Everyone wears a mask. Not a literal one, maybe, but a mask nonetheless: everyone plays a role in the comedy of life. Professor Paolino, the Man, hides an illicit love affair under his respectable demeanor. Mrs Perella, his lover, wears the mask of Virtue but is not really virtuous at all; while her husband, Captain
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The image of Italian culture in the UK after WWII: Talk by Dr Fabio Ferrarini
For our last event of term, we are very pleased to welcome Dr Fabio Ferrarini from the University of Milan, who will give a talk on the image of Italian culture in the UK after WWII. Below is an abstract of the talk. After the Second World War, the image of Italian culture was seriously
Italian Masterpieces of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Come along to discover a corner of Italy- in Cambridge! History of Art PhD student Stephanie Azzarello will give us a tour of the best Italian paintings of the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Museum displays many excellent pieces of art from Renaissance artists, and particularly those from the superlative Venetian School, such as Titian and Veronese.
Italia Lunare: An evening with Dr Fabio Camilletti
Apparently, writers Fruttero and Lucentini were used to say that a flying saucer could not land in Lucca. Same applies to ghosts and vampires, and to haunted castles and uncanny portraits – that is to say, to the whole repertoire of the Gothic, a genre born in Britain and later exported to France and Germany,
ItSoc Theatre Project Auditions Day 1-2
Our theatre project is starting again! For the third consecutive year the Italian Society, in collaboration with Roman actor and director Ludovico Nolfi, will be staging a play at the end of Lent term, and we are looking for a cast and crew: actors, musicians, sound and lighting technicians, costume and make up artists, on
2015 – Questi Fantasmi
2015 – Questi Fantasmi By Eduardo de Filippo March 12th – 7pm in the Palmerston Room at St John’s College Italian with English subtitles ‘Questi Fantasmi’ (‘These Ghosts’) is a work which follows perfectly along the lines of De Filippo’s typical approach, combining his great irony with an ability to touch upon themes which make
2014 – Il Beretto a Sonagli
2014 – Il Beretto a Sonagli By Luigi Pirandello March 13-14th – 7pm in the Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, English Faculty Italian with English subtitles In October of 2013 Ludovico Nolfi, actor and director from Rome, arrives in Cambridge with an idea in mind: to put on a show in Italian starring amateur native
Election results
Ciao a tutti! We finally have results for our committee elections. First ballot: Voters 8 President DIAZZI, Alessandra 4 FURLAN, Clelia 4 Neither is elected Vice-president HOLDENRIED-CHERNOFF, Daria 7 HOLDENRIED-CHERNOFF, Daria is elected Secretary ANDREONI, Edoardo 7 ANDREONI, Edoardo is elected Treasurer FANTI, Giulia 7 FANTI, Giulia is elected Second ballot: Voters 11 President DIAZZI,
President – Clelia Furlan
I am currently a second year undergraduate Philosophy student. I am familiar with both the environment of the University and the Cambridge Italian community: I have been actively involved with the Italian society for the past two years and am currently its publicity officer. I am passionate about promoting Italian culture throughout the University and
President – Alessandra Diazzi
Born in Milan in 1986, after obtaining the degree in Lettere Moderne at the Università degli Studi in the same city I moved to Cambridge in 2011. Here, I started a Ph.D. in Italian Studies at the University of Cambridge, which I am now about to complete. By now well settled in Cambridge, I would