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Tiancheng Hu, a PhD student in Computation, Cognition and Language at the University of Cambridge, has contributed as a Section Writer to the International AI Safety Report 2026, a major international publication examining the current state of artificial intelligence systems  .The report is an international effort chaired by Turing Award winner Yos…

We are delighted to announce that the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics has received the Athena Swan Bronze award in recognition of its commitment to advancing gender equality for all of its staff and students. The award is for five years (until July 2028).An Athena Swan award is forward-looking: it represents an ongoing comm…

We warmly invite you to attend the upcoming Italian Research Seminars in the Lent 2026 Term: 26 January 2026Sara Delmedico (Bologna)"We are in the century of female emancipation!”. The representation of violence against women in early twentieth-century Italian press'Raised Faculty Building, Room 336 5pm for 5.15pm 4 February 2026Daragh O’Connell (U…

2 Sep 2025 Cambridge Film and Screen is delighted to announce that we have recently hired two new Assistant Professors.Dr. Julia Keblinska has been appointed as Assistant Professor in Asian Film and Media, and Dr. Stefan Tarnowski has been appointed as Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities and Film and Screen Studies, a position shared with our…

We are delighted to share that Tobias (Toby) Barnett, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the French Section, has been awarded the Paragraph Prize for Best Article of 2023/24 for his publication ‘Catherine Malabou’s Historical Epistemology’.Published in Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory, the article examines Catherine Malabou’s contribution…

We are delighted to welcome seven new colleagues to the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. Their expertise spans linguistics, Italian studies, film, and digital media, enriching our research and teaching community.Amanda Cole (Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics) - studies language variation, change, and attitudes, with a…

We warmly invite you to attend the upcoming Italian Research Seminars in the Michaelmas 2025 Term: 29 October 2025Laura Llewellyn (National Gallery, London), Luke Syson (Fitzwilliam Museum) 'Exhibiting Sienese Art. Research, Curation, Reflection'Cambridge-Intesa Sanpaolo Annual LectureOld Library, Pembroke College, 5pm  5 November 2025Heather Webb …

The talks will take place in Michaelmas and Lent Terms on Thursdays from 5:30pm in the Knox Shaw Room in Sidney Sussex CollegeMichaelmas Term 2025 30 October 2025  Ekaterina Schulmann (Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Berlin) “Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian Rituals of Power and Citizens’ Notions of Liberty”  13 November 2025  Benjamin Paloff (…

Friday, 24 October 2025, 5:30pmWilliam Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex CollegeWe invite you to a free event to discuss the recently published book co-written by our Professor of Polish Studies, Stanley Bill, and Ben Stanley (SWPS University, Warsaw), entitled Good Change: The Rise and Fall of Poland's Illiberal Revolution (Stanford: Stanford University Pr…

Generously supported by the Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and the Society for Italian Studies. Friday 19 September 11:20–11:30  OPENING REMARKS 11:30–13:15 PANEL 1: LIVESChair: Helena Phillips-RobinsFederico Rossi (Università della Svizzera Italiana)Within the Walls of the Text: The Vita of Umiliana de’ …

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 Europe; concepts of identity, l…

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.

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 2025Archives, Resistance, DecolonisationGabriella Ghermandi and Jenni Skinner in ConversationChadwick R…

We are glad to welcome Gabriella Ghermandi, Ethio-Italian writer, performer and musician for two events on Thursday 8 May 2025 both taking place at Selwyn College. Event one: (Content notice: discusses themes of colonialism and racism) Archives, Resistance, Decolonisation - Gabriella Ghermandi and Jenni Skinner in conversationThursday 8 May, 2pm, C…

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.For further details, please visit Princeton University Press website.