TT23 Term Card
Trinity Term 2023
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
Monday 15 May, 5:00pm (UK time)
Guest Lecture: Nicholas Terpstra (University of Toronto), Finding Florentines on the Street: Space, Sense, and Digital Mapping in Renaissance Italian Cities
In collaboration with the University of Oxford History Faculty
Taylor Institution, Main Hall, St. Giles, OX1 3NA
*All welcome*
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
— SUB-FACULTY OF ITALIAN —
ITALIAN RESEARCH SEMINARS TRINITY TERM 2023
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 6 (29 May)
Ursula Fanning (UCD), Swimming Against The Tide: Maternal Currents in Italian Women's Writings From The 19th Century To Present
Week 7 (05 Jun)
Elizabeth Leake, Title TBC
Week 8 (12 Jun)
‘Work in progress’: Current graduate students will present their findings so far
— THE OXFORD ITALIAN ASSOCIATION (TOIA) —
https://www.toia.co.uk/events/
With the exception of the recital, all talks will be held in St Hugh’s College with a drinks reception at 7:30pm before the lecture at 8:00pm. All welcome. £2 Entrance fee for members (£5 for non-members; FREE for full-time students under 30)
Week 3 (Wed 10th May)
Dr. Eleonora Sanmartino, Italian Neo-realist Cinema
Week 6 (Thurs 1st Jun)
Professor Richard Bosworth, Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family
Week 7 (Date tbc, venue St Margaet's Church)
Judith Valerie Engel, Mariana Martines: recital and talk
— EARLY MODERN ITALIAN SEMINAR SERIES —
https://italianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/early-modern-italian-seminar
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 4:30pm in St. Edmund’s Hall, Old Dining Hall (unless otherwise specified)
This term is devoted to the theme of minorities and diversity in Early Modern Italy
Week 1 (25 April)
Nicholas Terpstra (Toronto), Found and Lost: Race and demography in Early Modern Foundling Care
Week 4 (Wed 17 May)
In conjunction with the Iberian History Seminar
Stefanie Pastore (Normale, Pisa), Italian Renaissance and Iberian Diasporas (1492-1630)
Exeter College, Rector’s Drawing Room
4:30pm
Week 5 (23 May)
Élodie Oriol (Paris 8), Foreigners practising music in 18thc. Rome: careers, accessibility and building reputations
Week 7 (6 Jun)
Kate Lowe (Warburg), Differential experiences of enslavement in sixteenth-century Tuscany
— BIBITURAE DANTIS —
These events are very informal, and anybody is welcome to join - the only requirement is an enthusiasm for Dante! We start by reading the canto, and then move to an open-ended discussion. Follow on Twitter@BibituraDantis for updates on upcoming events.
— 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.
— 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.
For further information please contact: italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk
or
Visit our website: http://www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk