These are some of the lectures from previous years:
6 May 2022 | In Conversation with Barbara Gorgoni | We talk about women in science. | View it on YouTube |
10 March 2022 | Art, Diplomacy and Dynastic Politics in Early 14th Century Italy | Siena and The Angevin Royal Family of Naples by Prof. Diana Norman | |
10 February 2022 | Risorgimento: Heroes and Villains | A talk by Gavin Bell | View it on YouTube |
27 January 2022 | Looking After Venice | Jane Da Mosto, environmental scientist and co-founder of We Are Here Venice, talks ton us about the future of the city and lagoon. | View it on YouTube |
20 January 2022 | From Balcone to Biglietto | Rosamund Bartlett explores the important Italian influences on the music and architecture of St Petersburg. | |
2 December 2021 | In Conversation with Mary Contini | We talk with author and director of Edinburgh’s favourite Italian food shop and Caffe bar. | View it on YouTube |
25 November 2021 | All’inferno ci si va con un amico | Il Prof. Domenico Palumbo ci parlerà, in Italiano, dell’inferno di Dante. | View it on YouTube |
18 November 2021 | Art & Identity: Textiles and Trade in Trecento Siena | A talk by Jill Harrison | |
28 October 2021 | In Conversation with Stefano Benazzo | We talk with former Italian Ambassador, sculptor, photographer and model maker Stefano Benazzo. | View it on YouTube |
30 September 2021 | Staging Hell: Dante’s Inferno in Performance | A talk by Prof. Nick Havely | View it on YouTube |
5 October 2021 | The Wines of Northern Italy | Exploring the wines of Piedmont and the Veneto with Carol Brown. | |
16 September 2021 | In Conversation with Chiara Messineo | We talk with Italian film Director/Producer Chiara Messineo. | View it on YouTube |
19 April 2021 | A Visit to the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza | A tour of the museum with Director Claudia Casali | View it on YouTube |
13 April 2021 | Ravenna As Seen Through Her Mosaics | An online talk by Imogen Corrigan | |
25 March 2021 | Songs Without Words | An online talk in celebration of Dante Day by Jane Everson | View it on YouTube |
11 March 2021 | The Other Norman Conquest | An online talk by Gavin Bell | |
25 February 2021 | The Quarant | An online interview with author Graham Bullen | View it on YouTube |
12 February 2021 | Cucinare online con Enrica | An online cooking lesson in Italian with Enrica Cianci | View it on YouTube |
4 February 2021 | Politics, Religion and Intrigue in Early Modern Italy | An online talk by Bruno Codenotti | View it on YouTube |
28 January 2021 | Caravaggio & the Caravaggisti: Naturalism in Naples | An online talk by Aaron Thom | View it on YouTube |
3 December 2020 | A Magically Sweet Christmas in Siena | An online visit to the Antica Drogheria Manganelli in Siena | View it on YouTube |
26 November 2020 | On the Way to Jerusalem: Renaissance Venice as a crossroads for pilgrims | An online talk by Sandra Toffolo | |
11 November 2020 | Divine Ascent: late medieval art and devotion in the Alps | An online talk by Joanne Anderson | View it on YouTube |
24 September 2020 | Orkney’s Italian Chapel: the true story of an icon | An online interview with author Philip Paris | View it on YouTube |
27 February 2020 | Turismo Esperienziale | An illustrated talk in Italian by Enrica Cianci | |
30 January 2020 | Divine Geometry: The Architecture of Francesco Borromini | An illustrated talk by Lindsey Vyse | |
5 December 2019 | Postcards from Sicily | An illustrated talk by Liz Gilmour and Mary Dargie | |
7 November 2019 | Reluctant Romans – the Jacobite Court in Exile | An illustrated talk by Gavin Bell | |
24 October 2019 | Aberdeen University’s Canaletto Rediscovered | An illustrated talk by John Gash | |
25 April 2019 | The floor is yours | Short items by members and friends | |
28 March 2019 | La musica italiana dalle origini ad oggi | A talk in Italian by Francesco Sani | |
14 March 2019 | Massa Marittima: A town contended between Pisa and Siena | A talk by Sandra Cardarelli | |
31 January 2019 | Shaping Italy’s Boot | A talk by David Iacopini & Luca de Siena | |
6 December 2018 | Calendar Girls | A talk by Liz Gilmour | |
22 November 2019 | My Father’s Love of Italy | A talk by Roger Jagger | |
8 November 2018 | Saints and Sepulchres | A talk by Gavin Bell | |
25 October 2018 | Soldiers of God; Bernini, the Jesuit Order and the Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome | A talk by Lindsey Vyse | |