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Read more at: Selwyn Sykes Cambridge Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn Sykes Cambridge Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

Selwyn College will offer two studentships for UK MPhil students in Italian Studies for entry in October 2025.


Read more at: A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

We are delighted to announce a series of academic and public engagement initiatives aimed at celebrating the legacy of Carlo Collodi’s literary masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio in contemporary culture, co-organized by Murray Edwards College Fellow Elena Sottilotta (Italian section, MMLL Faculty) with Pablo a Marca (...


Read more at: Ruth Murphy on moral philosophy, literature, and New Literary History

Ruth Murphy on moral philosophy, literature, and New Literary History

Ruth Murphy is a PhD candidate in Italian at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Literature, University of Cambridge. 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...


Read more at: Byron Festival – a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death
A statue of Lord Byron in the chapel at Trinity College, Cambridge

Byron Festival – a commemoration of the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death

The Cambridge 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, Cambridge, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the death of Trinity’s most famous literary...


Read more at: Italian research project explores allied forces and memory

Italian research project explores allied forces and memory

'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...


Read more at: CRASSH/CIRN symposium: 'Islands as crossroads: reimagining mobilities in the Mediterranean'

CRASSH/CIRN symposium: 'Islands as crossroads: reimagining mobilities in the Mediterranean'

A symposium convened by the CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Fellow 2023-24, Giovanna Di Matteo. 14 March 2024, 9:00 - 18:00 SG2, Alison Richard Building (7 West Road, Cambridge) Scholarly literature on islands and mobilities is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, even though islands are often described as remote and isolated, separate...


Read more at: Cambridge Italian Research Network (CIRN) Annual Lecture | 8 November, 17:15

Cambridge Italian Research Network (CIRN) Annual Lecture | 8 November, 17:15

The Cambridge Italian Research Network (CIRN) is delighted to announce the return of its Annual Lecture. This will be given by Professor Christopher Clark (Regius Professor of History at Cambridge) on 'Italy in 1848/49 '. 8 November, 5.15pm, St John's College (see details below) We look forward to seeing you there.


Read more at: Dr Elena Sottilotta awarded Research Fellowship at Murray Edwards College
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Dr Elena Sottilotta awarded Research Fellowship at Murray Edwards College

Warmest congratulations to Dr Elena Sottilotta , who has been awarded a Research Fellowship at Murray Edwards College. She will begin her Research Fellowship on 1 October 2023. Elena obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2022 with a research project in women’s studies, folklore and fairy-tale studies, funded...


Read more at: Dr Erica Bellia awarded Gulbenkian Early Career Research Fellowship
Erica Bellia

Dr Erica Bellia awarded Gulbenkian Early Career Research Fellowship

Warmest congratulations to Dr Erica Bellia , who has been awarded a Gulbenkian Early Career Research Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities at Churchill College. She will begin her early career research fellowship on 1 January 2024. Her project, entitled Anthologising Blackness in Post-Fascist Italy , looks at an unexplored...


Read more at: ‘Affect, Emotion, Sensation’, Society for Italian Studies (SIS) Themed Conference 2023, 7-8 September 2023

‘Affect, Emotion, Sensation’, Society for Italian Studies (SIS) Themed Conference 2023, 7-8 September 2023

The 2023 Society for Italian Studies (SIS) Themed Conference ‘Affect, Emotion, Sensation’ took place at the University of Cambridge, Selwyn College (Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ) on 7–8 September 2023. The conference aimed to promote a fruitful dialogue on the perception and the representation of emotions between...


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Selwyn Sykes Cambridge Masters Studentship in Italian Studies

20 November 2024

Selwyn College will offer two studentships for UK MPhil students in Italian Studies for entry in October 2025.

A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio'

24 October 2024

We are delighted to announce a series of academic and public engagement initiatives aimed at celebrating the legacy of Carlo Collodi’s literary masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio in contemporary culture, co-organized by Murray Edwards College Fellow Elena Sottilotta (Italian section, MMLL Faculty) with Pablo a Marca (...

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