Michaelmas Term Card 2021
Michaelmas 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 Italian-related associations:
— ITALIAN STUDIES AT OXFORD (ISO) —
http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk
Monday 8 November, 5:15pm (UK time)
in collaboration with the Italian Sub-faculty:
Rachel Owen: Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno
Pembroke College (Harold Lee Room)
We will discuss the recent publication of Rachel Owen’s illustrations for Dante’s Inferno (Bodleian Lilbrary Publishing, 2021). The editor, David Bowe, will join us for a roundtable discussion on the exceptional work of former Oxford tutor Rachel Owen, whose prints will be exhibited in the Harold Lee Room as of 4pm for those who would like to peruse them before the event starts.
Chair: Guido Bonsaver; Discussants: David Bowe, Rebecca Bowen, Fiona Whitehouse, and Jamie McKendrick
*Drinks will follow - ALL WELCOME*
In-person event: please email italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk to book your place
Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 November
Andrea Zanzotto’s Poetic Clusters
Pembroke College
While celebrating the centenary of the poet’s birth, this two-day conference seeks to elicit discussion on the multi-faceted importance of Zanzotto’s writing and thought.
The full official programme will be circulated shortly.
— SUB-FACULTY OF ITALIAN —
ITALIAN RESEARCH SEMINAR MICHAELMAS TERM 2021
Seminars take place on Mondays at 5.15pm at Wellington Square and via Teams (links will be circulated before each seminar)
Week 6 (15 Nov)
Morena Corradi (Queens College) – Il lungo Ottocento
*This event will be in Italian*
Week 7 (22 Nov)
Prof. Tristan Kay (Bristol) — Dante and the idea of Italy
Week 8 (29 Nov)
‘Work in progress’ — Third-year DPhil students will present their research findings
— THE OXFORD ITALIAN ASSOCIATION (TOIA) —
The following lectures will be given online and will start at 8pm.
Monday 18 October
Professor Peter Hainsworth
‘John Dickson Batten’s Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno’
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81702765406?pwd=Zmx0OXlLY1pYQXMzdCtCL0s3WGh6QT09
Meeting ID: 817 0276 5406
Passcode: 127810
Thursday 11 November
Professor Joe Farrell
Presentation of Joe Farrell’s book, Honour and the Sword. The Culture of Duelling (Signal Books, 2021)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81895669917?pwd=NnhaMEpPdFJqM1VqSHpFRXVNcmRVZz09
Meeting ID: 818 9566 9917
Passcode: 043589
— DANTE CENTENIARY EVENTS —
This year marks 700 years since the death of our sommo poeta. These events are to commemorate his life and works.
Manuscript to Manga
Exhibition running until 14 Nov 2021
Blackwell Hall, Weston Library
Illustrating Dante’s Divine Comedy
Exhibition running until 17 Dec 2021
Taylorian Institution Library
Dante and the Invention of Celebrity
Exhibition (17 Sept 2021 – 9 Jan 2022)
Ashmolean Museum
‘John Dickson Batten: Illustrations for Dante's Inferno'
6, 7, 13, 14 November 10am-5pm, 10 November 4-5pm, 1-5 and 8-12 November by appointment (contact oliver.croker@lmh.ox.ac.uk). See:
https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/lmh-exhibit-illustrations-dantes-inferno-autumn-2021
Lady Margaret Hall, Jerwood Room
‘Dante in Christ Church’
Exhibition from 1 October to 19 December 2021
Christ Church Library and Picture Gallery: https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/picture-gallery/current-and-forthcoming-exhibitions
Dante at Oxford
Illustrated public talks by Laura Banella (Oxford) and Nick Havely (York)
1 November 2021 (12pm)
Taylorian Library
Dante on Film
Showing of the Harry Lachman 1935 Dante’s Inferno
3 November (5pm)
Magdalen College Auditorium
Dante and Dance - ‘Ainsi la Nuit’
Screening of the ballet by Luc Petton inspired by the Divine Comedy
Thursday 4 November 2021 (5-6:30pm)
Weston Library Lecture Theatre Bodleian Libraries
‘Dante, Culture and the People’
Paget Toynbee Public Lecture by Prof. Lino Pertile (Harvard) followed by reception and launch of Dante Beyond Borders, a collection of centenary essays by members of Oxford Dante Society and American and German Dante Societies (http://www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Dante-Beyond-Borders)
9 November (5pm)
Taylor Institution (venue TBC)
‘After Dante: Poets in Purgatory’
Book launch and readings. Translations of the Purgatorio by contemporary poets
10 November (4-7pm)
Lady Margaret Hall, Talbot Hall
Serata Dantesca: a Sequence of Poetry, Music and Dance
13 November (7:30pm)
Holywell Music Room (Tickets via Eventbrite)
Dante: The Art and Science of Light
In Conversation with Martin Kemp and Simon Gilson
30 November (5pm)
Holywell Music Room and live online
For further information please contact: italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk
Visit our website: http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk