Seminars in 2012
Introduction to Nollywood in Italy - 28 May 2012
All the news that's not fit to print. What did Italians write when they emigrated? - 21 May 2012
Presentation of volume: Studi in onore di Gianni Venturi - 14 May 2012
Presentation and Screning of Documentary "Aulo" - 9 May 2012
Translating Leopardi's Canti - 7 May 2012
Blackshirted Italy? Daily life under Fascist dictatorship
| Date: | 16th Mar 2012 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Venue: | Linacre College |
| Convenor: | Ilaria Meliconi |
| Speaker(s): | Professor Richard Bosworth (Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford; Emeritus Professor of History, UWA) |
| Description: | All welcome. |
| Further information: |
A glass of Italian wine will be served after the event. For any information, contact: Ilaria_meliconi@yahoo.co.uk |
Crescita cercasi - Lezioni dalla stagnazione italiana
| Date: | 9th Mar 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Mary Eccles Room, Pembroke College |
| Convenor: | Italian Studies at Oxford in collaboration with Fonderia Oxford |
| Speaker(s): | Luca Ricolfi (Professor of Psychometrics at the University of Turin and Economist Commentator for "La Stampa" and "Panorama") |
| Description: | Discussant: Ferdinando Giugliano (Financial Times) Chair: Brian A'Hearn (Tutor and Fellow in Economics, Pembroke College) |
| Further information: |
A poster for this event is available here. All welcome! |
Camilleri's Sicily: Language, History and Identity
| Date: | 5th Mar 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Room 10b, Taylor Institution |
| Convenor: | Dr Nicola Gardini |
| Speaker(s): | Giuliana Pieri |
| Description: | Part of the Italian Sub Faculty Graduate Seminar Programme. |
| Further information: | All welcome. |
Spatial Solutions in Fourteenth-Century Padua
| Date: | 27th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Louise Bourdua (History of Art, Warwick University) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renissance" Seminar Series organized by the History of Art department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
The Sacred and the Sensuous in Renaissance Art
| Date: | 20th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Bette Talvacchia (History of Art, the University of Connecticut) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" Seminar Series organized by History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
Writing about the Mafias
Lettura di Finisterre di Eugenio Montale
| Date: | 20th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Room 10b, Taylor Institution |
| Convenor: | Dr Nicola Gardini |
| Speaker(s): | Giorgio Bertone |
| Description: | Part of the Italian Sub Faculty Graduate Seminar Programme. |
| Further information: | All welcome. |
Frescoes and Icons from Venetian-Dominated Crete
| Date: | 13th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Angeliki Lymberopoulou (History of Art, Open University) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" Seminar Series organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
Dante and Performance
| Date: | 6th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Room 10b, Taylor Institution |
| Convenor: | Dr Nicola Gardini |
| Speaker(s): | Paolo De Ventura |
| Description: | Part of the Italian Sub Faculty Graduate Seminar Programme. |
| Further information: | All welcome. |
Machiavelli's Istorie fiorentine: Humanist Historiography and Political Reform
| Date: | 6th Feb 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Robert Black (History, Leeds University) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" seminar series organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
Them and Us: How the jobs crisis affected labour market outsiders in Italy and other OECD countries
Talking Animals in Quattrocento Florence: The Benci Aesop
| Date: | 30th Jan 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Federico Botana (Reading University) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" Seminar Series organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
Political Cinema in Contemporary Italy
| Date: | 25th Jan 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Room 10b, Taylor Institution |
| Convenor: | Sub-Faculty of Italian & Italian Studies at Oxford |
| Speaker(s): | Luciana D'Arcangeli |
| Description: | Part of the Italian Sub Faculty Graduate Seminar Programme. |
| Further information: | All welcome. |
Dante in the Raj: The Mumbai Manuscript of the Commedia
| Date: | 23rd Jan 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | Room 10b, Taylor Institution |
| Convenor: | Dr Nicola Gardini |
| Speaker(s): | Nick Havely |
| Description: | Part of the Italian Sub Faculty Graduate Seminar Programme. |
| Further information: | All welcome. |
The Medici and the Sforza: A Breed Apart?
| Date: | 23rd Jan 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Jane Black (History, York College) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" Seminar Series, organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |
The Sound of Marble: Isabella d"Este, Art and the Senses
| Date: | 16th Jan 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Venue: | St Catherine's College |
| Convenor: | Maya Corry, Nicholas Davidson & Gervase Rosser |
| Speaker(s): | Geraldine Johnson (History of Art, Oxford University) |
| Description: | Part of the "Italian Renaissance" Seminar Series organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford. |
| Further information: |
All welcome. For more information, please e-mail: gervase.rosser@hoa.ox.ac.uk |