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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear colleagues, I am delighted to invite you to the next meeting of UCL Italian research seminars. Giovanni Ferroni will present his research about “Molza and Academies in 16th century Italy” on Wednesday 25 January 2017, 6.00-7.30pm, UCL, Foster Court 351. Abstract Francesco Maria Molza (1489-1544) was one of the most important poets of his generation, but his work, both in Latin and vernacular, as well as his intellectual figure have been undervalued by scholars of Italian Renaissance for a long time. Scant attention has received, in particular, Molza’s partecipation to the academic life in Rome and other Italian cities – which is a crucial element for understanding the intellectual life of early modern Italy. One of the reasons of such a lack of scholarship is the lack of documents and informations about Molza’s life and especially about its first part (i.e. from his arrival in Rome in 1505 until 1525 ca.). By reviewing some moments of his biography and reconstructing, to some extent, the net of his already known and hypotetical cultural relations, this paper will offer an overview of Molza’s contribution to academic life focousing, particularly, on his experience as theatrical author and his participation in the Sienese Accademia degli Intronati [Academy of the Stunned Ones]; his Bernesque poetry in the light of the partecipatione to the Roman Accademia della Virtù [Academy of Virtue] and Accademia dei Vignaioli [Academy of Vintners]; Molza’s involvement in occasional poetry during both his first stay in Rome (1505-1511) and his involvement in Farnese’s circle (after 1535). Biography Giovanni Ferroni is “Brithish Academy” fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei at the UCL. He has been a post-doctoral research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin, at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, at the Forschungszentrum Gotha, and at the Università degli Studi di Padova. His research has focused on Italian Renaissance literature, with particular regard to Petrarchism and Pastoral Poetry and the relation between literary culture and Reformation. He is preparing a monograph on Francesco Maria Molza and the edition of Marcantonio Flaminio’s De rebus divinis carmina. Kind regards, Carlotta Dr. Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti Lecturer in Italian Studies Department of Italian (SELCS) UCL [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies