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By : cuitaliansociety 18 01 202204 10 2026

Raccontare di storia in qualsiasi modo – Interview with Alessandro Vanoli

“Recounting history in several ways. How I got rid of footnotes without throwing them away.”

Thursday, 20 January 2022 – 5 pm UK, we will have the opportunity to interview Alessandro Vanoli and talk about his career and transition from the academic sphere to the job of communicator.

A historian and writer, he aims to communicate the beauty of history and the importance of diversity through books, theater plays, press, radio, and media to the public.

The interview will be held in Italian and broadcast live on the Cambridge University Italian Society YouTube channel.

By : cuitaliansociety 11 11 202122 01 2022

Italian Play – Call for Participants

“Teatro significa vivere davvero quello che gli altri, nella vita, recitano male.” ― Eduardo De Filippo

Are you interested in the beauty of acting? Do you want an opportunity to perform in an Italian-language show? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

Renowned professional theatre director Ludovico Nolfi is returning to Cambridge to put on another Italian classic, written by Eduardo De Filippo.

The initial workshop will be held online and is open to everyone!

If you would like to take part in the workshop, please fill this form by the 24 November or contact us for more information at cuitaliansoc@gmail.com.

By : cuitaliansociety 09 06 202112 12 2021

Gianni Rodari Virtual Theatre Show 2021

🎭📜 The Cambridge University Italian Society is pleased to invite you to the Gianni Rodari Virtual Theatre Show 2021, “L’alfabeto della creatività: un omaggio a Gianni Rodari”, a virtual theatrical performance on the power of creativity and imagination based on a selection of texts by Italian children’s literature writer Gianni Rodari, directed by Ludovico Nolfi.

By : cuitaliansociety 07 10 202012 12 2021

Così è (se vi pare) – Right you are (if you think so)

In a constant turn of exhilarating and tragic events, Luigi Pirandello (winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature) leads us to believe a version of the story and its opposite soon after, kindling our inborn desire to know and be involved in the business of others.

By : cuitaliansociety 16 09 202007 10 2020

Interview with Ludovico Nolfi

In Italian theatre the political dimension is almost always present, even if there is no explicit declaration. Deep down theatre has always had a strong political quality directly or indirectly.

By : cuitaliansociety 16 09 202004 01 2021

2020 Annual Giulio Regeni Memorial Lecture

To honour the memory of Giulio Regeni 4 years after his kidnap and murder in Cairo, the 2020 Cambridge University Italian Society committee decided to institute an annual Giulio Regeni Memorial Lecture.

By : cuitaliansociety 26 10 201903 12 2023

Science and Public Policy in Italy, St. John’s College, Divinity School

SPP Italy 2019 is a one-day conference exploring the relationship between science, policy and the public in Italy. In the globalised world we live in, it has never been easier for researchers to move across borders. Science and technological innovation are seen by many as an international enterprise. However, most policy decisions are still taken

By : cuitaliansociety 16 09 201907 10 2020

2019 – La Mandragola

This year the annual Cambridge Italian play brings to the stage a masterpiece of Renaissance comedy – The Mandrake (La Mandragola) by Niccolò Machiavelli!

By : cuitaliansociety 30 04 201904 10 2026

Massimo D’Alema: Austerity and Economic Policies in Europe, King’s College, Keynes Hall

In this lecture, President D’Alema will discuss the implications of the adoption throughout the European continent of austerity on today’s economic policies. Austerity gained renewed momentum after the publication of Growth in a Time of Debt by Rogoff and Reinhart, which came at a moment of global economic recession following the 2007-8 crisis. German Chancellor

By : cuitaliansociety 04 03 201904 10 2026

Paolo Gentiloni: Is European Populism here to Stay?, St. John’s College, Palmerston Room (with St. John’s Palmerston Society)

Is there a disconnection between the European leadership and the European public behind the rise of populist parties? Can a populist triumph in the upcoming European election be averted? Former Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni argues that the continent’s centre-left has lost the trust of citizens. However, in his latest book The Impopulist Challenge (La Sfida