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Signorina Talks

Sep 1, 2021

In episode 10, season 2 of Signorina Talks, Annalisa chats to Dr Mark Nicholls on Italian cinema. Mark is a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Melbourne where he has taught since 1993. He has worked as a film journalist for leading publications and has a list of over twenty stage credits as a...


Aug 11, 2021

In episode 9, season 2 of Signorina Talks, Annalisa chats to Olympia Nelson on Byzantine art. Olympia is a research assistant at Hong Kong Baptist University, Masters of Philosophy student at the University of Sydney, University of Melbourne alumnae and former intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

Olympia...


Jul 25, 2021

In episode 8, season 2 of Signorina Talks, Annalisa chats to Matt Absalom, lecturer in Italian studies at the University of Melbourne.

Matt speaks on Italian communities in regional Victoria and how they sparked his passion for Italian culture and language at an early age. He also talks about evidence-based teaching in...


Jul 11, 2021

In episode 7, season 2 of Signorina Talks, Annalisa interviews Dr Paola Balla, a Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara woman of Italian and Chinese heritage. An award winning artist, curator, speaker, educator and writer, she speaks on her artwork, its meaning, and experiences growing up as an Aboriginal, Italian and...


Jun 27, 2021

In episode 6, season 2 of Signorina Talks, Annalisa chats to Professor John Hajek from the University of Melbourne. John is a leading academic, linguist and trained dialectologist who has authored several books and published a wide range of publications.

John speaks on the history of the Italian language,...