Events



Mis(sed)translations: Problems/processes/products

Apr 4, 2025 at -

FIGS is pleased to present its first annual symposium. Our panelists will present research within each of our department’s linguistic areas.



Ora Italiana

Apr 7, 2025 at -



German Jews, Political Pluralism, and the History of Compromise

Philipp Nielsen (University of Groningen)
Apr 7, 2025 at -

Does being a member of a minority community offer particular perspectives on compromise? 



Translating Italian Surrealism

Professor Stefania Heim Presents the First Ever Translation of Giorgio De Chirico's "Mr. Dudron"
Apr 8, 2025 at -



Unlikely Allies: Middle-Aged Women and the Trans Camera

Jennifer Evans (Carleton University)
Apr 8, 2025 at

This paper takes up the parallel lives of two Jewish middle-aged women photographers, one in Italy, the other in Brazil, and the role of their photographs of the Genoa and Sao Paolo trans scenes for the way they…



From Tropiques Toxiques to Toxic Tropics: Translating a French-Caribbean Environmental Justice Scandal

A talk with author Jessica Oublié
Apr 8, 2025 at -

Jessica Oublié is a French author, educator, historian, and environmental justice advocate. She has lived in Guadeloupe since 2018, and has published several documentary graphic novels, including Tropiques Toxiques…



Interpreting Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: Greek, Latin, Vernacular in the Renaissance

A lecture by David Lines
Apr 9, 2025 at -



Table Francophone

Apr 10, 2025 at -



From Manuscript to Print to Digital: Petrarch and the Renaissance Filter

Isabella Magni, University of Sheffield & the 2024-2025 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and the Center for Italian Studies Fellow in Italian Manuscript Studies
Apr 10, 2025 at -

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Ora Italiana

Apr 15, 2025 at -