TT22 Term Card
Trinity Term 2022
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 Italy-related associations:
— ITALIAN STUDIES AT OXFORD (ISO) —
http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk
Wednesday 1 June, 5:15pm (UK time)
Prof Laura Cerasi (Venice University)
A Misconceived Competition: Fascism, Romanità and the British Empire
Chaired by Prof. Guido Bonsaver (Oxford)
Pembroke College, Harold Lee Room, and online via Teams
*Drinks will follow – All welcome*
Please email italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk to book your place in person or online
— SUB-FACULTY OF ITALIAN —
ITALIAN RESEARCH SEMINARS TRINITY TERM 2022
Seminars take place on Mondays at 5.15pm at The Taylorian Institute (Main Hall) and via Teams. Please e-mail italian.res-sem@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk to book your place in person or online.
Week 4 (16 May)
Katharine Mitchell, Gender, Writing, Spectatorships: Evenings at the Theatre, Opera, and Silent Screen in Late Nineteenth-Century Italy and Beyond (Book launch)
Week 5 (23 May)
Eva del Soldato, Philosopher of Love: Dante at the Florentine Academy
Week 7 (Thu 9 June)
Prue Shaw and David Robey, Dante On-Line: A New Digital Edition of the Comedy
Week 8 (13 June)
‘Work in progress’: Current graduate students will present their findings so far
— THE OXFORD ITALIAN ASSOCIATION (TOIA) —
Talks will be held at St Hugh’s College with a drinks reception at 7:30pm before the lecture at 8:00pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 4 May
Professor Michael Scott
Shakespeare, Rome and Politics
Monday 23 May
Professor Alexandra Wilson
Puccini’s “La bohème” in Cultural Context
Thursday 9 June
Marco Varvello
Londra Anni Venti
Wednesday 15 June
Edward Posnett
Gli anni di piombo
— EARLY MODERN ITALIAN SEMINAR SERIES —
https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series/id/2150ac7b-d7ec-4400-ba97-768a2b4e510f
This interdisciplinary seminar will host papers and discussions about any aspect of Italian culture and society in the period 1400-1800. E-mail earlymodernitaly@history.ox.ac.uk to register.
Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 16:15 in St. Edmund’s Hall
Week 1 (26 April)
Simon Ditchfield, Rome Calling? Rewriting the Catholic Reformation for the 21st Century
Week 3 (10 May)
Federica Gigante, Slaves, merchants, and scholars: Italian ‘Turks’ and the pursuit of knowledge in the 17th Century
Week 5 (24 May)
Lavinia Maddaluno, Of air, water, rice and waste: the management of public health in early modern Milan (XVII-XVIII Centuries)
Week 7 (7 June)
Eugenio Menegon, Empire of paper: A shady dealer, an insatiable linguist, an industrious missionary, and the extraordinary journey of a manuscript vocabulary between Beijing and Rome, 1760s-1820s
— OXFORD UNIVERSITY ITALIAN SOCIETY (OUIS) —
Many exciting events are being planned including the visit of special guests, pizza nights and film nights. The full schedule for this term will soon be available. Visit the OUIS website (https://www.oxforditaliansociety.org/) and follow them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/OxfordUniversityItalianSociety/) for more information.
— ITALIAN POETRY TODAY —
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. The full schedule for this term will soon be available. See the website (www.italianpoetrytoday.com), follow on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ItalianPoetryTodayOxford) and e-mail italianpoetry@gmail.com to join the mailing list.
For further information please contact: italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk
or
Visit our website: http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk