Trinity Term 2026
Trinity Term 2026
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
We are pleased to announce this year’s Isaiah Berlin Lecture:
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
5:15pm
Prof Rosi Braidotti
(Utrecht University)
An Apprenticeship in Multiple Locations
Nomadic Genealogies and Posthuman Becoming
Taylor Institution, Main Hall
St Giles, Oxford
Chair: Prof. Charlotte Ross (Oxford)
Prof. Braidotti is a leading feminist Continental philosopher whose work spans across the intersection of social and political theory, cultural politics and postcolonial studies. Starting from her recent book dedicated to the history of the women of her family (Il ricordo di un sogno, 2024), Prof. Braidotti will trace the roots of her life-long commitment as a feminist philosopher and a social and political thinker.
Sign-up required. Book your seat by following this link.
For more information, please write to italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk.
— ITALIAN RESEARCH SEMINARS —
The Sub-Faculty of Italian’s Italian Research Seminars take place on Mondays at The Taylor Institution (Room 2) and via Teams. See the dates below for the timing of each session. Please e-mail italian.res-sem@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions!
Week 1 (27 April) — 5:15 PM
Geri Della Rocca De Candal (Sapienza), ‘Italian Incunabula in US Collections: Paths, Patterns, and Investigation Methods’
Week 3 (11 May) — 5:15 PM
Graduate Work-In-Progress
Presentations from DPhil students Silvia Cercarelli, Esme Hodson, Katherine McKee, and Victoria White
Week 4 (18 May) — 5:15 PM
Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja (Harvard), ‘Towards a Criminal History of Medieval Satire: Boccaccio, Decameron5.10 (Sodomy, Apuleius, Forgery)
Week 7 (8 June) — 12 PM
Saskia Ziolkowski (Duke), ‘More Mixed Feelings: Interreligious Affairs in Modern Jewish Italian Literature’
Week 8 (15 June) — 5:15 PM
Arielle Saiber (Johns Hopkins), ‘Neither Here, Nor There: Directionality in Dante’s Paradiso’
— EARLY MODERN ITALIAN WORLD SEMINAR SERIES —
This interdisciplinary seminar hosts papers and discussions about any aspect of Italian culture and society in the period 1400-1800. Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4:30pm at St Edmund Hall. For more information, visit the seminar’s website at https://italianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/early-modern-italian-seminar.
Week 1 (28 April)
Exeter College (Cohen Quad), Kloppenburg Room
Robert Brennan (Courtauld), ‘Thresholds of Art in Renaissance Italy’
Week 3 (12 May)
St Edmund Hall, Doctorow Hall
Sandra Weddle (Drury University), ‘The Braided Networks of the Venetian Sex Trade’
Week 4 (19 May)
Joint Event with the Early Modern Diplomacy Seminar (1400–1800)
St Edmund Hall, Doctorow Hall
Elena Calvillo (University of Richmond, Virginia) and Nicholas Scott Baker (Macquarie University, Sydney), ‘The Art of War: Giulio Clovio and Medici Diplomacy’
Week 5 (26 May)
St Edmund Hall, Pontigny Hall
Diego Pirillo (Berkeley), ‘Does the Refugee Speak? Negotiating Displacement in Early Modern Italy’
Week 7 (9 June)
St Edmund Hall, Old Dining Hall
Kathleen Christian (Berlin), ‘Raffaele Riario, Jacopo Galli, and Michelangelo’s Bacchus’
— EARLY MODERN WORLD SEMINAR —
Week 2 (5 May), 2pm
St Edmund Hall, Old Dining Hall
Peter Burke (Cambridge), ‘Toward a History of Misunderstandings: The Missionaries’ Dilemma’
— EARLY MODERN DIPLOMACY SEMINAR —
Week 6 (2 June), 4:15pm
Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, History Faculty, Seminar Room 20.402
Philippa Jackson (Independent Scholar), ‘Girolamo Ghinucci (1480-1541): Papal Judge and English Ambassador’
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For further information, please contact italianstudies@area.ox.ac.uk
or visit our website, www.italianstudies.ox.ac.uk.