Programme

JANUARY 2021
Thursday 21st, h 16.00
Emma Smith, Hertford College, University of Oxford
Shakespeare’s Serial Histories?
Chair: Professor Donatella Montini and Professor Andrea Peghinelli (Sapienza University of Rome)

FEBRUARY 2021
Thursday 25th, h 16.00
Urszula Kizelbach, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Regia maiestas non moritur (?): Linguistic inadequacy in King Henry VI
Chair: Professor Paola Pugliatti (Università di Firenze)

APRIL 2021
Thursday 15th, h 17.00
Rosy Colombo, Sapienza University of Rome
Fortune’s Knaves: the Game of Queenly Power in Shakespeare’s Histories
Chair: Professor Silvia Bigliazzi (Università di Verona)

Thursday 29th, h 17.00
Mel Evans, University of Leicester
Seeing/Hearing Elizabeth: Royal Language and Shakespeare’s Richard II
Chair: Professor Alessandra Petrina (Università degli Studi di Padova)

MAY 2021
Thursday 6th, h 16.00
Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter
”Jangled Out of Tune, and Harsh”: watching Shakespeare performed in translation during lockdown
Chair: Professor Keri Elam (Università di Bologna)

Thursday 20th, h 17.00
Franco Marenco, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
A craftsman in History
Chair: Professor Carmen Gallo (Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza")

Thursday 27th, h 17.00
Margaret Tudeau-Clayton, University of Neuchatel
The “King’s English” and the language of the king: Merry Wives and the Henriad
Chair: Professor Giuliana Iannaccaro (Università degli Studi di Milano)

JUNE 2021
Thursday 10th, h 17.00
Sonia Massai, King’s College University of London
Richard III and the Language of History
Chair: Professor Rocco Coronato (Università degli Studi di Padova)