Professor Tracy E. Cooper (Temple University, Philadelphia) will give a lecture at 6 o'clock this evening at the Palazzo Pesaro-Papafava on the subject of The Last Dogaressa: Material Presence, Gender, and Elite Identity in Early Modern Venice.

The event will also mark the beginning of the Department's 40th birthday celebrations, which take place this weekend.

Prof Cooper is author of the award-winning book Palladio's Venice: Architecture and Society in a Renaissance Republic.