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SUMMARY:SIS Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The AGM of the Society for Italian Studies in the UK and Ireland will take place on Saturday 17 January at the Institute of Languages\, Cultures and Societies\, University of London (Senate House\, Malet Street London)\, 10.30-4pm.\n\n\n\n\nThe morning session (10.30-12.30am) will be dedicated to the AGM and other Society business. The afternoon session (1.30 to 4pm) will be dedicated to research\, with a focus on REF 2029 (including Q&A) and on research impact.\n\n\nSpeakers will include the Chair and Deputy Chair of our REF subpanel\, Prof. Jane Stuart-Smith (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Susan Harrow (University of Bristol).\n\n\nLunch will be provided.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-annual-general-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Institute of Languages\, Cultures and Societies\, University of London\, Senate House\, Malet Street\, London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:News
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251206
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251123
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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SUMMARY:Dante Futures 2025: New Voices in Ireland and the UK
DESCRIPTION:The University of Wariwck is happy to invite you to the conference ‘Dante Futures 2025: New Voices in Ireland and the UK’. The conference is taking place on the 21st and 22nd of November at Warwick. Please find the full conference programme and venue details here.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/dante-futures-2025-new-voices-in-ireland-and-the-uk/
LOCATION:University of Warwick
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T050000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251103T043000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251103T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
CREATED:20251031T115523Z
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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
CATEGORIES:Conferences,News
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240622
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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SUMMARY:SIS Biennial Conference 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies\, the largest scholarly society in the UK and Ireland for the study of Italian language\, literature\, and culture\, will take place in person at Royal Holloway\, University of London.  \n\nBoth presenting or not-presenting attendees can register at this link:  https://onlinestore.rhul.ac.uk/product-catalogue/events-and-conferences/school-of-humanities/society-for-italian-studies-biennial-conference/society-for-italian-studies-biennial-conference \nPlease find all information on the conference and the conference venue at this link: https://sites.google.com/view/sisbiennial2024/home?authuser=0\n\nPlease remember to also subscribe to the Society for Italian Studies in order to participate in the conference: https://italianstudies.org.uk/the-society/membership/ \nShould you have any questions\, please contact: SIS.biennial.2024@rhul.ac.uk
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-biennial-conference-2024/
LOCATION:Royal Holloway
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240521
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SUMMARY:Study Day 'Envisioning the Afterlife: Dante and the Irish Visionary Tradition'
DESCRIPTION:Envisioning the Afterlife: Dante and the Irish Visionary Tradition \nStudy Day \n20 May 2024 \nThe Council Room\, University College Cork\, & online \n  \nThis study day\, organised by the UCC Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland\, focuses on the medieval Irish vision tradition and its relationship with the Commedia\, Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century poetic vision of the afterlife. \nIn collaboration with specialists in literature\, theology\, cosmology\, history\, and textual transmission\, we aim to examine the particularity of medieval Irish literary visions and their ‘insular’ features\, while also considering their extraordinary European circulation\, especially the influence that works such as the Visio Tnugdali and Navigatio Sancti Brendani had in Italy\, where they were copied\, translated\, and transformed. Despite the relatively high number of surviving manuscripts of these Latin and vernacular texts\, the Irish visionary tradition has received little attention among Dante scholars\, and its direct or indirect impact on late medieval Italy is yet to be fully explored. \nThis study day brings the Italian and the Irish literary traditions into dialogue via Dante in a way that appreciates their distinctiveness\, while also recognising the commonalities they have in answering questions central to the medieval – and possibly modern – understanding of the self: namely\, how can one be present to other realities than those immediately evident to our senses? How do writers invite readers to partake in their extraordinary visionary experiences? And how is our understanding of the miraculous and the supernatural in vision literature shaped by genre expectations and social\, cultural\, philosophical\, and theological contexts of transmission? \nIn addition to hosting senior specialists and early-career scholars from Ireland\, Italy\, Hungary\, and the UK\, this study day draws upon existing research strengths at the UCC Department of Early and Medieval Irish and especially the project ‘De Finibus: Christian Representations of the Afterlife in Medieval Ireland\,’ which resulted in the two-volume collection The End and Beyond: Medieval Irish Eschatology (2014). \nProfessor John Carey (UCC) will deliver a keynote on (dis)embodiment and (im)materiality in visionary experience\, concentrating mainly on Irish texts\, but also considering sources shared by Dante and the Irish\, notably Visio Sancti Pauli and Gregory the Great’s Dialogues.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/study-day-envisioning-the-afterlife-dante-and-the-irish-visionary-tradition/
LOCATION:University College Cork\, Cork\, Ireland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220701
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
CREATED:20220107T165119Z
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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
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210626
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SUMMARY:SIS Workshop for Early Career Academics
DESCRIPTION:Italian Studies: Theory and Practice\n\nThe Department of Italian at University College Cork and The Society for Italian Studies are delighted to host a two-day online Workshop for Early Career Academics (ECAs)\, which will address Methodologies and Theoretical Approaches within the Humanities and their application to the study of Italian language and culture. The event will also host two professional development sessions\, which are designed to enhance the professionalisation of Early Career Academics. \nThe workshop is structured around four dedicated sections\, each one of which will comprise a panel of ECA speakers in dialogue with a keynote speaker: \n1) Digital Humanities \nKeynote: Prof. Massimo Riva\, Brown University \nOrganiser: Dr Ana Stefanovska\, UCC \n2) Mediating Subjectivities \nKeynote: Prof. Loredana Polezzi\, Stony Brook University \nOrganiser: Dr Valentina Mele\, UCC \n3) Intermediality \nKeynote: Prof. Giancarlo Lombardi\, City University of New York \nOrganiser: Dr Guido Bartolini\, UCC \n4) Deconstructing Whiteness \nKeynote: Dr. Gaia Giuliani\, University of Coimbra \nOrganiser: Dr Guido Bartolini\, UCC \nWe invite submissions of papers in English or Italian\, from Early Career Academics \nthroughout Ireland\, the UK\, and further afield. Please check the panel descriptions belowand write to the individual panel organisers. In line with the SIS EDI guidelines\, westrongly encourage a diversity of participants and approaches to Italian language and culture. \nThe professional development sessions will comprise: \n1) ‘What we look for in an article submission for an academic journal’ \nA roundtable with the Editors of the journal Italian Studies: \nProfessor Ruth Glynn\, Dr Catherine Keen\, and Professor Giuliana Pieri. \n2) ‘How to write an academic book proposal’ \nDelivered by an editor from an academic press. \nGiven the restrictions of the online format\, the workshop will be held as a plenary forum and the number of papers permitted will be limited. We welcome participation of all interested ECAs\, whether presenting a paper or as part of the online audience. \nDEADLINE for Submissions: 1 April 2021 \nWorkshop Dates: 24-25 June 2021 \nMode of Delivery: The event will be held online \nFor further information about the panel\, please visit the Website \nThis conference is generously supported by The Society for Italian Studies and the \nDepartment of Italian\, UCC. \nPlease note: All participants will need to be registered members of The Society for Italian Studies \nby 1 June 2021.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-workshop-for-early-career-academics/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210425
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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SUMMARY:Translation as Position-Taking in the Literary Field
DESCRIPTION:Translation as Position-Taking in the Literary Field. Agents and institutions of translated literature in Italy and of Italian literature abroad (20th and 21st Century) \n———— \nThe aim of the conference is to foster critical discussion on translated literature as part of the target literature\, by focusing on literary institutions (publishing houses\, book series\, journals) and agents (translators\, literary agents\, editors)\, and the composite sociocultural factors driving the selection\, production\, and publication of literary translations. “Calling into question the politics of canonisation and moving resolutely away from ideas of universal literary greatness”(Bassnett and Trivedi 1999)\, we are particularly interested in social categories of writers who have been dismissed by literary critics who insisted on “the autonomy of the aesthetic” (Bloom 1994); in other words\, writers who challenge the ‘Western canon’. \nThe conference aims to explore the mechanisms of reception\, dissemination\, recognition and popularisation in the Italian literary system of foreign literature. This will include literature by women authors in translation\, by feminist translators\, authors from non-hegemonic/non-central languages\, non-white\, minoritarian and marginalised authors/groups and collectives. We are also interested in similar mechanisms by which Italian literature is translated and received beyond Italy. \nKeynote lectures will be delivered by Cecilia Schwartz (Stockholm University\, Sweden)\, Jacob Blakesley (University of Leeds\, UK)\, and Susan Bassnett (University of Glasgow/University of Warwick\, UK). Full programme is available here
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/translation-as-position-taking-in-the-literary-field/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210422
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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SUMMARY:«L 'ombra sua torna» Dante\, il Novecento e oltre
DESCRIPTION:The Departamento de Estudios Románicos\, Franceses\, Italianos y Traducción of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid\, together with the  Universitat de Barcelona\, the University of Leeds\, and the University of Oxford\, is happy to announce the forthcoming International Conference on Dante and the literary and artistic culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. \nThe event will take place on 19-21 of April 2021 online. You can follow it on youtube. \nThe programme is very rich and will feature the following lectiones magistralis: \n\nAurora Conde Muñoz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Divina Ficción\nLino Pertile (Harvard University) Dante\, Primo Levi e il Fascismo\nMarco Antonio Bazzocchi (Università di Bologna) Corpo\, luce\, ombra: declinazione di “figura” nella Commedia\nEduard Vilella Morató (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Deranged Paths: presenze fuori campo di Dante nel cinema\nJacob Blakesley (University of Leeds) Mapping Dante: the worldwide reception of Dante’s Commedia\nDaniela Caselli (University of Manchester) Modernist Dante\, but not as we know it\n\n 
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/l-ombra-sua-dante-il-novecento-e-oltre/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2021
DESCRIPTION:The Society for Italian Studies is very pleased to invite you to the next Annual General Meeting\, which will take place online on Saturday 16th January at 1:30pm\, until around 4pm. The AGM will take 45 minutes and\, after a short break\, we will then move on to the afternoon discussion. As always\, the meeting is an important opportunity for the Italian Studies community to discuss the major issues that are affecting our discipline. So this year our afternoon session will be devoted to addressing issues of equality\, diversity and inclusion in Italian Studies. \nTo join the meeting\, please use the following link and/or credentials: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83793076505?pwd=Q1E4U1d2Q3JnYWl2Sk4wN1RWaHlZUT09 \nMeeting ID: 837 9307 6505 \nPasscode: 0WUrYX \n 
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/annual-general-meeting-2021/
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200916
DTSTAMP:20260404T003445
CREATED:20200712T104059Z
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SUMMARY:PRISMI new series - CALL FOR PAPERS
DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS PER \nPRISMI nouvelle série\, \nrevue du Département d’Italien de l’Université de Lorraine \nDirigée par Elsa Chaarani et Giuseppe Sangirardi \n\n 2 (2021) et n. 3 (2022)\n\nA partire dal 2020\, PRISMI\, rivista di studi italianistici fondata nel 1996 da Bruno Toppan e legata al Dipartimento di Italiano dell’Université de Lorraine\, sarà oggetto di una doppia pubblicazione\, in volume cartaceo e online\, sul portale dell’editore Chemins de tr@verse (una richiesta è in corso per l’accesso al portale open edition). \nParallelamente\, PRISMI si rinnova nella sua organizzazione interna e nella sua struttura per meglio inserirsi nel paesaggio universitario attuale e allinearsi agli standard scientifici oggi riconosciuti. \n  \nI fascicoli\, pubblicati con cadenza annuale\, comporteranno tre rubriche (due almeno per numero)\, per meglio alimentare e valorizzare il carattere tradizionalmente pluridisciplinare della rivista\, facendo ampio spazio alla letteratura italiana\, ma promuovendo ugualmente l’apertura dell’orizzonte in direzione di una comparatistica intesa in senso largo e degli studi storici e culturali. \n\nInterprétation de textes et de corpus : questa sezione ospiterà studi aventi per oggetto la letteratura italiana\, che si tratti di analisi di testi singoli o di inchieste su tematiche più o meno estese.\nInterlangues : (letteratura comparata\, intertestualità\, traduzione) : questa sezione ospiterà studi sulla lingua e sulla letteratura italiane in relazione con altre lingue e letterature del presente o del passato\, nella prospettiva della traduttologia\, della letteratura comparata\, della filologia romanza\, della filologia tout court.\nArcimboldo: questa sezione ospiterà studi che esplorino le diverse sfaccettature della storia e della cultura italiana\, dal teatro all’opera\, dalla storia dell’arte al cinema\, dalla sociologia allo sport\, dalla musica alla filosofia o alla politica.\n\nSommario del n. 1\, la cui pubblicazione è attesa per la fine del 2020 \nInterprétation de textes et de corpus  \nPaolo Orvieto\, Lettura allegorica del Morgante \nMatteo Residori\, « Non si perde servigio mai nessuno ». Gratitudine\, amicizia e giustizia nel Morgante \nPierre Musitelli\, Langue\, dramaturgie et lectures politiques des opéras de Verdi (1842-1849) \nInterlangues \nFederico Bertoni\, La donna moltiplicata. Frammento di um discorso amoroso \nArcimboldo \nGilles Bertrand\, Versailles en Italie. Usages et destin d’une référence pour les Français voyageant dans la Péninsule au XVIIIe siècle \nRaffaele Ruggiero\, Giambattista Vico\, un filosofo in tipografia \nSalvatore Settis\, Tre inquietudini di Antonio Tabucchi: la pátria\, la politica\, il tempo. \nPer i numeri 2 e 3 si può inviare all’indirizzo della redazione : \nlis-revue-prismi@univ-lorraine.fr \n\nUna proposta di articolo (un titolo e una descrizione del contenuto tra dieci e venti righe) per il n. 2 (uscita nel 2021) al più tardi il 15 settembre 2020 (se la proposta è accettata\, l’articolo dovrà essere consegnato al più tardi il 30 ottobre)\nUna proposta di articolo (un titolo e una descrizione del contenuto tra dieci e venti righe) per il n. 3 (uscita nel 2022) al più tardi il 31 gennaio 2021 (se la proposta è accettata\, l’articolo dovrà essere consegnato al più tardi il 30 aprile)\n\nLe lingue accettate sono il francese\, l’italiano e l’inglese \n  \nAPPEL A CONTRIBUTIONS POUR \nPRISMI nouvelle série\, \nrevue du Département d’Italien de l’Université de Lorraine \nDirigée par Elsa Chaarani et Giuseppe Sangirardi \n\n 2 (2021) et n. 3 (2022)\n\nA compter de 2020\, PRISMI\, revue d’études italiennes fondée en 1996 par Bruno Toppan et émanant de la section d’Italien de l’Université de Lorraine\, fera l’objet d’une double publication\, en volume papier et désormais aussi en ligne\, sur le portail de l’éditeur Chemins de tr@verse (une demande est en cours pour la mise en ligne sur le portail open edition). \nParallèlement\, PRISMI fait peau neuve dans son organisation interne et sa structure pour mieux s’accorder avec le paysage universitaire actuel et s’aligner sur les standards scientifiques aujourd’hui reconnus. \nLes parutions régulières\, à cadence annuelle\, comporteront désormais trois rubriques (dont deux au moins par numéro)\, pour mieux nourrir et valoriser le caractère traditionnellement pluridisciplinaire de la revue\, en accordant une large place à la littérature italienne mais promouvant également l’ouverture de l’horizon en direction d’un comparatisme compris dans le sens le plus large et des études historiques et culturelles. \n\nInterprétation de textes et de corpus : cette section hébergera des travaux ayant pour objet la littérature italienne\, qu’il s’agisse d’analyse de textes singuliers ou d’enquêtes sur des thématiques plus ou moins étendues\nInterlangues : (littérature comparée\, intertextualités\, traduction) : cette section hébergera des travaux portant sur la langue et la littérature italiennes en relation avec d’autres langues et littératures du présent ou du passé\, dans les optiques propres à la traductologie\, la littérature comparée\, la philologie romane\, la philologie tout court.\nArcimboldo: cette section hébergera des travaux explorant l’ensemble des facettes de l’histoire et de la culture italiennes\, du théâtre à l’opéra\, de l’histoire de l’art au cinéma\, de la sociologie au sport\, de la musique à la philosophie ou à la politique.\n\n  \nSommaire du n. 1\, à paraître fin 2020 \nInterprétation de textes et de corpus  \nPaolo Orvieto\, Lettura allegorica del Morgante \nMatteo Residori\, « Non si perde servigio mai nessuno ». Gratitudine\, amicizia e giustizia nel Morgante \nPierre Musitelli\, Langue\, dramaturgie et lectures politiques des opéras de Verdi (1842-1849) \nInterlangues \nFederico Bertoni\, La donna moltiplicata. Frammento di um discorso amoroso \nArcimboldo \nGilles Bertrand\, Versailles en Italie. Usages et destin d’une référence pour les Français voyageant dans la Péninsule au XVIIIe siècle \nRaffaele Ruggiero\, Giambattista Vico\, un filosofo in tipografia \nSalvatore Settis\, Tre inquietudini di Antonio Tabucchi: la pátria\, la politica\, il tempo.  \nPour les números 2 et 3 vous pouvez envoyer à l’adresse de la rédaction : \nlis-revue-prismi@univ-lorraine.fr \n\nUne proposition d’article (un titre et dix à vingt lignes décrivant le contenu) pour le n. 2 (parution en 2021) au plus tard le 15 septembre 2020 (si votre proposition est retenue\, l’article sera à remettre pour le 30 octobre au plus tard)\nUne proposition d’article (un titre et dix à vingt lignes décrivant le contenu) pour le n. 3 (parution en 2022) au plus tard le 31 janvier 2021 (si votre proposition est retenue\, l’article sera à remettre le 30 avril au plus tard).\n\nLes langues acceptées sont le français\, l’italien et l’anglais. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/prismi-new-series-call-for-papers/
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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
CATEGORIES:Conferences,News
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200627
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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 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite all SIS members to the 2020 Annual General Meeting which is taking place this Saturday 11 January 2020 at the Italian Cultural Institute\, 39 Belgrave Square\, London\, from 11am until around 3.30 pm.
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute\, 39 Belgrave Square\, London\, SW1X 8NX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200110T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200110T170000
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SUMMARY:SIS Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The SIS Executive Committe Meeting wil take place FRIDAY 10th January 2020\, 2-5pm \nRoom 246\, Senate House (IMLR) \nMalet Street\, London WC1E 7HU
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/sis-executive-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:Senate house\, London\, WC1E 7HU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191130
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T190000
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SUMMARY:La più bella del mondo – The most beautiful in the world
DESCRIPTION:12 talks on the Italian language \n“The most beautiful in the world” is supposed to be a supermodel and yet in Italy the expression is more often than not used to define Italian language. Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? It is commonplace\, due to either italophilia or nationalism\, but is it only this? \nA series led by Dr Stefano Jossa\, author of La più bella del mondo. Perché amare la lingua italiana (Einaudi) and Reader in Italian at Royal Holloway University of London\, will explore the relationships between Italian and other languages\, the Italian words that have become key to interpret our contemporary world\, the various languages of arts\, music\, technology\, economy and politics. \nEvent in Italian with simultaneous translation in English \nNext talk will be on 30/04 by Massimo Arcangeli on Insulting in Italian. \nLondra\ntel:  fax: 020 7235 4618\ne-mail: i
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/la-piu-bella-del-mondo-the-most-beautiful-in-the-world/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute\, 39 Belgrave Square\, London\, SW1X 8NX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190414
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SUMMARY:Interart/intermedia experimentation through the ages (from the medieval age to the present)
DESCRIPTION:The programme of the conference will be available soon.\n\nIn collaboration with \nSchool of Modern Languages\, Literatures and Cultures\, Royal Holloway\nSchool of Languages\, Literatures and Cultural Studies\, Trinity College Dublin\nSchool of European Languages\, Culture and Society\, UCL\nAHRC project “Interdisciplinary Italy” (www.interdisciplinaryitaly.org)\nAHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council)\nOrganisers: Clodagh Brook\, Florian Mussgnug\, Giuliana Pieri\, Emanuela Patti. \n \nDescription: \nThis conference explores interartistic and intermedial encounters in Italy and the new kinds of experimentation that arise from these. It will focus attention on individuals and groups who are actively engaged in creative boundary-crossing and on institutions who fostered or hindered interartistic and intermedial exchange. It may subvert widely accepted canons as what looks central under the lens of the monodisciplinary microscope may not be so from an interartistic one.\n \nWe welcome proposals from established scholars\, early career researchers\, and PhD students from all disciplines.\n \nTopics may include\, but are not limited to:\n \n1. Interartistic and intermedial\, experimentation and creativity.\nHow does intermedial and interartistic practice work to enhance creativity? What are its links with experimentation? Why does it arise?\n \n2. Mapping and rewriting the cultural canon\nHow does looking at artists and artworks from an intermedial/interartistic perspective reshape the map of what is central and what is peripheral? Which artists have been lost to cultural histories because their work falls into the interstices between the arts?\n \n3. Historical change\nHow has working between two or more arts has been received or marginalised across the ages? What is instrumental in this change? Why does this take place? What kind of interartistic practice is taking place in medieval Italy\, in the Renaissance or later? Are there particular periods in Italy’s history in which explosions of interartistic practice take place and why?\n \n4. Boundary crossing\nHow are borders between the arts policed and why? How have institutions in Italy played a part in shaping what fits\, or does not\, in certain artistic tradition? How do we best investigate the process of dialogue/translation/remediation involved in border crossings between the arts?\n \n5. Collaboration and communities\nHow might interartistic and intermedial practice bring artists together? Why do groups come together and how?  How does the collaborative making of artworks across boundaries differ from solitary practice? How might transmedia practice – and the fandom associated with it – make us think differently about readers and about artistic and literary communities?\n \n6. Theories of interartistic practice and intermediality\nHow has thinking in Italy contributed to the international debate on intermediality and on interartistic practice?\n \n7. Bad practice …\nHow does intermedial and interartistic practice threaten the stability of artistic forms and disciplines? Are there negative implications to be considered? What are the risks and dangers of intermedia?\n \nThe main goal of this conference is to look at Italian culture from an intermedial perspective (rather than a multimedial\, or multiartistic one) to understand how the bringing together of two or more art forms\, or two or more artists working across art forms have changed creative production in Italy\, and indeed beyond\, from the medieval age to the present. We plan to publish selected papers from the conference in an edited volume. 
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/interart-intermedia-experimentation-through-the-age-from-the-medieval-age-to-the-present/
LOCATION:Royal Holloway
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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/
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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SUMMARY:Readers and Reading in the Book: the Imaginary and the Material
DESCRIPTION:Readers and Reading in the Book: the Imaginary and the Material\nThe event will focus on how the practices and experiences of reading have been represented in literary texts over the centuries. \nSpeakers include: Federica Pich\, Giovanna Rizzarelli\, Rhiannon Daniels\,  Guyda Armstrong and  Karin Littau. Please find the description of the event and details about the programme and the registration
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/readers-and-reading-in-the-book-the-imaginary-and-the-material/
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SUMMARY:Jhumpa Lahiri in Conversation with Nicola Gardini
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nBlackwell’s is thrilled to announce this forthcoming event: \nPulitzer Prize winning author\, Jhumpa Lahiri\, in conversation with writer and translator\, Nicola Gardini\, on her latest role as editor of The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories. \nWhen Jhumpa Lahiri decided to read exclusively in Italian\, a language she had studied for many years\, her life as a reader – and writer – took a surprising turn. Complete immersion in this rich literary heritage brought fresh insight and unexpected freedom. \nThis collection brings together forty writers who have shaped her love of the Italian language and profound appreciation for its literature. More than half of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time and the wide ranging selection includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino\, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello\, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. \nPoets\, journalists\, visual artists\, musicians\, editors\, critics\, teachers\, scientists\, politicians\, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society. Together they reflect over a hundred years of Italy’s vibrant and diverse short story tradition\, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes\, private passions and the dramatic political events of the twentieth century. The first anthology of its kind\, over half of the stories in this collection appear translated into English for the first time. \nJhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies\, The Namesake\, Unaccustomed Earth\, and The Lowland\, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize\, the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. She has received numerous awards\, including the Pulitzer Prize\, the PEN/Hemingway Award\, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award\, the Premio Gregor von Rezzori\, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature\, a 2014 National Humanities Medal\, awarded by President Barack Obama\, and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia for In altre parole. \nNicola Gardini is a poet\, novelist\, columnist and translator. He has a PhD in Comparative Literature at New York University and is now a Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Keble College\, Oxford. \nThe event will be chaired by Elena Lombardi\, fellow of Balliol College and Chair of the Department of Italian at Oxford University.\n \nTickets for this event cost £5. Doors will open at 6.45pm\, at which time there will be a small bar available to purchase drinks. For more information please contact Customer Services on 01865 333 623 or email events.oxford@blackwell.co.uk
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/jhumpa-lahiri-in-conversation-with-nicola-gardini/
LOCATION:Blackwell’s Bookshop\, 51 Broad Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BQ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190306T160000
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SUMMARY:#italiesinmotion
DESCRIPTION:The 4th edition of ‘Identities in Motion. Legacies and Representations of Mobility in Contemporary Italy‘ will take place at the University of Warwick on Wednesday\, 6 March 2019 (Ramphal Building\, R0.04) the research seminar will provide an opportunity to discuss to what extent translation practices may impact the production and dissemination of alternative and de-centred perspectives to read contemporary Italian and European society and culture. Moreover\, specific attention will be paid to some research projects which make available their outcomes via digital archives\, interactive maps\, and web blogs. \nProgramme\n16.00 – Registration and Welcome \n16.15 – Translating contemporary translingual writers Romeo Fratti (Linguafranca Transnational Literary Agency) in conversation with Mila Milani (Warwick) \n17.15 – The Dialectics of Modernity: Designing Cultural Landscapes with Digital Humanities Francesca Billiani (Manchester) in conversation with Gianmarco Mancosu (Warwick) \n18.15 – Final roundtable: Italian Cultures and Digital Humanities with Bryan Brazeau (Warwick)\, organizers and invited speakers \n  \n19.00 – Wine Reception
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/italiesinmotion/
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SUMMARY:Italian Teachers Day 2019
DESCRIPTION:Italian Teachers Day \nSpeakers \nProfessor Robert Gordon\, University of Cambridge\, Fossoli: POWs\, Primo Levi\, Postwar Utopia \nProfessor Giuliana Pieri\, Royal Holloway\, University of London\, The Making of Modern Italy: Art\, Fashion and Design in Postwar Italy \nDr. Cecilia Brioni\, University of Hull\, Perché Sanremo è Sanremo: Teaching Italian Social History through Popular Music \nDr. Alessio Baldini\, University of Leeds\, The family as metaphor for a nation \nProfessor Guido Bonsaver\, University of Oxford\, Teaching I cento passi \nDr. Daniela La Penna\, University of Reading\, Teaching Marcovaldo \nIan Rodmell (AQA) – The GCSE examination \nCarole Moore (co-author of Amici) \nRound table on teaching grammar and translation (Dr Caterina Sinibaldi\, Nick Roberts\, Dr Julia Barron)
URL:https://italianstudies.org.uk/event/italian-teachers-day-2019/
LOCATION:pin Francis Holland School Regent’s Park\, Ivor Place\,\, London\, NW1 6XR
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