Seminars in 2008
The Integration of London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana in a Globalised Context
| Date: | 20th February 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Seminar with Massimo Capuana (Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Director of London Stock Exchange PLS). Edmond Safra Lecture Theatre, Oxford |
The Italian Constitution after 60 years and the evolution of the Italian political system
| Date: | 7th May 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Panel discussion organized by the Italian Embassy, London. Key note speakers: Senator Giuliano Amato and Professor Antonio Baldassare (President Emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court). Discussants: Professors David Hine and Vernor Bogdanor (University of Oxford). Chair: Professor Robert Leonardi (London School of Economics). The discussion will take place at the Italian Embassy (4 Grosvenor Square, W1) and will be followed by a drinks reception. RSVP: cerimoniale.amblondra@esteri.it |
Youth and Politics in Italy: From the 'collettivi' of the 1970s to the virtual communities of the 21st century'
| Date: | 8th May 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Enrico Franceschini (London correspondent for La Repubblica) in conversation with Ferdinando Giugliano (Lincoln College, Oxford) A seminar organized by the Oxford Italian Society and the Oxford United World Colleges Society, in collaboration with Italian Studies at Oxford. TAYLOR INSTITUTION, ROOM 2, 17.00 - 18.30 ALL WELCOME |
Birth of an eighteenth-century Cabinet of Physics: The 'Teatro di Filosofia Sperimentale' in Padua
| Date: | 13th May 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organised by the Museum of the History of Science - Dr Sofia Talas (University of Padua) Education Room, Museum of the History of Science Broad Street, Oxford Tuesday 13th May, 5 p.m. |
Sex, Race and Health in Fascist Colonial Policy
| Date: | 19th May 2008 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
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The Fight against Venereal Disease in Italian Africa 1922-43 Meredith Carew Part of the Seminars in the History of Medicine Series. Organised by and held at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine (45-7 Banbury Road, Oxford) |
Italy in the Making: Discussing the Evolution of Italian Economy and Society from 1796 to the present
| Date: | 20th May 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Professor CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN (University of Reading) Author of: The Force of Destiny (Allen Lane & Penguin, 2007) and Dott. PIERLUIGI CIOCCA (Economist) Author of: Ricchi per sempre? Una storia economica dell'Italia (1796-2005) (Bollati Boringhieri, 2006) Chair: Dr DAVID HINE (University of Oxford, Politics) A seminar organized by Italian Studies at Oxford as part of the seminar series Italy's Changing Shapes. VOLTAIRE ROOM, TAYLOR INSTITUTION, 17.00-18.30 *PHOTOS NOW ONLINE* |
The Material Culture of Mathematics in Late Renaissance Italy
| Date: | 28th May 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organised by the Museum of the History of Science Dr. Alexander Marr (University of St. Andrew's) The Material Culture of Mathematics in Late Renaissance Italy Wednesday 28th May 5.00 p.m. Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford. Full programme of events here. |
The universe stinks. Or rather: Gadda perfects his novel
| Date: | 13th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
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A seminar organized by the Sub-faculty of Italian, Oxford Series convenor: Dr E Tandello (Christ Church) Dr FEDERICA PEDRIALI (University of Edinburgh) The universe stinks. Or rather: Gadda perfects his novel Room 3, Taylor Institution, Oxford |
Science, Politics & Cultural Mediation between Rome and the German World: Crossing Boundaries in Thirty Years War Europe
| Date: | 16th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
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Part of the seminar series: The Power of Science: Negotiating and Circulating Knowledge in the Early Modern Period Convenor: Professor Pietro Corsi Organized by the History Faculty in conjunction with Professor Antonella Romano & the European University Insitute, Florence SABINA BREVAGLIERI (European University Institute, Florence): Science, Politics & Cultural Mediation between Rome and the German World: Crossing Boundaries in Thirty Years War Europe Colin Matthew Room, History Faculty Building, Oxford All welcome |
Italy & Communism. The Role of Palmiro Togliatti, Leader of the Italian Communist Party (1926-64)
| Date: | 20th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Professor ALDO AGOSTI (University of Turin), biographer of Togliatti - in conversation with - Professor STEPHEN GUNDLE (University of Warwick) A seminar organized by Italian Studies at Oxford as part of the seminar series Italy's Changing Shapes. MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER, 17.00 - 18.30 VOLTAIRE ROOM, TAYLOR INSTITUTION *ALL WELCOME* |
Art History's Images: Photographing Sculpture from Renaissance Italy to Richard Serra
| Date: | 21st Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
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A seminar organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford Series convenors: Prof C. Clunas & Mr Nathan Flis Dr GERALDINE JOHNSON (History of Art, Oxford) Art History's Images: Photographing Sculpture from Renaissance Italy to Richard Serra History of Art Lecture Theatre, Littlegate House, St Ebbes, Oxford All welcome |
Galileo's 'Sidereus Nuncius' in England: Early Diffusion & Reception
| Date: | 23rd Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
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Part of the seminar series: The Power od Science: Negiotiating and Circulating Knowledge in the Early Modern Period Convenor: Professor Pietro Corsi Organized by the History Faculty in conjunction with Professor Antonella Romano & the European University Institute, Florence FRANCO GIUDICE (Bergamo) Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius in England: Early Diffusion & Reception Colin Matthew Room, History Faculty Building, Oxford All welcome |
Il ricordo d'infanzia nella letteratura autobiografica
| Date: | 27th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organized by the Sub-faculty of Italian, Oxford Series convenor: Dr E Tandello (Christ Church) Professor SERGIO ZATTI (University of Pisa) Il ricordo d'infanzia nella letteratura autobiografica Lecture Room 2, Tom VIII, Christ Church |
Accounting, Accountability and Management Practices in the Society of Jesus, 17th - 18th Centuries
| Date: | 28th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
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Part of the Early Modern Europe Seminar Series Convenors: Robert Evans, Howard Hotson & Lyndal Roper Dr PAOLO QUATTRONE (Said Business School, Oxford) Accounting, Accountability & Management Practices in the Society of Jesus, 17th - 18th Centuries MacGregor Room, Oriel College, Oxford All welcome |
Spanish Physicians in sixteenth-century Rome
| Date: | 30th Oct 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
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Part of the seminar series: The Power of Science: Negotiating and Circulating Knowledge in the Early Modern Period Convenor: Professor Pietro Corsi Organized by the History Faculty in conjunction with Professor Antonella Romano & the European University Institute, Florence ELISA ANDRETTA (European University Institute, Florence) Spanish Physicians in sixteenth-century Rome Colin Matthew Room, History Faculty Building, Oxford All welcome |
The Emergence of Endogenous Legal Institutions: Property Rights & Community Governance in the Italian Alps
| Date: | 6th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
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Part of the Informal Governance seminar series Convenors: Diego Gambetta, Heather Hamill & Federico Varese Organized by the Extra-Legal Governance Institute Professor MARCO CASARI (Department of Economics, University of Bologna; Department of Economics, Purdue University, Indiana): The Emergence of Endogenous Legal Institutions: Property Rights & Community Governance in the Italian Alps |
Helmontian Iatrochemistry in Italy
| Date: | 6th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
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Part of the seminar series: The Power of Science: Negotiating & Circulating Knowledge in the Early Modern Period Convenor: Professor Pietro Corsi Organized by the History Faculty in conjunction with Professor Antonella Romano & the European University Institute, Florence ANTONIO CLERICUZIO (Cassino) Helmontian Iatrochemistry in Italy Colin Matthew Room, History Faculty Building, Oxford All welcome |
L'influenza di T. S. Eliot nella poesia di A. Rosselli
| Date: | 10th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organized by the Sub-faculty of Italian, Oxford Series convenor: Dr E Tandello Dott CHIARA CARPITA (University of Siena) L'influenza di T. S. Eliot nella poesia di A. Rosselli Lecture Room 2, Tom VIII, Christ Church |
Radical Approaches to Democracy: The Case of Italy's 1968
| Date: | 13th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organized by the History Faculty Series convenors: Martin Conway & Thomas Buchanan REBECCA CLIFFORD: Radical Approaches to Democracy: The Case of Italy's 1968 History Faculty Building, George Street, Oxford |
'End of Empire - Italy' Seminar
| Date: | 14th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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Part of the Seminar Series: 'Global Narratives on Cold War Europe' Organized by the European Studies Centre at St. Antony's College Leopoldo Nuti (University of Rome III) End of Empire - Italy Convenor: Anne Deighton Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road |
Pharmacy and Botany in the Republic of Venice: New Perspectives
| Date: | 18th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
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Part of the Early Modern Europe Seminar Series Convenors: Robert Evans, Howard Hotson & Lyndal Roper VALENTINA PUGLIANO: Pharmacy and Botany in the Republic of Venice: New Perspectives MacGregor Room, Oriel College, Oxford All welcome |
Galileo & Kepler: New and Old Maps of the Scientific Revolution
| Date: | 20th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
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Part of the seminar series: The Power of Science: Negotiating & Circulating Knowledge in the Early Modern Period Convenor: Professor Pietro Corsi Organized by the History Faculty in conjunction with Professor Antonella Romano & the European University Institute, Florence MASSIMO BUCCIANTINI (Siena) Galileo & Kepler: New and Old Maps in the Scientific Revolution Colin Matthew Room, History Faculty Building, Oxford |
Shadows and Obscurity in Renaissance Culture
| Date: | 24th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
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A seminar organized by the Sub-faculty of Italian, Oxford Series convenor: Dr E. Tandello Dr NICOLA GARDINI (St. Cross College, Oxford) 'Celio Calcagnini's De Umbris: Shadows and Obscurity in Renaissanca Culture' Lecture Room 2, Tom VIII, Christ Church |
A new Ashmolean gallery: Britain & Italy in the Eighteenth Century
| Date: | 25th Nov 2008 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
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A seminar organized by the History of Art Department, Oxford Series convenors: Prof C. Clunas & Mr Nathan Flis Dr CATHERINE WHISTLER (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) A new Ashmolean gallery: Britain & Italy in the Eighteenth Century History of Art Lecture Theatre, Littlegate House, St Ebbes, Oxford All welcome |