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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...


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
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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...


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Call for papers Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation Date: Friday 24 April 2026 Place: The University of Cambridge / part hybrid Submission deadline for abstracts: 5 December 2025 Papers are invited for this one-day conference to take place in Cambridge (UK) next April...

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7 September 2025

The Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics is pleased to share details of an upcoming literary event hosted by independent publisher Linden Editions and Heffers Bookshop. On Thursday 11 September, Croatian author Magdalena Blažević will join Burhan Sönmez, President of International PEN and acclaimed...

Cambridge launches survey on Llanito and Gibraltar English

3 September 2025

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have launched a new study into Llanito, the distinctive hybrid vernacular spoken in Gibraltar, and its relationship to Gibraltar English. The project is led by Professor Brechtje Post, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou, Professor Laura Wright, and Research Assistant Amber Holt, and forms...

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