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SUMMARY:SIS PG Colloquium at Cambridge: ‘Italian Literature and Culture through a Comparative Lens: Transnational and Transhistorical Networks’
DESCRIPTION:The Society for Italian Studies is delighted to invite you to our 2025 Postgraduate Colloquium. This year the Colloquium will take placen at the University of Cambridge on the 5th of December. See full programme and further details here.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-pg-colloquium-at-cambridge-italian-literature-and-culture-through-a-comparative-lens-transnational-and-transhistorical-networks/
LOCATION:University of Cambridge\, Alison Richard Building\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conferences,News
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SUMMARY:“Goat Herding in Aspromonte” – SIS Networking Talk at Edinburgh by Aurora Moxon (Cork)
DESCRIPTION:As part of the SIS Networking Scheme\, Dr Aurora Moxon (University College Cork) will be presenting her research at Edinburgh with the support of the Society. The talk will be delivered in hybridg format on the 20th of November\, 1.30 pm. \nFor those able to join in person\, the talk will take place at: 50 George Square\, Project Room\, Edinburgh EH8 9LH. \nFor those who prefer to join online\, here is the Teams link: \nJoin the meeting now\nMeeting ID: 311 080 184 466 2\nPasscode: 6js3TK3c\nThe session will be recorded\, so if the date and time don’t suit\, you’ll still be able to catch up later. \nFurther details on this talk here.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/goat-herding-in-aspromonte-sis-networking-talk-at-edinburgh-by-aurora-moxon-cork/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Conferences,News
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SUMMARY:“Choose wisely: why language matters in Dante’s Commedia” – SIS Networking Talk at Bristol by George Rayson (Cork)
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to share that\, as part of the SIS Networking Scheme\, George Rayson (University College Cork) will be presenting at Bristol on the 18th of November\, 5 pm\, Arts Complex 1.H020 – Humanities Research Space. \nHis talk “Choose wisely: why language matters in Dante’s Commedia” will be delivered in hybrid format. See the details to access the online event below: \nTeams link\nMeeting ID: 330 386 067 301 46\nPasscode: rn6U5xV6
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/choose-wisely-why-language-matters-in-dantes-commedia-sis-networking-talk-at-bristol-by-george-rayson-cork/
LOCATION:University of Bristol
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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SUMMARY:NILI-UK Event: Book Presentation 'Complete Italian'
DESCRIPTION:Organised by NILI – Network of Teachers of Italian in the United Kingdom\, this event will be a workshop/presentation of the book Teach Yourself Complete Italian\, a self-study Italian language textbook for learners of Italian as a foreign language\, written by Elena Borelli and Giulia Baronti.\n\nDuring the event\, the following topics will be discussed:\n\n\n\nHow to write an Italian language textbook\, particularly for self-learners\n\n\nHow to work with a publisher during the writing process\n\n\nHow to present culture in a respectful\, authentic\, and engaging way for the self-learner\n\n\nHow to incorporate inclusive language and pedagogy into this type of textbook.\n\n\n\nTo sign up and receive the link\, please complete the registration form here
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/nili-uk-event-book-presentation-complete-italian/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:"Visibili rifatti": Early Modern Voices in the Contemporary World
DESCRIPTION:  \n“Visibili rifatti”: Early Modern Voices in the Contemporary World  aims to explore the revolutionary implications of the humanist enterprise in today’s society\, fostering reflections on the art of adaptation as interpretation and remediation. \nThe conference is organised by Dr Ambra Moroncini (Sussex)\, Dr Aaron Kahn (Sussex)\, and Dr Daragh O’Connell (Cork)\, in collaboration with Prof. Peter Boxall (Sussex) and Prof. Brian Cummings (York). \nYou can find here the full programme.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/visibili-rifatti-early-modern-voices-in-the-contemporary-world/
LOCATION:Universty of Sussex\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:SIS Themed Conference 2020: Visions of Italy
DESCRIPTION:Society for Italian Studies Themed Conference \nVisions of Italy \nUniversity of Kent\, 10-11 September 2020 \n  \nPopular conceptions of Italy typically revolve around the visual: the beauty of its landscapes and its historic legacy of fine art and architecture. This dates back at least to the medieval period\, and the innovations of artists such as Giotto and visionary writers like Dante. In the twentieth century\, it is in the fields of cinema\, photography\, art\, fashion and design that Italy has had the most marked impact around the world. Concurrently\, Italy has also been a favoured subject of visual representation: from Grand Tour photographic albums to mainstream Hollywood films set in Italy\, there is no lack of foreign representations of the country and its inhabitants. \n  \nThis conference will explore Italian visual culture\, Italy’s relationship with the visual and the way in which Italy and Italians have been depicted. It aims to further a dialogue among scholars in the field of Italian studies who deal with visual culture in the broadest sense\, from studies of visual arts and objects to literary works characterized by an emphasis on the visual. \n  \nWe welcome proposals for papers or pre-constituted panels (of three papers) on topics such as: \n\nCinema and photography;\nVisual arts of all eras\, from Medieval and Rennaissance to contemporary art;\nFashion and design;\nAdvertising and visual culture;\nIntermediality and cross-media representation;\nVisual representations of Italians and Italian culture abroad (e.g. Italian-Americans\, the diaspora\, etc);\nVisual representations of migration to and within Italy;\nTranscultural representations of Italy and Italians;\nEkphrasis and visual culture in Italian literature;\nVisualisation within\, and of\, the work of medieval and early modern authors (e.g. Dante\, Boccaccio\, Petrarca).\n\n  \nKeynote Speaker: Prof. Stephen Gundle \n  \nPapers may be delivered in either English or Italian \n  \nFor individual papers\, please send a 200-word abstract and a 100-word bio. \nFor panels\, please send a 200-word rationale plus 100-word abstracts and 100-word bios for each paper in the panel. In putting together a panel\, you should take into account the SIS policy on gender equality (copied at the foot of this CFP). \nProposals should be emailed to both conference organisers (a.p.marlow-mann@kent.ac.uk  and a.sforza-tarabochia@kent.ac.uk) by 31st January 2020. \n  \nSIS Gender Policy \nConferences and events organised by the SIS will respect the following norms: \n\nas far as possible there will be a balance in the number of male/female speakers and session chairs;\nsingle-sex panels will be avoided wherever possible;\npanel chairs will be briefed on how to ensure inclusive and balanced discussion;\nwhere there is more than one keynote speaker efforts will be made to ensure gender balance.\n\n  \nAlex and Alvise
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/society-for-italian-studies-themed-conference/
LOCATION:University of Kent\, Giles Ln\, Canterbury\, CT2 7NZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Women in Sardinia: Creativity and Self-Expression - temporarily cancelled
DESCRIPTION:  \nEnglish version \nThis interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the role of women in Sardinian culture and society from the Middle Ages to the present day\, with an emphasis on the concepts of creativity and self-expression\, intended not only in literary\, cultural and artistic forms\, but also in daily practices and contexts. A central geographical area in the Mediterranean Sea\, surrounded by an enduring archaic and mythical aura\, Sardinia is a privileged space to examine the contradictions between pre-established gender roles and the emergence of extraordinary female figures\, from the great giudicessa Eleanor of Arborea (1347-1404) to the Nobel prize winner in literature Grazia Deledda (1871-1936)\, the only woman who received this recognition in Italy to date. \nGrazia Deledda evocatively defined Sardinia as the “Cinderella of Italy\, still waiting for her fairy godmother to discover her and take her out of the obscurity in which she lives”. This unjustly neglected Italian region has witnessed a rising wave of imaginative women writers in the twentieth century\, including Maria Giacobbe (1928-)\, Bianca Piztorno (1942-)\, Milena Agus (1959-)\, Michela Murgia (1972-). As recently as 2019\, several cultural events in Italy celebrated the centenary of Maria Lai’s birth (1919-2013)\, another distinguished artist from Sardinia\, whose sculptures\, canvases and “sewn fairy tales” speak of and to women’s creative self-expressions across time and space. \nAlongside such renowned female figures\, numerous unknown women contributed to build up the unique and multifaceted character of this island\, by blurring in everyday life the boundary between the secluded world of their households and the public sphere\, and challenging their own worlds with small but bold acts of disobedience to the established order. By unravelling the unexplored threads between prominent female figures and those who did not make their way in the official history of this region\, this conference seeks also to acknowledge the forms of creativity and self-expression that lesser-known women resorted to in a variety of social and cultural contexts. \nWe invite papers that explore the nexuses between women\, creativity\, self-expression and Sardinian culture in their multifarious facets. Proposals may include\, but are not limited to\, women’s role in Sardinian literature\, both as writers and as fictional characters\, in oral traditions\, visual arts\, education\, law\, everyday public and domestic spheres\, beyond chronological boundaries\, as well as in a comparative perspective with other cultural contexts. \n  \nInstructions and deadlines for proposals \nWe welcome submissions of both individual papers and proposals for panels: \n\nIndividual paper proposals for 20-minute presentations should consist of a title\, an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note.\nPanels should consist of three papers and each proposal should include a title\, the names of the chair and the speakers\, abstracts (max. 300 words each) and a short biographical note of the\n\nThe working languages of the conference are English and Italian. Abstract and panel proposals can be sent either in English or in Italian. \nPlease submit your proposal for either a paper or a panel to the conference organisers Sara Delmedico (sd683@cam.ac.uk) and Elena Emma Sottilotta (ees45@cam.ac.uk)\, University of Cambridge\, Italian Section. \nThe deadline for submission of paper/panel proposals is 30 March 2020. Notification of inclusion in the conference will be sent by 20 April 2020. \n  \nItalian version \nQuesta conferenza interdisciplinare mira ad esplorare il ruolo delle donne nella cultura e nella società sarda dal Medioevo al giorno d’oggi\, con un’enfasi sui concetti di creatività ed espressione di sé\, intesi non solo nelle dimensioni letterarie\, culturali e artistiche\, ma anche in pratiche e contesti quotidiani. Crocevia geografico centrale nel Mar Mediterraneo\, circondata da una duratura aura mitica e arcaica\, la Sardegna è uno spazio privilegiato per esaminare le contraddizioni tra ruoli di genere prestabiliti e l’emergere di figure femminili straordinarie\, dalla grande giudicessa Eleonora d’Arborea (1347-1404) alla vincitrice del premio Nobel per la letteratura Grazia Deledda (1871-1936)\, l’unica donna ad aver ricevuto questo riconoscimento in Italia ad oggi. \nGrazia Deledda ha evocativamente definito la Sardegna come “la Cenerentola d’Italia\, che aspetta tutt’ora la fata benefica che la scopra e la tragga dall’oscurità in cui vive”. Questa regione italiana ingiustamente trascurata è stata protagonista di un’ondata crescente di scrittrici creative nel corso del ventesimo secolo\, tra cui Maria Giacobbe (1928-)\, Bianca Piztorno (1942-)\, Milena Agus (1959-)\, Michela Murgia (1972-). Di recente\, nel 2019 si sono tenuti vari eventi culturali in Italia per la celebrazione del centenario della nascita di Maria Lai (1919- 2013)\, un’altra nota artista sarda\, le cui sculture\, tele e “fiabe cucite” danno voce alle espressioni creative delle donne attraverso il tempo e lo spazio. \nAccanto a queste figure femminili illustri\, numerose donne sconosciute hanno contribuito a plasmare il carattere unico e sfaccettato di quest’isola\, sfumando nella vita di tutti i giorni il confine tra il mondo appartato delle loro famiglie e la sfera pubblica e sfidando i loro mondi con piccoli ma audaci atti di disobbedienza all’ordine prestabilito. Nel dipanare i fili inesplorati tra figure femminili di spicco e coloro che non sono entrate a far parte delle pagine ufficiali della storia di questa regione\, questa conferenza mira anche a riconoscere le forme di creatività ed espressione di sé a cui ricorrevano donne meno note in una varietà di contesti sociali e culturali. \nVorremmo ospitare contributi che esplorano i nessi tra donne\, creatività\, espressione di sé e cultura sarda nelle loro molteplici sfaccettature. Le proposte possono incentrarsi sul ruolo delle donne nella letteratura sarda\, sia come scrittrici che come personaggi di fantasia\, nonché nelle tradizioni orali\, nelle arti visive\, nel campo dell’istruzione\, in ambito legislativo\, nelle sfere pubbliche e private\, al di fuori di limiti cronologici ed anche in prospettiva comparata con altri contesti culturali. \n  \nModalità di invio delle proposte e scadenze \nSono benvenute sia proposte per presentazioni individuali che proposte per sessioni: \n\nLe proposte per presentazioni individuali della durata di 20 minuti ciascuna dovranno essere accompagnate da titolo\, abstract (massimo 300 parole) e una breve nota biografica.\nLe proposte per sessioni comprenderanno tre presentazioni individuali e ogni proposta dovrà essere accompagnata da titolo\, nomi del coordinatore della sessione e dei relatori\, abstract (massimo 300 parole ciascuno) e una breve nota biografica dei partecipanti.\n\nLe lingue di lavoro della conferenza saranno inglese e italiano. Le proposte possono essere inviate in una delle due lingue. \nSi prega di inviare le proposte entro il 30 marzo 2020 alle organizzatrici della conferenza Sara Delmedico (sd683@cam.ac.uk) ed Elena Emma Sottilotta (ees45@cam.ac.uk)\, Università di Cambridge\, Dipartimento di Italianistica. La notifica di inclusione nella conferenza verrà comunicata entro il 20 aprile 2020. \n  \nConference Organisers: \nSara Delmedico\, MHRA Research Fellow sd683@cam.ac.uk \nElena Emma Sottilotta\, PhD Candidate ees45@cam.ac.uk \nDate: 25-26 June 2020 \nLocation:  \nAlison Richard Building\, University of Cambridge \nKeynote Speaker:  \nDr Gigliola Sulis\, University of Leeds \nGuest of Honour: \nMichela Murgia\, Award-winning writer \nConference page: \nhttps://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/news/women-sardinia-creativity-self-expression
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/women-in-sardinia-creativity-and-self-expression/
LOCATION:University of Cambridge\, Alison Richard Building\, Cambridge\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conferences,News
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SUMMARY:SIS PG Colloquium 2019
DESCRIPTION:The next Postgraduate Colloquium  ‘Minorities Report. Italian Culture\, Facing Otherness’ \nwill be held on 29 November 2019 at the University of Durham. \nThe Colloquium will provide an opportunity for postgraduate students to discuss the extent to which multi-vocality has had an impact on Italian Studies so far\, the direction in which our disciplinary field is moving and its role in an ever-changing national and global context. \nProf Loredana Polezzi (Cardiff University)\, an expert in the fields of translation studies\, comparative literature\, and history of travel and migration\, will deliver a keynote lecture in the morning. She will propose an intersectional approach to the concept of minority intermingled with the experience of feminine migration. In the afternoon\, Dr Guido Furci (Durham University – Sorbonne Nouvelle)\, with his strong knowledge of minorities’ voices and juridical statuses\, will explore forms of ‘indirect witnessing’ and ‘intrusive memory’ in the context of Italian contemporary literature. \n 
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-pg-colloquium-2019/
LOCATION:University of Durham\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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SUMMARY:Press Play: Creative Interventions in Research and Practice
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nWe are pleased to announce the forthcoming conference Press Play: Creative Interventions in Research and Practice \nMACRO / British School at Rome / MAAM \n28-29 March 2019 \nThis conference will bring together art practitioners and academics in order to explore common interests in creativity in\, and as\, research practice. It grounds this conversation in the broad disciplinary area of Modern Languages\, which has been at a critical juncture in terms of defining its purpose and identity for some considerable time.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/press-play-creative-interventions-in-research-and-practice/
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