Thanks to those who read drafts of this (esp Dr Charlotte Ross) A new article of mine in the latest Italian Studies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… thinking abt Fascist Italy w/queerphobic events from various hist-cultural contexts is possible & helpful Society for Italian Studies ItalianMMLL

Solidarity with colleagues at Kent - it really is happening everywhere.

Save Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Subjects at the University of Kent - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7Hk6Rp8ps9

We’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay by highlighting a selection of books published by women in the MMLL Faculty in recent years!📚💪 Check them out in the library foyer!

You can find more recent publications by MMLL women as ebooks on iDiscover, including: 🎞️ Céline Sciamma: Portraits by Emma Wilson ⏰ Understanding human time, edited by Kasia M. Jaszczolt 🖌️ Pontormo and the art of devotion in Renaissance Italy by Jessica A. Maratsos

Brill’s acquisitions editor is present at the ACLA conference in Montreal. Come by to browse titles, tell about new directions in your research, and let us know what your publishing needs are. This is your chance 😉 #ACLA2024

I was interviewed for this in Covid times, when I hadn't left my house for anything. It was surreal, but I loved talking Dante with Ric and Tori. ‘Dante: Inferno to Paradise’ Review: A Divine PBS Documentary wsj.com/arts-culture/f… via WSJ Books Section Steeplechase Films Selwyn College

We are delighted that the University of Cambridge ranked 1st for Modern Languages and 2nd for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings for 2024 (as indeed was also the case in 2023)🎉

Was somewhat bemusedly listening to a colleague tell me about his great interest in commas, only to realise belatedly that he was saying 'commerce'. 12 years are clearly not adequate for an American to learn to understand British pronunciation.

We're hiring! Join the team as our Digital Communications Assistant 🤳 You will assist with day-to-day digital marketing including social media, e-marketing and the Kettle's Yard website. Apply before 22 May: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/46306/

1st May 2024 Choral Compline by Candlelight - tonight at Selwyn College Chapel Selwyn College

The Eduardo Saccone PhD Scholarship in Italian Literature now open for applications at UCC. Please share widely - they treat their PhDs very well, and there is a real sense of community and collegiality in the group. ucc.ie/en/italian/gra…

So looking forward to celebrating the publication of Dante's "Vita nova": A Collaborative Reading (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023) tomorrow at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Saturday, 4 May, between 11.00-12.30. Notre Dame Press undpress.nd.edu/9780268207403/…

The special issue 79.1 of Italian Studies is online! Edited by Olga Campofreda and Francesco Chianese, it investigates Italian authors, screenwriters, and directors on the move, focusing on the evolving nature of the coming-of-age story. tandfonline.com/toc/yits20/79/…

Looking forward to taking part in this tomorrow: Dante and the Divine Comedy: Conversations around Interpretations in Movement, Music and Performance Friday May 10th at University College London eventbrite.com/e/dante-and-th…

penn.manifoldapp.org/projects/bibli… So happy to see this out! Congratulations to Dr Federica Coluzzi and Tristan Kay for leading the charge on thinking Dante Centenaries! Bibliotheca Dantesca And a wonderful review of Katherine Powlesland 's book!

Happy to see this collection of articles appear, which I’ve worked on with Dr Federica Coluzzi. All about the social, cultural and political functions of Dante centenaries, from the 19th century to today, in Italy and far beyond. And open access! penn.manifoldapp.org/projects/bibli…

The culmination of the Dante Studies events at 2024 Society for Italian Studies conference : the launch of 'Dante's "Vita Nova". A Collaborative Reading' Notre Dame Press With Heather Webb Tristan Key, Zyg Baranski, Simon Gilson and Catherine Keen

Delighted to announce online publication of Gur Zak's 'Pitying Antiochus: Italian Humanism and the Philology of Compassion' Society for Italian Studies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…