Department: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
Talks:

Monday 2 February 2025

Piero Vettori and the Noble Art of Olive Growing: Botanical Knowledge as Environmental and Economic Strategy in Sixteenth Century Tuscany
Date: 2 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Anca-Delia Moldovan (University of Warwick)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

The Italian Translations of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets (1944-2013): Appropriations, Rewritings and Reception
Date: 9 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Eleonora Gallitelli (Università degli Studi di Udine)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2025

The End of Ends: Elsa Morante and Eschatology
Date: 23 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Dr Rebecca Walker (University of Oxford)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

Seeking Wonder in the Long Nineteenth Century: Women, Folklore and Fairy Tales from a Transnational Perspective
Date: 2 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Elena Sottilotta (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2025

Theatre and cultural politics in the Academies of the Venetian Republic
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Lisa Sampson (UCL)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA