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Society for Italian Studies

Welcome to the Society for Italian Studies website, supporting academic Italian studies in Britain and Ireland. Announcements of events organized by or on behalf of the Society are posted here. The site also hosts details of events organized more generally in Italian Studies. The Society’s aims and objectives, as well as information regarding its membership and organization is also provided, as are details of our research activities, conferences and publications. See ourResources page for a list of other learned and cultural bodies with which the Society and its members collaborate.

Book Launch: Objects in Italian Life and Culture: Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality, The University of St. Andrews, 11 October 2016

28 September, 2016  Paolo Bartoloni’s new book Objects in Italian Life and Culture: Fiction, Migration, and Artificiality, (Palgrave, 2016 ) will be launched by Professor Derek Duncan, The University of St. Andrews, on Tuesday October 11 at 5pm in G010, Hardiman Research Building, National University of Ireland, Galway. The Launch will be introduced by the Registrar and Deputy ...

Conference: Gianni Celati. Translation, Tradition, Rewriting (University College Cork, 23-24 September 2016)

20 September, 2016The programme  for the conference Gianni Celati. Translation, Tradition, Rewriting (University College Cork, 23-24 September 2016)  is now available. . Gianni Celati will be present at the conference. Invited speakers: Marco Belpoliti, Nunzia Palmieri, Enrico Palandri, Daniele Benati, Anna Maria Chierici, Josefa Calvo Montoro, Jean Talon. Before the conference, an Omaggio a Gianni Celati will ...

SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE

30 August, 2016The Society of Italian Studies shares the shock and dismay of Italians and friends of Italy everywhere at the news of the devastating earthquake that struck central Italy on the night of 24th August 2016. The Society will be making a donation, on behalf of members, to help those affected ...

Details of the 2017 Biennial SIS Conference, and invitation to bid for the 2018 Interim Conference

4 July, 2016Go to the conferences pages to see full details of the next SIS conference, forthcoming in 2017, and for instructions on how to bid for the 2018 interim conference.

About Brexit: Letter to the Italian government from European academics living in the UK

4 July, 2016In the aftermath of the Brexit vote, concern is growing amongst European academics living and working in the UK about the deleterious effects that a departure from the EU will have on European citizens and their futures.   This is the LETTER  that a group of European Italianists have addressed to the ...

Dante Conference: The important of Being Earnest, UCL, Saturday 9th July 2016

29 June, 2016Details for this event, sponsored by the Society for Italian Studies, can be found here.