italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
The Other Woman: Plurality of Female Identities in Italian Cultural
Production
Conference to be held on Friday, 18 November 2005 at the Institute of
Advanced Studies, Royal Fort House, Bristol.
Programme
10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30-11.30 Introduction - Derek Duncan, University of Bristol
Keynote speaker - Domenico Rizzo, Istituto Universitario Orientale di
Napoli - (Title to be confirmed)
Session 1:
11.30-12.30 Ruth Glynn, University of Bristol - 'Writing the Terrorist
Self : The Subalternity of the Female Perpetrator'
Joyce Porter, University of Bristol - 'Jewish Identity: Silence as a Motif
in the Writing of Natalia Ginzburg'
12.30-1.30 Lunch
Session 2:
1.30-3.00 Kate Mitchell, University of Warwick - 'The Other Woman, or
Femme Fatale, in Realist Fiction in from the Late Nineteenth Century'
Danielle Hipkins, University of Leeds - 'From the Failing Femme Fatale to
Cabiria: The Prostitute, Pity and Masquerade in Post-War Italian Cinema'
Charlotte Ross, University of Birmingham - 'Other than Woman' :Lesbian
Continuums and Disruptions'
3.00-3.20 Tea, coffee break
Session 3:
3.20-4.20
Joanne Lee, University of Bristol - 'Italy, Islam and the
Veil':Contemporary Debates and Representations of Islamic Women in the
Italian Media'
Lucie Benchouiha, University of Exeter - 'Using the Master's Tools':
Language, Identity and Cultural Translation in Women's Immigrant Writing in
Italy'
4.20-5.00 Adalgisa Giorgio, University of Bath - Concluding remarks and
discussion
5.00-6.00 Wine reception
To register, please contact Clare Williams, [log in to unmask] by
4 November 2005.
The conference registration fee is £10 or £5 for students, payable on the
day. This includes conference pack, tea and coffee, buffet lunch and wine
reception.
The conference will be held in the Institute of Advanced Studies, on the
first floor of Royal Fort House, number 63 map ref F5 on attached map
http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/maps/pmk-1085.html and for directions see
http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/maps/
Car parking for visitors is available at £5.25 per day and must be reserved
in advance. If required please contact the Hawthorns directly who can take
credit card payment over the telephone. (Telephone 0117 954 5555) Please
note that car parking is very limited, and bookings will only be taken
within 10 days of the conference date.
Accommodation, if needed, can be booked at The Hawthorns (map ref 41 E4)
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/hawthorns/hotelrooms/
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Dr Derek Duncan
Senior Lecturer in Italian
Department of Italian
University of Bristol
19 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TE
tel. 0044-117-9287587
fax. 0044-117-9288143
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