When after Grayson’s retirement the Serena Chair was ‘frozen’, because of government funding cuts, Gianni Agnelli, head of Fiat, agreed a contribution of £750,000 to ‘unfreeze’ the Oxford Chair. In recognition of this benefaction, the name of the Chair at Oxford became the Fiat-Serena Chair of Italian Studies.
In the summer of 2009 there was a further modification in nomenclature when the name changed to the Agnelli-Serena Chair of Italian Studies, a change which reflects more directly the role of the two great benefactors at the beginning and end of the twentieth century.
^Professor E. R. Vincent was awarded the John Florio Prize for A Diary of One of Garibaldi's Thousand by Giuseppe Cesare Abba; London: Oxford University Press, 1962
^Professor Eric Reginald Pearce Vincent; Bletchley Park
^Italian Studies presented to E. R. Vincent on his retirement from the Chair of Italian at Cambridge; edited by C. P. Brand, K. Foster, U. Limentani. Cambridge: Heffer, 1962
^"Appointments Humanities" (PDF). gazette.web.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University. Manchester U. P.; p. 173
Uberto Limentani, ‘Leone and Arthur Serena and the Cambridge Chair of Italian 1919-1934’, in Martin McLaughlin (ed.), Britain and Italy from Romanticism to Modernism. A Festschrift for Peter Brand (Oxford: Legenda, 2000), pp. 154–77.
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serena, professor, italian, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Serena Professor of Italian news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Serena Professorship of Italian is the senior professorship in the study of Italian language literature and culture at the University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Manchester and University of Birmingham At Cambridge it was founded in 1917 by a donation of 10 000 from Arthur Serena died 1922 a shipbroker and son of the Venetian patriot Leone Serena He also endowed the Serena Medal awarded annually by the British Academy for furtherance of the study of Italian history philosophy music literature art and economics 1 Contents 1 Serena Professors at Birmingham 2 Serena Professors at Cambridge 3 Serena Professors at Manchester 4 Serena Professors at Oxford 5 ReferencesSerena Professors at Birmingham editLinetta de Castelvecchio Richardson 1921 1946 J H Whitfield 1946 1974 Philip McNair 1974 1994 Michael Caesar 1994 2008 Serena Professors at Cambridge editThomas Okey 1919 1929 Raffaello Piccoli 1929 1933 Edward Bullough 1933 1934 Eric Reginald Pearce Vincent 1935 1962 2 3 4 Uberto Limentani 1962 1981 Patrick Boyde 1982 2002 Zygmunt Baranski 2002 2012 Robert Gordon 2012 present Serena Professors at Manchester editE G Gardner 1920 P Rebora 1923 Mario Praz 1932 1934 Walter Llewellyn Bullock 1935 1944 The Chair was vacant between 1944 and 1961 Giovanni Aquilecchia 1961 1970 Thomas Gwynfor Gwyn Griffith 1971 1988 David Robey 1989 1998 Maggie Gunsberg 2000 2004 Stephen J Milner 2006 present Serena Professors at Oxford editCesare Foligno 1919 1940 Alessandro Passerin d Entreves 1946 1957 Cecil Grayson 1957 1987 unfilled 1987 1990 John Woodhouse 1990 2001 Martin McLaughlin 2001 2017 Simon Gilson 2018 present 5 When after Grayson s retirement the Serena Chair was frozen because of government funding cuts Gianni Agnelli head of Fiat agreed a contribution of 750 000 to unfreeze the Oxford Chair In recognition of this benefaction the name of the Chair at Oxford became the Fiat Serena Chair of Italian Studies In the summer of 2009 there was a further modification in nomenclature when the name changed to the Agnelli Serena Chair of Italian Studies a change which reflects more directly the role of the two great benefactors at the beginning and end of the twentieth century References edit Serena Medal Professor E R Vincent was awarded the John Florio Prize for A Diary of One of Garibaldi s Thousand by Giuseppe Cesare Abba London Oxford University Press 1962 Professor Eric Reginald Pearce Vincent Bletchley Park Italian Studies presented to E R Vincent on his retirement from the Chair of Italian at Cambridge edited by C P Brand K Foster U Limentani Cambridge Heffer 1962 Appointments Humanities PDF gazette web ox ac uk Retrieved 26 September 2018 Charlton H B 1951 Portrait of a University Manchester U P p 173 Uberto Limentani Leone and Arthur Serena and the Cambridge Chair of Italian 1919 1934 in Martin McLaughlin ed Britain and Italy from Romanticism to Modernism A Festschrift for Peter Brand Oxford Legenda 2000 pp 154 77 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Serena Professor of Italian amp oldid 1179528917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
