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Trinity College, Dublin
Ireland
Under the Auspices of the
Italian Embassy , Dublin, Ireland
International Conference
"From Mazzini to Garibaldi: italian Risorgimento and Irish
Nationalism "
Mary Jane will
be speaking on the topic
"Irish and English
in Garibaldi's Italy: spies and scandals"
Recent talks and presentations
August 2009
Lecture Series aboard Silver Wind cruising the Black Sea
from Istanbul
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Three Ports, three countries : Trabzon Turkey, Batumi
Georgia and Sochi Russia
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The Crimean Riviera-highlights of Yalta, Sevastopol and
Odessa
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Nessebur, Bulgaria-Unesco Treasure
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Istanbul-mosques, minarets and majolica. Exploring the
landmarks and palaces of the city on two continents
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How Now, Moscow?-Daily Life in Perestroika Russia 1987-90
July 2009 Lecture
series aboard
Silver
Wind cruising between Monte Carlo and Taormina
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Sicily - A Triangle of Treasures
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Palermo - A Layer Cake of Cultures - Tracing Palermo’s
history through its architectural highlights
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Coastal Paradise - Lifestyles along the Amalfi Coast
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The Mysterious Etruscans -A day ashore in Civitavecchia
June 2009
Aboard the
Celebrity Solstice cruising from Civitavecchia to
Istanbul
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Hidden Corners and Courtyards of Rome
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The Etruscan Connection - similarities between Greece and
Italy
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Italian Lifestyle -cultural curiosities
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Ephesus- the other Eternal City
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Introducing Istanbul: mosques, minarets and majolica
Santorini & Mykonos- the Italian connection
13 Febbraio 2009
Prefettura di Viterbo
M.J.Cryan, R. DeVito,
organizer, Aldo Rossi, Director State Archives Rome ,Dr.Giachetti,
Prefect of Viterbo Province, Massimo Marconi, Vetralla's
Mayor
Coming
up in June – Destination lecturer aboard
Celebrity Solstice sailing from Civitavecchia
to Istanbul .
March
13,2009 -“English POWs in Vetralla prison camp”-Sala
Biblioteca, Prefettura , Viterbo
Feb 7th,2009 – “ English POWs in
Vetralla prison camp” –Scuola di Vetralla
Jan
23,2009- “Epheseus, the other Eternal City” at
Marymount International School,Rome
Series of lectures about Italy and the
Mediterranean -
on cruise ships Sea Princess,
Splendour of the Seas and Grand Princess
during the months of
May-June-September-October, 2008
Itineraries included the ports of Southampton,
Cadiz, Gibraltar, Monte Carlo, Palma da
Mallorca, Alghero, Barcelona, Livorno, Katakalo,
Athens, Kusadasi, Naples, Corfu, Rhodes,
Dubrovnik, Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu
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Presentation of “Travels to Tuscany & Northern Lazio" at
the Biblioteca degli Uffizi
Florence on November 22, 2007 with
Maurizio Bossi (head of Gabinetto Vieusseux and Centro
Romantico, Palazzo Strozzi),
Cristina
Acidini (Superintendent of Museums in Florence) and Claudio
Di Benedetto (Director of the Uffizi Library
La
Tuscia vista dagli Inglesi, Conference Hall, Provincia
di Viterbo, Nov 21, 2007
With USAC students
Fall semester 2007 -Visit to Palazzo Papale,
Viterbo (photo M. Anderson)
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“La
Tuscia vista dagli inglesi – pittori e scrittori di
ieri e di oggi”-Tuscia
as seen by English painters and writers of yesterday and
today”- Rocca Farnese, Valentano (VT) , 11-17 agosto,
2007 with week long Art exhibit by contemporary
painters (with Rosetta Virtuoso & Museum of Valentano)
With
artists Jackie Leto, Nancy Hart, Pat Smith
 “Vetralla:
storie di papi, re e gente comune- Stories of popes,
kings and common people” Comune di Vetralla, 17
agosto, 2007- Memorial day for Prof. Enrico Guidoni .
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2nd Art Retreat - “Drawing and
Pastels in Etruria” with Martha Wakeman, Lake of
Bolsena , May 2007
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- “Early
Expats- international contacts in the Viterbo area”-
Museum Vetralla, March 2007
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“Prima degli Svedesi- i contatti
internazionali nella Tuscia”, “International
contacts in Etruria before the Swedish” Biblioteca di
Blera, Jan 7, 2007
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Book
presentation -Brockton Public Library, Massachusetts,
June 2006 (with Mary Jane
McCool)
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Presentation at “Italian Weekend” Hawthorn Inn,
Camden, Maine, June 2006 (With Marianne Shanahan)
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“La Storia Segreta di
Vetralla - Vetralla’s Secret History” Scuola di
Vetralla, Nov&Dec.06
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“Gli Stuart in Italia-200 anni dopo”-The
Stuarts in Italy-200 Years Later” SISA Italian Heraldry
Society - Atlantic Hotel, Rome, Nov. 2006
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Presentation at
Feltrinelli International bookshop, Florence, Nov. 2005
 (with
Contessa Rezia Corsini Miari )
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“Artisti Stranieri a Civita Castellana -Foreign
Artists at Civita Castellana -1700 to Today” - Palazzo
Montalto-Belei,Civita Castellana, April, 20,2005
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Santa Rosa Prize
presented by Viterbo’s Mayor , G. Gabbianelli
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“Montefiascone
nei Diari del Cardinale Henry Stuart”, Montefiascone
in the Stuart Diaries” Biblioteca di Montefiascone,
April,2005
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“Travels to Tuscany-the Diaries
of Cardinal Henry Stuart”-
at British Society of 18th Century Studies, St.
Hugh’s College, Oxford, January 7, 2005
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Il Cardinale
Henry Stuart -I suoi viaggi e le sue permanenze a
Pisa tra il 1763 e 1776 “Stuart’s Travels and Stays
in Pisa -1763 -1776” - at Palazzo dei Cavalieri di S.
Stefano, Accademia Nazionale dell’Ussero, Pisa, Nov.
2004 (with Conte A. Agostini Venerosi Della Seta &
Sergio Scarselli)
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Presentation at Museo
della Città e del Territorio, Vetralla, June 2004
(Fulvio Ferri, author,
Antonio Mattei, Enrico Guidoni)
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“Stemmi Farnesiane a
Vetralla: una crocevia d’arte, architettura e araldica”-“Farnese
heraldry in Vetralla: a crossroads of art, architecture
and heraldry” presented at SISA Heraldry conference in
Torino, Nov.2004
“Due Cardinali
Inglesi a Vetralla”- “Two English Cardinals in Vetralla”
-Heraldry conference, Società Italiana di Studi
Araldici-Basilica di Superga Torino, May 2002 (with Conte
Gustavo di Gropello )
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