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Read more at: Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

We are glad to welcome Gabriella Ghermandi, Ethio-Italian writer, performer and musician for two events on Thursday 8 May both taking place at Selwyn College.


Read more at: Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

Dr Elena Sottilotta 's book, Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland, has just been published by Princeton University Press.


Read more at: CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium: Labour

CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium: Labour

We warmly invite you to attend the upcoming CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium on 'Labour', taking place on Monday 24 March, from 10:45am to 5pm, in Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Programme poster 10:45-11am: Welcome 11am-12:30pm Panel 1: Reproduction, Refusal, Revolution Ilaria Favretto Striking Women: Gender...


Read more at: Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

Prof JD Rhodes on props and property

The Prop , by Prof JD Rhodes (MMLL, University of Cambridge) and Dr Elena Gorfinkel (Film Studies, King’s College London), was published by Fordham Press on 4 March. The Financial Times spoke to Prof Rhodes in February about Joanna Hogg’s film Autobiografia di una Borsetta , which was inspired by Rhodes’ and Gorfinkel’s...


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars - Lent Term

Italian Research Seminars in Lent Term 2025 are scheduled for 26 February and 6, 21–22 and 24 March.


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...


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Two events with Ethio-Italian writer, musician and performer Gabriella Ghermandi

30 April 2025

We are glad to welcome Gabriella Ghermandi, Ethio-Italian writer, performer and musician for two events on Thursday 8 May both taking place at Selwyn College.

Book publication: 'Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland'

14 April 2025

Dr Elena Sottilotta 's book, Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland, has just been published by Princeton University Press.

CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium: Labour

12 March 2025

We warmly invite you to attend the upcoming CIRN Interdisciplinary Annual Symposium on 'Labour', taking place on Monday 24 March, from 10:45am to 5pm, in Room SG1, Alison Richard Building. Programme poster 10:45-11am: Welcome 11am-12:30pm Panel 1: Reproduction, Refusal, Revolution Ilaria Favretto Striking Women: Gender...

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