Heroic figures in calamitous times

The current incidence of natural disasters has stimulated, especially in recent decades, a lively debate among academics from different disciplines about the cultural and social connotations of catastrophes. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes,…

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe

Firefighting and the Narratives of Great Fires in Early Modern Europe   Seminar with David Garrioch (Monash University, Melbourne) and Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck University of London)Tuesday, January 22nd 2019, 3:00 pm DSU Room…

January 21, 2019: Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe

Forms and networks of communication in 16th century Europe: information, censorship, dissimulation   Seminar with Elena Bonora (University of Parma) and Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) 21st January 2019, at 3.00 p.m. Department…

January 18, 2019: The history of printing and reading in the modern age

The history of printing and reading in the modern age: recent trends and studies (La storia della stampa e della lettura in età moderna: orientamenti e studi recenti)    Seminar with Brendan Dooley ( University College Cork ) Friday,…

December 10, 2018: Natural Disasters, Communication and Politics in the Spanish Monarchy

NATURAL DISASTERS, COMMUNICATION AND POLITICS IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY Ancien régime societies facing emergencies (Disastri naturali, comunicazione e politica nella Monarchia ispanica. Società di antico regime di fronte all’emergenza)   Monday,…

November 23, 2018: Brochures and leaflets in the Italian Cinquecento

Brochures and leaflets in the Italian Cinquecento: discursive traditions and linguistic registers (Opuscoli e fogli volanti nel Cinquecento italiano: tradizioni discorsive e registri linguistici) Download the programme Go to the Report   Seminar…