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Early Modern Italian World Seminar
This interdisciplinary seminar will host papers and discussions about any aspect of Italian culture and society in the period 1400-1800. We are keen to range across the Italian peninsula including, as the title implies, Italian communities, cultures and connections outside Italy in the Mediterranean, Europe and the rest of the world. The seminar is open to all post-holders, early career researchers, doctoral and masters students, and interested undergraduates, especially those considering graduate studies.
Convenors: Filippo de Vivo (St Edmund Hall); Giuseppe Marcocci (Exeter); Leah Clark (Continuing Education); Federica Gigante (AMES); Jane Stevens (Brookes); Emanuela Vai (Worcester); Zoe Farrell (St Edmund Hall)
The seminar is funded by the Faculty of History and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. We meet four times a term on Tuesdays in odd weeks of the Oxford University Term at 14:00-16:00 in the Old Dining Hall, St Edmund Hall, Queens Lane (unless otherwise specified).
The seminar is open to the public. To get updates about the seminar, please write to mailto:earlymodernitaly@history.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Jane Stevens Crawshaw (Oxford Brookes),
Giuseppe Marcocci (Exeter College ),
Emanuela Vai (Worcester College),
Filippo de Vivo (St Edmund Hall),
Leah Clark (Continuing Education),
Zoe Farrell (St Edmund Hall),
Federica Gigante (AMES)
Timing: Tuesdays at 14:00-16:00, Weeks 1, 3, 5 & 7
Web Address:
https://italianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/early-modern-italian-seminar
Talks:
Tuesday 28 October 2025
On and Off the Canvas: Street Life in Early Modern Rome
Date: 28 October 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Elizabeth Currie (Central St Martins and V&A)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Fear and Fortune: Gypsy Women between Image, Devotion, and Control in Early Modern Italy
Date: 11 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Maria Gloria Tumminelli (Cambridge)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Who did Renaissance people think they were? Class consciousness, sense of belonging, and social categories in Venice 1400-1600
Date: 25 November 2025, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Claire Judde de Larivière (Toulouse)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
