The CU Italian Society, the CU European Society and Pandora – Rivista di teoria e politica, would like to invite you to this panel discussion on the current situation of the youth that, for the first time, are poorer than the previous generation(s). Join us for a discussion on the social and economic policies of
Elena Cattaneo: Science & Politics in Italy: Building Opportunities for an Uneasy Alliance, King’s College, Keynes Hall
Elena Cattaneo is a world-renowned pharmacologist in the field of neurodegenerative diseases and co-founding director of the University of Milan’s Center for Stem Cell Research Studies. She was the youngest person to be nominated Senator for life in the Italian Parliament in history.In this talk, she will discuss about her commitment to research. She has
Italian – Russian Medicine Conference, Nihon Room, Pembroke College (with the Cambridge University Russian Society)
The Cambridge University Italian Society (CUItSoc) and the Cambridge University Russian Society (CURS) are pleased to invite you for an exciting afternoon of science and a formal dinner at Pembroke College.Here follows the programme of the event:• 17:00 Welcome remarks• 17:10 “Using Laser Technology for Developing Materials for Renegerative Medicine” – Professor Peter Timashev, PhD;
2017 – Non ti Pago!
2017 – Non ti Pago! By Eduardo de Filippo March 19th, 3pm, 7pm in Murray Edwards College Italian with English subtitles “A man lost between dream and reality, Don Ferdinando, owner of a lottery shop, is a dedicated but unlucky gambler. When Mario, Ferdinando’s hated prospective brother-in-law, wins a big sum after dreaming Ferdinando’s deceased
2016 – L’Uomo, la Bestia e la Virtù
2016 – L’Uomo, la Bestia e la Virtù By Luigi Pirandello May 29th – 7pm in the Palmerston Room at St John’s College Italian with English subtitles “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
Italian Society Theatre Project: L’uomo, la bestia e la virtù
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
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