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BRITISH-ITALIAN SOCIETY

ROOKE MEMORIAL PRIZES 2005

The British-Italian Society (BIS), in conjunction with the Society for Italian Studies (SIS), is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 Rooke Memorial Prizes - a competition aimed at raising the profile of Italian Studies at British Universities. Once again, these awards have been made possible by the generous bequest of a long-standing BIS member, the late Rosemary Rooke. Prizes to a total value of £1,000 are to be awarded.
Details of the Prize winners and their essays are:
Undergraduate Prizes:-

Oliver Astley (UCL): ‘To what extent can it be argued that analysis of the specular image results in a rejection or deconstruction of selfhood for Pirandello's characters?’

Katherine Shaw (Leeds); 'Perché tanto scandalo?' - the place of contemporary art in the Sienese Palio tradition

Graduate Prize (split between the top two entries)

Kate Mitchell (Warwick): ‘Staging Women's Suffering and Death in
19th-century Italian Opera ‘

Elisabetta Tarantino (Warwick): ‘Alessandro Baricco's Metaliterary Trilogy’

2002 Prizewinners were:
Eloise Sentito - (Birmingham) - Undergraduate Prize
Helena Sanson (Reading) and Francesca Galligan (Oxford)- shared Graduate Prize

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made
to the relevant Italian Department or to:

British-Italian Society
Offices of Venice in Peril Fund
Hurlingham Studios (Unit 4)
Ranelagh Gardens
London SW6 3PA

Tel: 0207 371 7141
email: reiko@british-italian.org

or to:

The Chairman, SIS
Professor Martin McLaughlin
Magdalen College
Oxford
OX1 4AU

Tel: 01865 270493
Fax: 01865 276094
email:
martin.mclaughlin
@magd.ox.ac.uk

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NEXT EVENT If you are interested in Italy, its culture and politics you should join today.	BRITISH-ITALIAN SOCIETY ROOKE MEMORIAL PRIZES 2005 The British-Italian Society (BIS), in conjunction with the Society for Italian Studies (SIS), is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 Rooke Memorial Prizes - a competition aimed at raising the profile of Italian Studies at British Universities. Once again, these awards have been made possible by the generous bequest of a long-standing BIS member, the late Rosemary Rooke. Prizes to a total value of £1,000 are to be awarded. Details of the Prize winners and their essays are: Undergraduate Prizes:- Oliver Astley (UCL): ‘To what extent can it be argued that analysis of the specular image results in a rejection or deconstruction of selfhood for Pirandello's characters?’ Katherine Shaw (Leeds); 'Perché tanto scandalo?' - the place of contemporary art in the Sienese Palio tradition Graduate Prize (split between the top two entries) Kate Mitchell (Warwick): ‘Staging Women's Suffering and Death in 19th-century Italian Opera ‘ Elisabetta Tarantino (Warwick): ‘Alessandro Baricco's Metaliterary Trilogy’ 2002 Prizewinners were: Eloise Sentito - (Birmingham) - Undergraduate Prize Helena Sanson (Reading) and Francesca Galligan (Oxford)- shared Graduate Prize	Enquiries Enquiries should be made to the relevant Italian Department or to: British-Italian Society Offices of Venice in Peril Fund Hurlingham Studios (Unit 4) Ranelagh Gardens London SW6 3PA Tel: 0207 371 7141 email: reiko@british-italian.org or to: The Chairman, SIS Professor Martin McLaughlin Magdalen College Oxford OX1 4AU Tel: 01865 270493 Fax: 01865 276094 email: martin.mclaughlin @magd.ox.ac.uk
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