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La classifica ufficiale di #SanremOX25 dopo le prime tre serate (con il bonus trash +5 che smuove sempre gli equilibri). Hasta il Fantabosco siempre. #Sanremo2025

Sharing the second of two timeline posts based on Domenico Di Rosa’s excellent research in relation to Alasdair Gray and Edwin Morgan’s work, supported by Edwin Morgan Trust Timeline post 2: 1988-2004.. Despite Scotland’s delayed decriminalisation of same-sex relations in 1980,

Looking forward to serving the Society for Italian Studies in the new role of Research portfolio holder.

Join us in Venice from 16th-19th September 2025 for the Summer School ‘Corpo a Corpo’! Explore the cultural, social, and political dynamics of corporeality in Italian culture through lectures, workshops and presentations! Apply before 1st April 2025!🌟italianstudies.org.uk/2025/02/24/sum…

An incredible day at the Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, delving into the stories of Rizzio and Mary, Queen of Scots. Grateful for the wonderfully helpful staff and the chance to explore such a fascinating part of Vatican City!

Plz share! IASH-NMS fellowship - Materialising the Scottish in Northern Europe, 1500-1750: mobilities, communities and material culture. Details and application here: iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-national-… Deadline is 25 April!

📣Call for Applications!📣 The SIS is seeking to elect its first Postdoctoral Fellow for the academic year 2025-26! For one year’s worth of funding to turn your PhD thesis into a book, see the link below for details and apply before 9th May 2025!⭐️ italianstudies.org.uk/2025/04/10/sis…

It’s publication day! 9 years after the original English version. Grateful to everyone who made this journey possible. #Pasolini50 #Dante #translation #ItalianStudies #25aprile #25Aprile2025 Da oggi nelle librerie

Looking forward to welcolming scholars in gamification, game designers and heritage institutions for this workshop on ‘Scottish Historical Heritage and Gamification’. 👇Tabletop pilot game on #DavidRizzio will also be tested on this occasion!

Thanks to the organisers of the Italian Research Seminar at the University of Oxford. It was lovely to see colleagues and share the research of the RSE-funded project on David Rizzio. #davidrizzio

Off to Modena for the Challenge Investment Fund project ‘Scottish Historical Heritage and Gamification’ and our favourite case study: #DavidRizzio

Today I had the pleasure of presenting on the David Rizzio project exploring his historical role and cultural afterlife at a brilliant full-day event in Moretta. From lecture to interactive playtest: we blended scholarship, storytelling, and community. 🎲📜 #DavidRizzio

Now accepting applications for the SIS Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prize!🎉To reward excellent work in Italian Studies from the 2024/2025 academic year, see the link below and submit your applications before 18th July 2025!✨ italianstudies.org.uk/postgraduates/…

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the SIS EDI Excellence Award 2024 is Dr Alice Parrinello! Huge congratulations!🎉✨For further details see the link below! italianstudies.org.uk/2025/07/22/ali…

📣Call for Papers!📣The SIS PG Colloquium: ‘Italian Literature and Culture through a Comparative Lens: Transnational and Transhistorical Networks’ will be taking place Cambridge University in December 2025! To contribute, submit your abstracts by 29th August!✨ italianstudies.org.uk/2025/07/28/cfp…

Join us virtually Cambridge University on the 19th and 20th September 2025 for the conference ‘Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200-1550.’ For further details and to register for the livestreamed event, see the link below!📚✨italianstudies.org.uk/2025/09/02/lit…

The conference ‘Torna a Surriento: Return Migration to Southern Italy from 1876 to Today’ will take place at the Taylor Institution Library University of Oxford on 24-25 September! Join us to investigate this phenomenon from a range of disciplinary perspectives!✨ italianstudies.org.uk/2025/09/16/con…

🎉FIILI: The Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland is back!🎉 Join us on the 26th-27th September 2025 Trinity College Dublin and IIC Dublino to explore this year’s theme ‘In Other Wor(l)ds’ and celebrate Italian and Irish authors!✨📚Enrica Ferrara italianstudies.org.uk/2025/09/15/fii…