SIS support for Research in Italian Studies

Fostering and supporting excellent research across the Italian Studies community in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a top priority of the Society for Italian Studies. To this end, the Society has funds available to help initiate new research projects (see below), and is always willing to discuss other ways in which we can support your research activities. The current holder of the Research Portfolio is Dr Emanuela Patti (Edinburgh): Emanuela.Patti@ed.ac.uk.

Current research projects

Conference Subvention Fund

This fund is available to support conference activity for events of excellent intellectual quality, which engage with original and timely research questions that will have a demonstrable impact on the field of Italian Studies. Applicants will be expected to provide evidence of research excellence, as well as clear plans for public dissemination of research findings after the event.

The Society will provide subventions of up to £500 for such events. Applications can be submitted twice a year with deadlines on the 15th of April and the 15th of November. Submissions will be reviewed by the Executive Committee and the outcome will be communicated in May and December, respectively. Click to download an application form (MS Word / PDF)

Click here to download an application form (MS Word / PDF)

SIS Themed Conference

Members of the Society for Italian Studies are invited, via a call posted on the Society’s webpages and circulated to Departments, to submit proposals to host the Themed Conference on a biannual basis.

The Society provides funding of up to £2000 to support the event, as well as supporting the conference organisers in planning, publicising and running the conference.

The last edition of the Themed Conference was held at the University of Leeds in 2025. The next edition will take place in 2027.