Society for Italian Studies

Full List of Forthcoming Events


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Please send details of events for inclusion to Lucia Rinaldi (siswebmanager@gmail.com). Include the title of the event, a brief description, the venue and date, and the URL of the relevant website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE (6 November 2009). Organizers of events are reminded that they should send a URL for a link to their own webpage: sis.ac.uk will not host PDF or other files for conferences and other events not directly organized by or on behalf of the SIS.

15 September 2010. International Conference: 21st-Century European Literature: Mapping New Trends
   St Andrews University, 15-17 September 2010
   Organising body: St Andrews University School of Modern Languages
   Convenor: Professor Margaret-Anne Hutton, Department of French
   Subject convenor for Italian literature: Dr Rossella Riccobono rmr8@st-andrews.ac.uk

17 September 2010. Dante in France - workshop
   University of Leeds, 17 September 2010
   For further information, please contact Russell Goulbourne r.j.goulbourne@leeds.ac.uk, Matthew Treherne m.treherne@leeds.ac.uk or Claire Honess c.e.honess@leeds.ac.uk

17 September 2010. Enhancing the Italian Studies Curriculum: Innovation and Development Conference
   City Inn, Manchester, 17 September 2010
   Keynote speakers: Marina Orsini-Jones (Coventry University); Dr. Marina Mozzon-McPherson (The University of Hull)
   For any queries, please contact Dr. Elena Polisca: Elena.polisca@manchester.ac.uk

23 September 2010. International Symposium ‘TU SE’ LO MIO MAESTRO E ’L MIO AUTORE’: Fostering Collaboration across Generations of Italianists
   University of Edinburgh, 23-24 September 2010
   Keynote speakers: Martin McLaughlin (University of Oxford), Anthony Oldcorn (Brown University)
   Conference Organizers: Matteo Brera, Federica Pedriali, Carlo Pirozzi, Daniela Sannino
   For any queries and for submitting your abstract, please contact the organizers: edicis@gmail.com

24 September 2010. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Conference. ‘Art Histories, Cultural Studies and the Cold War’
   Stewart House (ST274/5), 24 September 2010, 9.30am

25 September 2010. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Study Day. ‘Cold War Cities’
   Stewart House (ST274/5), 25 September 2010, 9.30am

9 October 2010. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Annual conference of the Society for Pirandello Studies
   Stewart House (ST274/5), 9 October 2010, 10am

16 October 2010. Alberto Moravia: nuovi approcci per il terzo millennio
   University College Cork, Ireland. 16 October 2010.
   Further information from website above or from the conference organizers, Emma Keane (e.keane@ucc.ie, emmakeane@libero.it) or Mark Chu (MChu@italian.ucc.ie).

22 October 2010. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Conference. ‘The Personality Cult of Modern Dictators’
   Senate House (G22/24), 22-23 October 2010, 10am

19 November 2010. ASMI Annual Conference 2010: Italy and its Pasts: an interdisciplinary conference
   Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, 19-20 November 2010
   Conference organisers: Martin Brown (Staffordshire) m.t.brown@staffs.ac.uk; Melissa Calaresu (Cambridge) mtc12@cam.ac.uk; Paola Filippucci (Cambridge) pf107@cam.ac.uk

19 November 2010. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Annual conference of ASMI (Association for the Study of Modern Italy): ‘Italy and its Pasts’
   Stewart House (ST 274/5), 19-20 November 2010, 10am

27 November 2010. A New Italian Political Cinema?
   Queen Mary, University of London, 27 November 2010
   A project supported by AHRC’s Research Networking Scheme and principally co-ordinated by the University of Salford.
   It will feature the participation of political activists, trade unionists, migrant workers, environmentalists, film directors and academics.
   Subsequent events: Adelaide, Australia (April 29th, 2011) and Cremona, Italy (July 9th, 2011).
   Further information can be obtained from the project co-ordinator, William Hope W.Hope@salford.ac.uk

21 January 2011. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Seminar ‘From Textual to Visual’. Katia Pizzi will introduce Dacia Maraini’s La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria (1990) and Roberto Faenza’s film Marianna Ucria (1997)
   Stewart House (ST276), 21 January 2011, 4-7.30pm

28 January 2011. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Conference. ‘The Impact of Caravaggio on Contemporary Culture’
   Stewart House (ST274/5), 28 January 2011, 10am

9 May 2011. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Lecture and reading. Professor Carlo Ginzburg: [title tbc]
   Senate House (Chancellor’s Hall), 9 May 2011, 6pm

24 June 2011. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Lecture and reading. Professor Alberto Cavaglion: ‘The House of Mirth: Jewish Italian Reflections’
   Stewart House (ST274/5), 24 June 2011, 6pm

2 November 2011. Friends of Italian Studies at the IGRS
   Conference. ‘Vampires. Myths of the Past and the Future’
   2-4 November 2011, 10am [venue tbc].

1 July 2013. Locating Boccaccio in 2013
   University of Manchester
   Events throughout July 2013 to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, organized by Dr Guyda Armstrong guyda.armstrong@manchester.ac.uk, Dr Rhiannon Daniels r.j.daniels@leeds.ac.uk, and Professor Stephen Milner Stephen.j.milner@manchester.ac.uk 1-31 July 2013


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