Notes on Work | Day 1

An afternoon of readings, music and conversations

Notes on Work. Music, Literature and Labour in Postwar Italy

University of Cambridge

Day 1: Thu 30 April

Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio (Faculty of English, Sidgwick Site)

[Please note that the Drama Studio is in the basement. There is a lift but please do get in touch if you have any concerns about accessibility]

14:45-15: Welcome & Introduction

15-16: Performance Mining Memories, Digging Words

(Elisa Biagini, David Cain, Marta Gentilucci)

16-16:30: Tea & coffee

16:30-18: Book discussion & music

Giulio Carlo Pantalei, Una lingua per cantare: gli scrittori italiani e la musica leggera (Einaudi, 2025)

The author will be in conversation with Robert Gordon

Convenors: Erica Bellia and Robert Gordon (Italian Section, MMLL Faculty, University of Cambridge)

The event is part of the Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Annual Conference. It is generously sponsored by the Cambridge Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, ASMI (Association for the Study of Modern Italy) and the Gulbenkian Early-Career Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities at Churchill College. The event is organised in collaboration with OBERT (Observatoire Européen des Récits du Travail / European Observatory of Labour Narratives).