News of the second phase of...
We are delighted to announce that we have won an AHRC standard grant of £680,000 to enable us to continue this project from summer 2015 until the end of 2018....
Interdisciplinary Italy
Intermedia in Italy: Barbara Burns talks to C. Brook, F. Mussgnug, and G. Pieri about Their New Book
We are excited to share a recent interview with the Principal Investigators of the Interdisciplinary Italy project, Professors Clodagh Brook, Florian Mussgnug, and Giuliana Pieri. The interview, conducted by Barbara Burns, delves...
Astronomical Connections: An Intermedial Journey at Calvino’s Exhibition in Rome
Favoloso Calvino: Il mondo come opera d’arte. Carpaccio, de Chirico, Gnoli, Melotti e gli altri (Scuderie del Quirinale, 13.10.2023–04.02.2024) takes you on a journey through images: on one side, those that inspired...
Opera aperta: Italian Electronic Literature from the 1960s to the Present
The convergence of electronic media and literary forms during the digital revolution has produced a variety of hybrid genres which in the present day are often labelled as “electronic literature”. In order...
Report of the 5th Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School (Dublin 2024)
The 2024 Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School took place last week in Trinity College, Dublin. We are grateful to our funders: the European Commission Funding (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the Society for Italian...
New Book: Intermedia in Italy: From Futurism to Digital Convergence
Intermedia in Italy: From Futurism to Digital Convergence Co-authors: Clodagh Brook, Florian Mussgnug and Giuliana Pieri We draw your attention to the publication of our new book, which explores the development of...
5th Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School (Trinity College Dublin, 11-12 July 2024)
5th Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School Transnational Italian Comics 11-12 July 2024, Trinity College Dublin Organised by: Manuela di Franco and Clodagh Brook The study of comics as an interdisciplinary field has surged...
The Limits of Literary Criticism and a Textile Poetics of Entanglement
Always eager to explore… Aren’t we so tired of hearing this word in academic writing? Shall I say ‘observe’? Or ‘investigate’? Even worse… I’ll begin again. I have always been eager to...
Report of the 4th Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School (London 2023)
As we begin to plan our Interdisciplinary Italy Summer School 2024, we have been reflecting on the 2023 Summer School which took place in London and was hosted by Royal Holloway University...
A Girls’ Night Out with Dante and Virgil: Transforming the Divine Comedy in the Age of Fandom
Since at least the time of Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes stories, every product of popular culture has had its fans (short for “fanatics”). Since at least the time of Star...
Conference ‘Il Gruppo 63 e le arti’ (16-17 November, Berne)
Please see below the program of the International Conference titled Il Gruppo 63 e le arti (November 16-17, University of Berne). Dr Emanuela Patti will present a paper entitled “L’opera aperta dalla Neoavanguardia...