Cultural Agenda

London Foundling Hospital History: An Online Conference

Online event

This conference aims to bring together the global community of Foundling Hospital researchers for the first time to share their wide-ranging work, stimulate opportunities for collaboration, and suggest new avenues of investigation into the archives of the London Foundling Hospital.

Intorno al Risorgimento

Museo del Risorgimento, Piazza Carducci 1

A series of meetings at the Museo del Risorgimento of Bologna. Curated and organized by: Roberto Balzani, Elena Musiani.

The Liberal. Romantici inglesi a Pisa

Museo della Grafica, Palazzo Lanfranchi Lungarno Galileo Galilei 9, Pisa

Conference to celebrate the bicentennial of The Liberal. The 1° of June, from 9:30 to 17:30, at the Museo della Grafica, a conference will be held to celebrate the bicentennial of the newspaper The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South, founded by Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Leigh Hunt.

University of Malta’s Institute of Anglo-Italian Studies - 13th International Conference "Britain & Italy: Literary and Cultural Relations"

Plaza Regency Hotel; Valletta Campus.

The conference will be hosting 16 distinguished speakers whose papers will be covering the most diverse topics, ranging from Harriet Cheney’s paintings to honour killings in British and Italian media. See the programme for more details.

Spring Seminars on Romanticism 2023

Centro Polifunzionale Studenti - Sala Leogrande; Pinacoteca Metropolitana "Corrado Giaquinto"; Bari.

The initiative renews a 20-year tradition of intellectual meeting and exchange among numerous members of the international scholarly community devoted to the study of British Romanticism. The 2023 edition, titled "Wars and Peace," offers a tragically topical theme.

Prof. Saverio Tomaiuolo (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale) - Seminars on Alfred Tennyson at LILEC department

Via Cartoleria, 5

h. 10.15 - 11.45 (Aula VII) "Tradurre in Memoriam"; h. 12.00 - 13.30 (Aula VI) "Alfred Tennyson e la cultura vittoriana".

Prof Jeffrey N Cox, William Wordsworth's The Borderers, Early and Late

Online event

Prof Jeffrey N Cox, distinguished Professor at University of Colorado Boulder, will be analysing Wordsworth's The Borderers in relation to the drama and theater of the 1790s and as a cultural act in 1842, as the author seeks to define his place one more time on the literary scene. 17.30-19.00 BST

John Henry Newman e l'Idea di Letteratura

Aula G.020 Ubaldi, Largo A. Gemelli, 1 - Milano

Presentation of the volume by Francesca Caraceni (Carabba, 2022). Moderator: Enrico Reggiani. In conversation with the author: Mons. Claudio Giuliodori e Arturo Cattaneo. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Literary prize for a graduation thesis JASIT - CISR

The Jane Austen Society of Italy (JASIT) and the Inter-University Center for the Study of Romanticism (CISR – LILEC) publish the second edition of the literary prize for a graduation thesis on Jane Austen for the academic year 2021-2022.

Gruppo di Lettura Classici e Transmedialità - Jane Austen

Palazzo di Lingue, Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro

A series of seminars curated by Carlotta Susca, PhD. Coordinating professor Franca Dellarosa, organizational support provided by Angela Pansini. For more info see the flyer below or contact: carlotta.susca@uniba.it

Franca Dellarosa, 'Radical Poetry and Politics in Liverpool, 1790s-1810s'

Online event

Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies Virtual Speaker Series 2023. Franca Dellarosa: 'Friend(s) of Liberty and Man' radical poetry and politics in Liverpool, 1790-1810. Pre-recorded talk followed by live zoom Q&A Thursday 23rd March, 6PM GMT

A Talk on Shelley's copy of the Odyssey and other treasures of the Keats-Shelley House Library

Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna, 26, 00187, Roma

A talk in English by Dr Valentina Varinelli, on a collection of books that once belonged to the Shelley family and that entered the Keats-Shelley House collection in 2005. ADMISSION IS FREE OF CHARGE but booking is mandatory due to the limited number of seats (write to info@ksh.roma.it)