Italy

Wolfson College, Oxford

On the evening of April 28th, there will be a British Academy Public Lecture, by Professor Tim Carter (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) on “Lessons in madness: Orlando furioso on the operatic stage”. Further details on this lecture which is free and open to the public, will be made available via the British Academy web pages: http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/index.cfm.

Coinciding with the quatercentenary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, SEDERI (Spanish and Portuguese Association for English Renaissance Studies) is organising its annual conference in collaboration with the English and Spanish departments of the University of Valladolid.

Coincidiendo con el cuarto centenario de la muerte de Shakespeare y de Cervantes, SEDERI (Sociedad Española y Portuguesa de Estudios del Renacimiento Inglés) está organizando su congreso anual en colaboración con los departamentos de Filología Inglesa y Literatura Española de la Universidad de Valladolid.

Florence, Italy.

The principal aim of this seminar is to provide an introduction to Italian archives (with particular emphasis on Florentine archival collections); to examine in-depth various documentary typologies; to read diverse early modern scripts; and to learn how to plan research in Italian archives and libraries. Especially relevant for advanced graduate students studying Renaissance and early modern topics, this seminar is taught by a team of current and former MAP scholars, as well as university professors and other MAP-affiliated researchers.