Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2022 with Dr Simone Brioni
Dr Brioni discusses how it is possible to reevaluate Italian symbols in a more inclusive way.
Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2020 with Simonetta Agnello Hornby
Simonetta Agnello Hornby reflects on Italian society and law and discusses the readership of Italian literature, in particular female authorship.
Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2018 with Dr Stefano Jossa
Dr Jossa explores what the Italian language can express better than any other language.
Lucrezia Zaina Lecture 2017 with Professor John Foot
Professor Foot considers how the Italian identity and sporting victories and disasters may be linked.
Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2016 with Professor Richard Dyer
Professor Dyer examines how La Dolce Vita put Italian cinema on the world stage.
Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2014 with Tim Parks
Tim Parks considers how much has changed since Leopardi’s writings during the Enlightenment and reflects upon how much has remained the same.
Lucrezia Zaina Bequest Lecture 2013 with Beppe Severgnini OBE
In his latest book, Italiani di domani, Severgnini considers a roadmap for the emerging nation.
Lucrezia Zaina bequest lecture 2012 with Andrew Graham-Dixon
In his lecture, Graham-Dixon discusses the identities of ordinary people that Caravaggio used as models for his depictions of classic religious scenes.