italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
Dear colleagues,
I encourage medievalists to consider proposing papers and participating in these sessions.
Best wishes,
Leslie
Dr. L. Zarker Morgan
Professor of Italian and French
Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Loyola University Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699 USA
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Subject: [AAIS] CFPs - Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo 2011
Call for papers for three sessions organized by the Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo
46th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI May 12-15, 2011
Session 1: THE RE-INVENTION OF ITALIAN MEDIEVAL TEXTS
This session invites papers dealing with different aspects of editing, transmitting and receiving Italian medieval texts, from their original setting to the present day. Such an approach has been absent heretofore from scholarly meetings, in spite of its crucial role in the tradition of early Italian texts, which have often been rewritten, restructured and consequently reinvented due to the different cultural climates of their reception. These versions have then often been accepted for printed editions, thus influencing generations reading these works. It is crucial, therefore, to include such aspects of materiality in our scholarly dialogue.
Session 2: THE PAPACY AND ITALY AT THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
This session considers the restoration of the papacy during the fifteenth century. The effects of the Babylonian Captivity and schism in the fourteenth century were that the fifteenth-century papacy was even more dependent on its Italian connections than it had been in the past. Papers will consider this political and cultural transformation of the papacy from different perspectives, including: the attempts by Italian States to end the Schism; diplomatic initiatives aimed at reestablishing a papal presence in central Italy; and the papal promotion of the Santa Casa of Loreto which under papal patronage became one of the most popular healing shrines in Italy.
Session 3: IN GIRO: ITALIAN IDENTITY AND TRAVEL IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Italian merchants, crusaders, pilgrims and missionaries visited all parts of the Mediterranean and beyond, establishing colonies and "fondachi" in locations throughout the Aegean Sea and the Holy Land. The influence of travel can be traced in art and architecture, historical records and correspondence, as well as the literary production of numerous authors. Foreign travelers in Italian ports come to influence cultural production and political relations in Italy that echo into the Renaissance. This panel will seek to explore the emergence of Italian identity through the experience of travel and life in Italian communities abroad, and conversely, perceptions of Italians through the eyes of foreigners in Italy. How does travel influence or figure as a motif in Italian literature, art and cultural growth in the Middle Ages? How have foreigners traveling in Italy viewed medieval Italian culture and politics, and how have Italians been viewed abroad? How do these Italian communit ies and travelers abroad maintain and define their Italian identity in the face of the other?
Proposals (title and an abstract of no more than 300 words) should be sent by e-mail to both Karina Attar ([log in to unmask]) and Kristina Olson ([log in to unmask]) by August 31, 2010.
Kristina Olson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Italian
Italian Language Program Coordinator
Department of Modern and Classical Languages George Mason University Faculty Advisor ~ Italian Club
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