Welcome to the Society for Italian Studies web site, supporting academic Italian studies in Britain and Ireland. Announcements of events organized by or on behalf of the Society are posted to this Welcome page, but a much fuller calendar of events in Italian studies in Britain and Ireland can be found using the links provided to the left. There is also information here on the Society's aims, objectives, membership and organisation, and details are also provided of our research activities, conferences and publications.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: NEW SUBSCRIPTION ARRANGEMENTS (in PDF format) for the attention of all members of the SIS and those interested in taking up membership of the Society.

1 December 2009. Postgraduate Funding Opportunities

4 March 2010. Members' password-protected page

Other learned and cultural bodies with which the Society and its members collaborate include:

• The British-Italian Society
• The Italian Cultural Institutes of: Dublin / Edinburgh / London
• ASMI (Association for the Study of Modern Italy)
• The American Association for Italian Studies
• The American Association of Teachers of Italian
• Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies London (IGRS)
• The Society for Renaissance Studies
• The Society for French Studies
• The Modern Humanities Research Association
• MLA (The Modern Language Association)
• The British Comparative Literature Association
• The British Academy
• The British School at Rome

Further online resources for Italian Studies research include:

• The Italian Mailbase
• Società Dantesca Italiana
• The Italian Academies 1525-1700: a Themed Collection
• The Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies
• The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies
• The Leopardi Centre at Birmingham
• Society for Pirandello Studies
• Dalmas Foundation

A fuller list of online resources and useful links can be found on this page.

Notices of vacant academic posts in Italian Studies are often posted on this website, but a more comprehensive service is provided by:

• Job and Research Opportunities in the Academic World