Category Archives: diversity

Library guide Italian Studies. “Democratic psychiatry & Franco Basaglia”

Posted on 2 February 2024 by blognostrumuva

Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance Languages (22) After national identity and mafia and other organized-crime groups, Franco Basaglia‘s democratic psychiatry (or anti-psychiatry) is the third topic forthcoming from the collaboration with Elio Baldi and Linda Pennings at the Department … Continue reading →

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In memoriam: Michela Murgia (1972-2023)

Posted on 14 September 2023 by blognostrumuva

Inclusive searches & sources@UvA Romance languages (13) Widely commented on in the international press – see among others The Guardian and The New York Times – Italian writer Michela Murgia passed away on last August 10th. Thanks to both her … Continue reading →

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Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (12): Index

Posted on 27 June 2023 by blognostrumuva

To help navigating the posts from the series – in addition to the built-in WordPress ‘Search’ function on the right-hand side of the weblog – I’ve made an index of the posts published so far, with the categories they belong … Continue reading →

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On the occasion of Pride Month: Queer literature from North Africa and the Maghreb

Posted on 23 June 2023 by blognostrumuva

Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (11) Just as previously with the post on (African) Francophone Cinema or, at Library333: UvA Social Sciences Library blog, with the one on Celebrating Black History Month, it is an issue of JSTOR … Continue reading →

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Stories by migrant people in Italy: A book series

Posted on 20 June 2023 by blognostrumuva

Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance Languages (10) DIMMI Diari Migranti is the title of a book series started in 2018 to promote the outcomes of the writing context DIMMI Diari Multimediali Migranti which, since 2012, «collects and circulates the … Continue reading →

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Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages (7)

Posted on 4 May 2023 by blognostrumuva

How to search for UvA books on graphic novelsIn French, Italian, or Spanish While the UvA Allard Pierson (the heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam) holds a vast collection of (Dutch) comics – hugely expanded under (recently awarded) Jos … Continue reading →

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A new blog post series: “Inclusive searches & sources @UvA Romance languages”

Posted on 13 January 2023 by blognostrumuva

«The UvA wants to be a university where everyone feels at home and feels respected. Diversity and inclusion are important core values for us. We recognize that prejudice, discrimination and racism also occur at the UvA and we pursue an active diversity … Continue reading →

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