The Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages and Linguistics is delighted to host the Society for Italian Studies Postgraduate Colloquium 2025, titled:

Italian Literature and Culture Through a Comparative Lens: Transnational and Transhistorical Networks

5 December 2025

SG2, Alison Richards Building, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

This one-day colloquium brings together emerging scholars from across the UK, Ireland, and Europe to explore Italian literature and culture through transnational, comparative, and transhistorical perspectives. The programme includes a keynote lecture by Professor Emma Bond (University of Oxford), three thematic panels, and a workshop on transnationality in Italian language teaching.

Organised by Aurora Sturli (University of Cambridge) and Camille Iuliano (King’s College London), the event is generously supported by the Society for Italian Studies and the Cambridge–Intesa Sanpaolo Fund.

For queries, please contact: as3277@cam.ac.uk or camille.iuliano@kcl.ac.uk.

We look forward to welcoming participants to Cambridge for a day of rich discussion and research exchange.