2024 LECONFIELD LECTURE To book for this event please CLICK HERE Please note: We are not making a formal charge for participation in this
Monday 07 October 2024 – 6:30 pm
All members are invited to participate in this year’s AGM which will review the Society’s activities during the year, elect Trustees and other office-holders, and review
Monday 07 October 2024 – 7:00 pm
Conversation modarated by Peter Jones, Chair of the BIS. Leonardo Sciascia was a Sicilian writer who defined his life by challenging injustice and illegal power
Monday 23 September 2024 – 7:00 pm
‘Con un non so che del frizzante’ (‘with a little something sparkling’) is how the poet Giulio Strozzi (1574) described the essence of the madrigal:
The Charles de Chassiron Lecture 2024 Women in the Byzantine Empire are seldom addressed in relation to art, yet manuscripts, paintings, jewels, architecture and fashion
Wednesday 15 May 2024 – 7:00 pm
Fede Galizia is not a name widely known today. Despite enjoying considerable success during her lifetime, she was then neglected for centuries until her recent rediscovery,
Wednesday 17 April 2024 – 7:00 pm
We are living in a golden age for astronomy, with cutting edge new telescopes that are enabling new, fantastic discoveries. However, we should never forget
Monday 11 March 2024 – 7:00 pm
Founded in 734 BCE by the Corinthian Greeks, capital of the Byzantine Empire in 663CE, today a popular film location (the latest Indiana Jones), subject
Since it was founded in 1941, the British-Italian Society has worked to promote knowledge and understanding in the UK of Italian culture, including Italy’s history, institutions, way of life, language and wider contribution to civilisation.
The British-Italian Society
86-90 Paul Street
London EC2A 4NE
