Society of Italian StudiesRookeMemorial PrizeThe Department is delighted to congratulate Helena Phillips-Robins for being awarded the 2013Rookeprize. The prize is open to Masters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Helena's prize-winning entry was herMPhildissertation onSecular Song and Vision in Dante'sCommedia. She is now working on a PhD on Dante's Philosophy of Music.
ܻ徱ղձ,our Gates PhD scholar, has contributed to a forthcoming book which examines how Dante commentaries have contributed to the advancement of literary criticism. The book will be published by Notre Dame University Press in December. There is an article about Claudia's research on the.
Events
Cavafy in ϲʿ¼:To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth, the Modern Greek Section of the ϲʿ¼ Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies are jointly organizing an evening of poetry and music on Wednesday 20 November 2013.
Controilmaterialismo. Le due culture in Italia:bilanciodi unsecolois one of three books shortlisted for the 2013 non-fiction section of the prestigious Italian national book prize theViareggio-RepaciPrize (first awarded in 1930).
American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize (20th-21stcentury).Congratulations toPierpaoloAntonelloon the award of this prize for his book.
2012 Society of Italian Studies Postgraduate Prize.The Department is delighted to congratulate Ray Carlson for winning the 2012 SIS Postgraduate Prize. The prize is open to all Masters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Ray's prize-winning entry was his dissertation for his ϲʿ¼ M Phil in European Literature and Culture, entitled '"Eccellentissimopoetaetamatoredivinissimo":BenedettoVarchi'sFormulation of Michelangelo's Poetic Persona at the Florentine Academy'.
DrSansonhas been awarded an Isaac Newton Trust grant (2012)to carry out research on 'Conduct Literature for and about Women in Italy, 1500-1900: Prescribing and Describing Life'. From the sixteenth century onwards, with the diffusion of the printing press and the establishment of the vernacular as a language of culture, Italy saw a wide production of texts for and about women which aimed to define the nature of women, their role in society and their conduct in everyday life. This little-studied literary production, which is essential for the understanding of women's role in society across the centuries, is the focus of this research. Dr FrancescoLuciolihas been appointed to collaborate with DrSansonon the project between 1 October 2012 and 30 March 2013.
AbigailBrundinhas been awarded anAHRCNetwork grantunder the theme 'Translating Cultures', for a project in collaboration with the National Trust, entitled: 'National Trust libraries: an untapped resource. A pilot study of Italian books at Belton House, Lincolnshire.' A full description of the project can be found at this link:.
Seminars in Medieval Italian Literature and Religious Thought.May 1st, 8th and15th, in the Boys Smith Room, Fisher Building, St John's College. Full details are to be found.
British-Italian Society /Society of Italian StudiesRookeMemorial PrizeThe Department is delighted to congratulate Marie-FranceCourriolfor being awarded the 2011Rooke/ SIS postgraduate prize. The prize is open toMasters and PhD students working on Italy in UK and Irish Universities. Marie-France's prize-winning entry was her dissertation from her ϲʿ¼ M Phil in Screen Media and Culture 2011/12, entitled 'Documenting the Epic: Realist and Documentary Strategies in Italian Colonial Film (1935-1939)'. She is now working on a PhD on Italian cinema between The University of Charles deGaulle-Lille3 and ϲʿ¼.
ASMIpostgraduate essay prize winnerThe Department is delighted to congratulate NatalieFullwoodfor being awarded the 2011ASMI(Association for the Study of Modern Italy) postgraduate essay prize. The prize is awarded annually to 'an outstanding piece of unpublished work by a postgraduate student, dealing with some aspect of modern Italian history, society, or politics in the period between c. 1780 and the present'. Natalie submitted her PhD, 'Cinema, space, gender:Commediaall'italiana, 1958-1970', in October 2011.
The Department is delighted to welcome for 2011-12 Dr Heather Webb, as a lecturer in Dante and medieval Italian literature. Dr Webb has come to ϲʿ¼ from the US (Ohio State University) and is a former visiting fellow atCRASSH. She will be teaching across all our undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the medieval area.
150thanniversary.2011 marked the150thanniversary of the Unification of Italy in 1861. There will be a mass of commemorative events, exhibitions and conferences as part of the celebrations in Italy.
Events
, 9th July 2012. A one-day convivium at Robinson College, ϲʿ¼
February 16 2012:
150th anniversary.2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy in 1861. There will be a mass of commemorative events, exhibitions and conferences as part of the celebrations in Italy. You might be interested in the following websites:
150º anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia: L'Italia in posa
The Italian department is delighted to offer its warmest congratulations to two prize-winners for their performances in Tripos 2010. The Italian Department Prize for the most outstanding performance in Italian at Part II has been awarded to ElizaApperley(Emmanuel). Eliza offered a majority of her papers in Italian and achieved a very distinguished First Class degree. The Department has also awarded an exceptional prize for excellence in Italian Culture to AshleyCukier(Fitzwilliam). Ashley offered his language papers in French and his scheduled papers and dissertations in Italian and was awarded the top First (starred) in the Faculty.
A number of members of the Italian Department, both Staff and Recent PhD students, spoke at theSociety for Italian Studies Interim Conferencein Venice,16th-17thApril 2010
Dr AbiBrundinwas one of the presenters at thein Venice,8th-10thApril 2010
Dr HelenaSansonwas awarded one of the prestigious PhilipLeverhulmeprizes.The Prize is awarded to 'outstanding young research scholars [...] who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge'.The Prize is awarded to 'outstanding young research scholars [...] who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge'.
Ruth Murphy is a PhD candidate in Italian at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Literature, ϲʿ¼. Her most recent article, ‘“Let me look again”: The Moral Philosophy and Literature Debate at 40’ , was recently published in New Literary History (Vol. 55 No. 1). Here, Murphy explains the...
The ϲʿ¼ Centre for Greek Studies participated in Trinity College’s commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death, hosting a wreath-laying ceremony and a paintings exhibition. On 19 and 20 April 2024 Trinity College, ϲʿ¼, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the death of Trinity’s most famous literary...
'Escape, Community, Resistance, Memory. Italian Populations and Allied Prisoners of War’. We are pleased to announce a new research project and grant launched in the Italian Section, to run until 2027. Sponsored by the Monte San Martino Trust, which commemorates Italian civilians and communities who helped Allied prisoners...