SIS Conferences

The Society for Italian Studies supports research across the discipline by holding three conferences: the Biennial Conference; the Themed Conference (previously known as the Interim), and the Postgraduate Colloquium. The Society also supports research by providing some funding to conferences and symposia run by SIS members.

Biennial Conference

The 2024 Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies, the largest scholarly society in the UK and Ireland for the study of Italian language, literature, and culture, was held at Royal Holloway, University of London. The conference programme is available here.

The next SIS Biennial Conference will be held in 2026.

Themed Conference

The 2025 SIS Themed Conference ‘Italian Studies at the Digital Turn. Practice, Methods, Interdisciplinarity’ took place at the University of Leeds on the 23rd and the 24th of June 2025. See the conference website here.

The next SIS Themed Conference will be held in 2027.

Postgraduate Colloquium

The Society holds an annual Postgraduate Colloquium. See this page for further details.

Hosting the SIS Biennial Conferences

The form for the registering of interest in holding the Biennial Conference is available below. Please complete the form as fully as possible, bearing in mind that not all questions will be relevant to the Biennial Conference (the form covers both this and the Themed Conference) and return to Chiara Giuliani, as Hon. Secretary at chiara.giuliani@ucc.ie .

Download the Conference Subvention Application Form

SIS Previous Conferences

Previous Conferences

  • The 2024 Conference was hosted by Royal Holloway University of London, 19-21 June. See the programme here.
  • The 2022 Conference was hosted by the University of Warwick, 20-22 April. See the programme here.
  • The 2019 Conference was hosted by The University of Edinburgh, 26-28 June. See the programme here.
  • The 2017 Conference was hosted by the University of Hull from 27th– 30th June 2017. The programme is available for dowload.
  • The 2015 Conference was hosted by the University of Oxford from 28 to 30 September 2015. The programme is available for download.
  • The 2013 Conference was hosted by Durham University from 8 to 11 July 2013. The programme is available for download.
  • The 2011 Conference was hosted by St Andrews University from 6 to 9 July 2011. The programme is available for download.
  • The 2009 Conference was hosted by Royal Holloway University of London, from 16 to 19 April.

Previous Themed Conferences

SIS Gender Policy

Conferences and events organised by the SIS will follow our EDI Policies.