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Read more at: 'Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550' Conference, 19-20 September 2025
Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550

'Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550' Conference, 19-20 September 2025

Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550 Trinity College, Cambridge, 19–20 September 2025 Generously supported by the Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and the Society for Italian Studies. The conference will be livestreamed via Zoom; to register, please click here . In-person...


Read more at: Teenage Diaries Reveal Private Lives Under Stalin’s Shadow
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Teenage Diaries Reveal Private Lives Under Stalin’s Shadow

Love, Fear, and Resistance: Teenage Diaries from Stalin’s Russia Unearthed by Cambridge Researcher What did it mean to be young in one of the most repressive regimes of the 20th century? A groundbreaking new study by Dr Ekaterina Zadirko (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge)...


Read more at: PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies Dr Javier Moreno-Rivero, who completed his PhD in Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in 2023 under the supervision of Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett , has been awarded the...


Read more at: DOCUMENTARY PREVIEW SCREENING: FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE THIRD REICH’S ELITE SCHOOLS

DOCUMENTARY PREVIEW SCREENING: FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE THIRD REICH’S ELITE SCHOOLS

Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius College – 8pm, Friday 11 July 2025 DOCUMENTARY PREVIEW SCREENING: FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE THIRD REICH’S ELITE SCHOOLS What happens when a school system is built to serve a dictatorship? This powerful and unsettling 30-minute documentary uncovers the hidden legacy of the National...


Read more at: 2025 ‘Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Professor’, Prof Luisa Passerini

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

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...


Read more at: Complete University Guide 2026 (Italian)

Complete University Guide 2026 (Italian)

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.


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 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...


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...


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'Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550' Conference, 19-20 September 2025

24 July 2025

Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550 Trinity College, Cambridge, 19–20 September 2025 Generously supported by the Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and the Society for Italian Studies. The conference will be livestreamed via Zoom; to register, please click here . In-person...

Teenage Diaries Reveal Private Lives Under Stalin’s Shadow

21 July 2025

Love, Fear, and Resistance: Teenage Diaries from Stalin’s Russia Unearthed by Cambridge Researcher What did it mean to be young in one of the most repressive regimes of the 20th century? A groundbreaking new study by Dr Ekaterina Zadirko (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge)...

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies

11 July 2025

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies Dr Javier Moreno-Rivero, who completed his PhD in Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in 2023 under the supervision of Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett , has been awarded the...

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