The role of the Society for Italian Studies (SIS) is to further the study of Italy, Italian language, literature, film, thought, history, society and arts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It represents the discipline, providing a voice for Italian Studies at national and international level and participating in the work of the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) to promote the study of Modern Languages.
It supports research through the work of its journal, Italian Studies; through its biennial and interim conferences; through its grants for conferences and for collaborative research projects; through its support of the post-graduate community; and through its involvement in national and international research exercises.
It works to ensure that all areas of Italian Studies are connected and it encourages collaboration with the subject associations of cognate disciplines, with other societies and institutions that promote the study of Italy, and with the cultural organizations of the Italian State.
The SIS supports the teaching of the Italian language by providing a forum for language teachers, and through its annual conference on language teaching. It promotes connections beyond the Higher Education sector, and aims, through its work, to encourage the dissemination of the expertise of all Italian departments in the UK and Ireland.
Membership is open to all who support the object of the Society. Members receive four issues of the journal Italian Studies per year, and a notice of the AGM and other forthcoming meetings sent in the late autumn.
Full-time postgraduate students in the UK and Ireland are particularly encouraged to join the Society, and are offered a concessionary rate. A concessionary rate is also available to part-time university teachers and members of the British-Italian Society.
Sign up for membership here.
SIS Executive Committee
Simon Gilson (Chair)
Claudia Rossignoli (Hon. Secretary)
Tristan Kay (Hon. Treasurer)
Committee Members: Alessio Baldini
Emma Bond
Bianca Rita Cataldi
Teresa Franco
Daniela La Penna
Emanuela Patti
Rossella Riccobono
Andrea Romanzi
Silvia Ross
Marina Spunta
Gigliola Sulis
Senior Editors: Ruth Glynn
Catherine Keen
Giuliana Pieri (Cultural Studies)
2020 Staff List
For the 2020 edition of the list of teachers of Italian holding office in British and Irish universities, please go directly to the Society for Italian Studies website: http://italianstudies.org.uk/the-society/executive-committee/
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