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Under the patronage of
XIX ANNUAL ITALIAN LINACRE LECTURE, MODENA, ITALY
Saturday 22nd September 2018
9.15am: Meet at the Tourist Office (ground floor of the Town Hall) in Piazza Grande.
9.30am: Private tour in English of Modena Town Hall’s traditional balsamic vinegar production. €2
per person.
10.00am: Convene at the Galleria Europa – Renzo Imbeni meeting room (ground floor of the Town
Hall) in Piazza Grande.
10.30am: Mayor of Modena, Gian Carlo Muzzarelli, arrives (TO BE CONFIRMED IN EARLY SEP).
10.30am: Welcome address by Prof. Lorenzo Infantino (President of Italian Linacre Society).
10.35am: Short speech in Italian by Mayor Muzzarelli.
10.40am: Photo opportunity with Mayor.
10.45am: Mayor leaves.
10.45am: “Global Linacre events in 2018”, talk by Dr. Anne Keene (Business Development Director
of Linacre College).
11.00am: “Linacre College today”, talk by Dr. Nick Brown (Principal of Linacre College).
11.15am: Italian Linacre Society Annual General Meeting presided over by Lorenzo and Arpita.
11.45pm: Italian Linacre Lecture 2018 (title TBD) in English by Prof. Matthew J. Gibney, Linacre
Fellow and Professor of Politics and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford.
12.30pm: Q&A session.
1.00pm: End of morning programme.
1.15pm: Walk 5 mins to Trattoria Il Fantino, Via Donzi 7, Modena.
1.30pm: Traditional Modenese lunch. €35 per person.
3.00pm: Walk 5 mins to the Ducal Palace (Military Academy) in Piazza Roma.
3.30pm: Private tour of the Modena Military Academy (former home of the Duke of Modena) in
English, 1.5 hours. €8 per person.
Security is of major importance at the Military Academy; therefore, you must send a copy of your and your guest's
(if any) photo ID (Passport or Identity Card) via email to [email protected] (mention Linacre College Oxford or
Arpita Pandya), by Monday, 10th September 2018. You must bring the same ID to be able to enter the Academy on
the day of the tour. Failure to provide your photo ID by the aforementioned deadline unfortunately means you will
not be able to join this very exclusive tour (no exceptions).
5.00pm: End of the official programme.
8.00pm: Dinner in city centre for those who are staying on in Modena. Restaurant TBD.
NOTES
Arpita’s number: +39 348 579 9694 (WhatsApp is best).
Lorenzo’s number: +39 340 960 8874.
Arpita will collect money for lunch and the two tours (total €45 per person)
the morning of the event.
At the end of the day’s programme, please leave 20 mins to get from the
Military Academy (Ducal Palace) to the train station on foot.
Accommodation: To book a hotel in Modena, please contact Francesca Soffici
at email: [email protected] or call her on +39 059 220022 (she speaks
English as well as Italian). A special rate has been reserved for us so please
quote Linacre College Oxford or Arpita Pandya when booking.
Please note that Modena has very few hotels and September is peak tourist
season so it is best to book your accommodation immediately via
Modenatur (Francesca Soffici).
For those interested in budget accommodation, please contact Ostello
Modena San Filippo Neri (Via Sant’Orsola 48) on +39 059 234598.
Maps of Modena and the day’s programme will be distributed by email and
WhatsApp the week before the event.
Modena taxi company: +39 059 374242.
The whole day’s programme will take place in the city centre of Modena,
which is a no-traffic zone. Hotels and restaurants that are easy walking
distance have been selected for everyone’s convenience.
MODENA MAP
1 Best Western Milano Palace Hotel
2 Modena train station
3 Town Hall and Galleria Europa
4 Trattoria Il Fantino, Via Dozio 7
5 Military Academy (Ducal Palace)
