Join us for an enchanting evening immersed in the world of the Decameron on June 22nd and 23rd at King’s College. Saturday 22nd June, at 7pm, Keynes Seminar Room, King’s College. Sunday 23rd June, at 5pm, Fellow’s Garden, King’s College. Please note that the location in the flyers (Provost’s Garden) is incorrect. The actor Paolo Panaro will read and interpret some
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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,