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Read more at: ARC (Anglia Ruskin-Cambridge) Romance Linguistics Seminar
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ARC (Anglia Ruskin-Cambridge) Romance Linguistics Seminar

ARC (Anglia Ruskin-Cambridge) Romance Linguistics Seminar (organised by Gigi Andriani, Adam Ledgeway, Norma Schifano and Michelle Sheehan) Talks will mostly take place on Thursdays, all at 2-3pm (note the exceptions below). This term, all the talks will take place at the University of Cambridge. Everybody is welcome and...


Read more at: Sykes Postgraduate Research Studentships in Italian (Master)
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Sykes Postgraduate Research Studentships in Italian (Master)

Sykes Postgraduate Research Studentships in Italian (Masters) The Sykes postgraduate research studentship in Italian with the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (MMLL) at Cambridge is available to outstanding UK candidates applying for courses starting in October 2023. The studentship is funded by a...


Read more at: Interview with Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri

Interview with Andrea Camilleri

Intervista con Andrea Camilleri In 2016 students in their first and second year of the Tripos in Italian ‘virtually’ interviewed the author Andrea Camilleri. After having explored a portion of Camilleri’s vast production, accessing it either in Italian, in translation, or in its TV adaptation, they put together a number of...


Read more at: Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting 12
CIDSM

Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting 12

We are happy to announce that the 12th Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax-Morphology Meeting (CIDSM) will take place in the Department of Italian of the University of Cambridge on Monday 3rd July - Wednesday 5th July 2017


Read more at: Cambridge Workshop on Voice
Voice

Cambridge Workshop on Voice

The Cambridge Workshop on Voice will take place on May 22-24 in Cambridge, UK. It will be hosted by the Italian Department, University of Cambridge, and funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project Aromanian Syntax (AROSYN), awarded to Dr. Marios Mavrogiorgos (researcher) in collaboration with Professor Adam Ledgeway (PI). The theme of the workshop is voice and voice-related phenomena, and how these inform current theoretical, typological and/or experimental work.


Read more at: Filmmaker in Residence: Gianfranco Rosi
G Rosi

Filmmaker in Residence: Gianfranco Rosi

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Read more at: Antony and Cleopatra and Cavafy
Antony Event

Antony and Cleopatra and Cavafy

Upcoming Greek Event This presentation examines C. P. Cavafy's interest in Shakespeare (which perhaps dates from Cavafy's early teenage years in England) and focusses on the Alexandrian Greek poet's adaptations, in several poems, of elements of Shakespeare's Alexandrian play, Antony and Cleopatra.


Read more at: Research Events - Lent Term 2017
Lent Term 2017

Research Events - Lent Term 2017

Research Events in Italian Studies The Italian Section are pleased to present the Lent Term 2017 programme of events. Please see the full list here . Information can also be found on our Facebook page


Read more at: Romance Linguistics Seminar
Romance Linguistics

Romance Linguistics Seminar

Romance Linguistics Seminar 2017


Read more at: The Fortunes of the Orlando Furioso, 1516-2016
Orlando Furioso

The Fortunes of the Orlando Furioso, 1516-2016

Clare College, Cambridge At the closing of a year that marks the 500th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, and which has seen a number of events and conferences taking place all over the world, this event will be Cambridge’s contribution to celebrate this masterpiece of Italian Renaissance literature.


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

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