italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies This may be of some interest for members of the list. Simone Testa Der colleagues, With apologies for any cross-posting: White Rose Book History Seminar 12 November 2004, 1.00--5.00pm University of Sheffield The White Rose Book History Seminar invites further proposals for papers to be given at its rescheduled third seminar to be held on Friday 12 November 2004 in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. The White Rose Book History Seminar is a thrice-yearly interdisciplinary seminar series based, and run jointly, at the Universities of Leeds, York and Sheffield. Seminars cover all periods and all aspects of book history, encouraging dialogue and debate among specialists from a wide range of scholarly disciplines, including English and other literatures, history, history of science, art history, social sciences, and education. The seminar is devoted not only to exploring new directions in book history research, but also to considering the ways in which book history is bringing new perspectives to bear on existing research problems in a range of disciplines. Papers are therefore invited on any area of book history and relating to any period. Papers may adopt either a theoretical manner or utilise practical examples of book history research. Researchers from any period--Anglo-Saxon to post-modern-- are welcome to contribute. Proposals are invited for papers of 20 minutes in length. Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent by Friday 29 October to [log in to unmask] ******************************** Dr Hamish Mathison University of Sheffield Department of English Literature Sir William Empson House Shearwood Road SHEFFIELD S10 2TN Tel: (0114) 2228456 Fax: (0114) 2228481 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html