Dear ASMI (Association for the Study of Modern Italy) Mailbase list 
member,

Here is both the text version of the revised call for papers (revised 
wording and deadline date for submission of proposals) for the ASMI 
Annual Conference 24thand 25th November 2000, on 'City and Identity. 
The Italian City in the Industrial Era', and e-mail attachments of the 
call for papers in word 5.1 and rtf format. 

PLEASE help to publicise this call for papers as widely as possible.

Martin Brown
ASMI Secretary

CALL FOR PAPERS

City and Identity.  The Italian City in the Industrial Era.

A joint Association for the Study of Modern Italy-'City and Identity
Research Project' (Centre for Italian Studies, UCL, London) Conference 
to be held in London on the 24 and 25 November 2000 with the financial 
support of the Arts and Humanites Research Board.

This conference will conclude the four-year AHRB-funded City and 
Identity research project based at the Centre for Italian Studies at 
UCL with the
active participation of researchers in other institutions in the UK and 
in Italy.

Urban studies have begun in recent years to touch on a series of themes 
which have previously been confined within specific disciplines.
This conference aims to bring together scholars of urban Italy from a 
wide range of subject-areas to discuss the key themes of identity, 
urban history and cityness in the contemporary era.  International 
debates on aspects of the city - public and private space, places and 
non-places, de-industrialisation, images and realities are all of 
relevance here and cut across disciplines and historical periods.  
Papers are invited in particular in those areas upon which the City and 
Identity project has concentrated; namely:  immigration, identity and 
the city; subcultures; urban regeneration and contested space; the 
public sphere; representations of the city in cinema and literature; 
visual arts and the city.

The project has concentrated on the cities of Milan and Turin and we 
would especially welcome papers based on either or both of these 
cities. Proposals dealing with other Italian cities will also be 
considered, as will comparisons with European cities.  Papers with a 
comparative (inter-city) perspective would be particularly welcome.

There will be time for discussion and paper-givers would be expected to
both provide other panellists with copies of their papers well before 
the conference.  Participants (for example research students) with 
current research in progress or research at an initial stage are also 
encouraged to present papers or presentations which will be included in 
a special 'poster' session.

Proposals (one side of A4) plus a short CV and contact email address 
should be sent by email to John Foot at [log in to unmask]

The closing date for proposals is April 30 2000.  Proposers will be
informed of the outcome of their proposals by the middle of May.

Papers should be in English if at all possible although proposals in 
other languages, especially Italian, will be considered.


Robert Lumley (Conference co-organiser and Project coordinator)
John Foot (Conference co-organiser)
David Forgacs (Head of Italian Department, UCL)

Department of Italian, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.




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\pard \qc {\b\i\fs36 City and Identity.  The Italian City in the Industrial
Era.\par
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{\i A joint Association for the Study of Modern Italy-\rquote City and
Identity Research Project\rquote  (Centre for Italian Studies, UCL, London)
Conference to be held in London in November 200
0 with the financial support of the Arts and Humanites Research Board.\par
\par
}\tab This conference will conclude the four-year AHRB-funded City and
Identity research project based at the Centre for Italian Studies at UCL
with the\par
active participation of researchers in other institutions in the UK and in\par
Italy.  \par
\par
\tab Urban studies have begun in recent years to touch on a series of
themes which have previously been confined within specific disciplines.
This conference aims to bring together scholars of urban Italy from
a wide range of subject-areas to discuss the key themes of identity, urban
history and cityness in the contemporary era.  International debates on
aspects of the city - public and private space, places and non-places,
de-industrialisation, images and reali
ties are all of relevance here and cut across disciplines and historical
periods.  Papers are invited in particular in those areas upon which the
City and Identity project has concentrated; namely:  immigration, identity
and the city; subcultures; urban re
generation and contested space; the public sphere; representations of the\par
city in cinema and literature; visual arts and the city.\par
\par

The project has concentrated on the cities of Milan and Turin and we would
especially welcome papers based on either or both of these cities.
Proposals dealing with other Italian cities will also be considered, as
will comparisons with European cities.  P
apers with a comparative (inter-city) perspective would be particularly
welcome.\par
\par
There will be time for discussion and pape
r-givers would be expected to both provide other panellists with copies of
their papers well before the conference.  Participants (for example
research students) with current research in progress or research at an
initial stage are also encouraged to prese
nt papers or presentations which will be included in a special \lquote
poster\rquote  session. \par
\par
Proposals (one side of A4) plus a short CV and contact email address should
be sent by email to John Foot at [log in to unmask]\par
\par
The closing date for proposals is April 30 2000.  Proposers will be
informed of the outcome of their proposals by the middle of May.\par
\par
Papers should be in English if at all possible although proposals in other\par
languages, especially Italian, will be considered.\par
\par
\par
\par
Robert Lumley (Conference co-organiser and Project coordinator)\par
John Foot (Conference co-organiser)\par
David Forgacs (Head of Italian Department, UCL)\par
\par
Department of Italian, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.\par
\par
\par
}