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), Federica Gigante (History of Science Museum); Giuseppe Marcocci (Exeter): Leah Clark (Continuing Education); Jane Stevens (Brookes); Emanuela Vai (Worcester).

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 16:30 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), Federica Gigante (History of Science Museum), Leah Clark (Continuing Education)
Timing: Tuesdays at 16:30-18:15, Weeks 1, 3, 5 & 7
Web Address: https://italianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/early-modern-italian-seminar

Talks:

Tuesday 10 October 2023 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Beautiful Bodies: Spirituality, Sexuality and Gender in Leonardo's Milan
Date: 10 October 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Maya Corry (Oxford Brookes)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Great Pox in Early Modern Italy: imagining and experiencing (joint session with the Seminar in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology)
Date: 23 October 2023, 16:00 - 17:15 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : John Henderson (Birkbeck)
Venue Details: Maison Fançaise d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 November 2023 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Making the Renaissance Public: Location based interpretation of early modern urban space (joint session with the Digital Humanities and Sensory Heritage Network)
Date: 7 November 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Fabrizio Nevola (Exeter)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Old Dining Hall
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Fabrication of Historical Truths: Rodrigo Caldéron and his Dignified Death in Italian Handwritten, Printed and Whispered News
Date: 21 November 2023, 16:30 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Paola Molino (Padua)
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: Doctorow Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark