Monday 17 February 2025 – 6:30 pm
SOLD OUT! Whereas most studies of the maritime history of Venice are devoted to commerce, crusades and naval conflict, in this talk Professor Deborah
Monday 20 January 2025 – 6:30 pm (BST) on Zoom
Webinar on Zoom. Ticket price £8. Following the succes of the exhibtion at Palazzo Pitti (Florence) in 2023/2024, heading to NY in 2025. The Ghetto
Tuesday 03 December 2024 – 7 pm
Members and friends are invited to join us at our annual Christmas dinner, this year hosted at Brasseria Notting Hill. Please note, members priority booking
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,
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.
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