- UCL resources and collections
- UCL Library Special Collections: Dante Collection of 3,000+ specialist volumes, including large numbers of rare and early printed works;
听 - UCL Library Special Collections: Castiglione Collection of over 100 editions of Il libro del cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier), a complex work of court etiquette, political morality and humanist thought by Renaissance Italian author Baldassare Castiglione. This is one of the most complete collections of editions known to exist, with items dating from the first five early Aldine editions of 1528 to the 20th century;
听 - : holds large numbers of works by Italians or relating to Italy e.g. Flaxman鈥檚 Dante drawings, Piranesi鈥檚 views of Rome. Many are viewable via the online catalogue.
- UCL Library Special Collections: Dante Collection of 3,000+ specialist volumes, including large numbers of rare and early printed works;
- Language resources and Media (TV, Radio, Print)
Dictionaries
- (a range of dictionaries available, including historical and specialist ones)
TV
- : the main TV channel, includes live news
Radio
News
- Londra, Italia, the online newspaper for Italians in London
- : for articles, blogs, photos, etc.
- Literature and Culture
Institutions offering regular events:
Digital texts and literary databases
- , free database of Italian texts
- , another free database for Italian texts
- A regularly updated bibliographical database for records from collected since 2000
Medieval and Renaissance resources
- Societ脿 Italiana Dantesca (SDI): activities of the , and resources for the
- : the largest Dante Studies association in the English-speaking world
- : Citings and Sightings of Dante鈥檚 Works in Contemporary Culture: a zany spectrum of references to Dante in the modern world, ranging across films and TV series, performances, poetry, political activism, through to Halloween costumes, themed pizzas, and more
- : an edition of Petrarch鈥檚 Songbook
- : Database of 16th century Italian printed editions
- , 1525-1700, British Library
- Art
Extensive Italian collections are available from across different periods, from the medieval to contemporary, in the following galleries, which in many cases have digital archives and resources:
- : virtual tours
- Film
- UCL runs its own
- : Italian Contemporary Cinema
- Linguistics
- . This is a German project, but you can hear how differently the same words and phrases are pronounced across different Italian regions
- London's Resources
London is a very active centre for Italian culture, ranging from literature and art to food and opera, with events being held regularly:
- in Kensington
- (the best of food and beverage, cooking classes, etc.)
- Royal Opera House
- English National Opera (but sung in English only)
- Publishers and Societies
- : supports Italian Studies in Britain and Ireland
- : a London based charity which promotes Italian culture in this country
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