zoom.us/j/98357081391?pwd=NnpnZUNRbkM3M201ak9aSVp6c0d3dz09
Week 7 (3 Mar)
'What I am is a window', a poetry reading by Franca Mancinelli. Franca Mancinelli will be joined in conversation by the writer and translator John Taylor.
https://zoom.us/j/91085286329?pwd=VW5nbXVpdC9MbWVXZWhTN3p3VGI5QT09