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Read more at: Sykes Postgraduate Research Studentships in Italian
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Sykes Postgraduate Research Studentships in Italian

A number of new postgraduate studentships in Italian have been announced. Please follow the link for further details.


Read more at: Conference: Intersubjectivity, Desire, and the Mimetic Brain: René Girard and Psychoanalysis
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Conference: Intersubjectivity, Desire, and the Mimetic Brain: René Girard and Psychoanalysis

Intersubjectivity, Desire, and the Mimetic Brain: René Girard and Psychoanalysis A conferenced organised by Dr Pierpaolo Antonello and Dr Alessandra Diazzi to be held on 11-12 November, 2016.


Read more at: From Mothers to Citizens: Italian Women from Unification to the Republic.
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From Mothers to Citizens: Italian Women from Unification to the Republic.

The Department of Italian is hosting an upcoming conference entitled 'From Mothers to Citizens: Italian Women from Unification to the Republic. '


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars, Easter Term 2016
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Italian Research Seminars, Easter Term 2016

Research Events in Italian Studies programme for Easter Term 2016.


Read more at: Prof Ledgeway to receive honorary PhD
Prof. Adam Ledgeway to recieve honorary PhD from the University of Bucharest

Prof Ledgeway to receive honorary PhD

Warmest congratulations to Prof Adam Ledgeway, who will receive an honorary PhD from the University of Bucharest next week.


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars, Lent Term 2016
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Italian Research Seminars, Lent Term 2016

Research Events in Italian Studies programme for Lent Term 2016.


Read more at: Department of Italian ranked best in the country
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Department of Italian ranked best in the country

Cambridge University has been ranked best in the country for Italian in the Complete University Guide's 2015 ranking of UK universities. Cambridge was ranked top for 29 subjects in all, which put the University at the top of the charts overall. For more information on the league table, see The Complete University Guide


Read more at: 500 Years of Italian Grammar(s), Culture, and Society in Italy and Europe
500 Years Conference

500 Years of Italian Grammar(s), Culture, and Society in Italy and Europe

A conference entitled 500 Years of Italian Grammar(s), Culture, and Society in Italy and Europe: From Fortunio’s Regole (1516) to the Present will take place on Thursday 10 December in the Music Room, Downing College, Cambridge.


Read more at: Cambridge Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy
Dante vertical readings

Cambridge Vertical Readings in Dante's Comedy

Beginning 18 October 2012 and continuing over four years, a team of Dante experts from the U.K. and abroad are carrying out a series of public lectures on the Comedy that explore the 'vertical' connections between cantos of the same number across all three canticles.


Read more at: The Caryatids' Lament: The 'Elgin Marbles' in Modern Greek Literature
Poster for Greek lecture

The Caryatids' Lament: The 'Elgin Marbles' in Modern Greek Literature

A lecture by Dr Georgia Gotsi, Monday 30 November 2015 at 5pm in LB1.


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2025 ‘Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Professor’, Prof Luisa Passerini

4 July 2025

Luisa Passerini is Professor Emerita at the European University Institute, Florence. Her research and writing have centred on social change and memory in its oral, written and visual forms, with a particular focus on: African liberation movements; worker, student and women’s movements; migrant mobility to and through...

Complete University Guide 2026 (Italian)

4 July 2025

The Italian Section is delighted to report that Italian at Cambridge, along with several other MMLL language areas, was ranked top in the UK in the recently published Complete University Guide 2026.

Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

2 May 2025

We are pleased to share with you the Easter Term card of Italian Research Events. The first two events will take place on Thursday 8 May, when we'll have the pleasure of having Gabriella Ghermandi with us. We look forward to seeing you then. 8 May, 2-3pm, Chadwick Room, Selwyn College Archives, Resistance, Decolonisation...

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