2010/2011 Programme
Wednesday September 15th 2010: “The History of the Buccellati Jewellery” - a talk by John Kelly, Director of Buccellati UK.
Wednesday October 20th 2010: “My Mother a Spy?” – a reminiscence by Gerald Peacocke.
Wednesday November 17th 2010: “The Golden House of Nero” (Domus Aurea) – an audio-visual
presentation by Anna Mangini
Wednesday December 15th 2010: “Women in 19th Century Italy” – an audio-visual presentation by
Dr. Kate Mitchell, Dept. of Italian, Cambridge University.
Wednesday January 19th 2011: “Machiavelli in America” – an audio visual presentation by author Ross King.
Wednesday February 16th 2011: “Comparisons between the Abruzzo & Trentino Alto Adige Regions of Italy”– an audio-visual presentation by Vickie Harris, Vice-Chairperson of the Italian Circle.
Wednesday March 16th 2011: “Verdi & the Risorgimento” – an audio-visual presentation by Peter Bleasby.
Wednesday April 20th 2011: “Gypsies Out of Italy! (Italian Policy & Practice towards Roma People”) – an audio-visual presentation by Dr. Nando Sigona of Oxford University.
Wednesday May 18th 2011: “Mazzini, Prophet of the Nation” – an audio-visual presentation by Professor Christopher Duggan of the University of Reading.
Wednesday June 15th 2011: “Gardens of Tuscany & Umbria” – an audio-visual presentation by horticulturist Bill Tait, formerly of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.