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Second Call for Papers ITALY ON SCREEN Inter-disciplinary Perspectives on Italy and Cinema A Postgraduate Conference Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies Stewart House London 10th February 2007 Abstracts for papers are requested on the theme of Italy On-Screen from research students in any area of Italian and Film Studies including those working across disciplines, for example comparative literature, music, history, gender studies, politics and philosophy. Possible subjects for papers include: The romance of Italy Italian cities and landscapes Political movements Italian women Italian Stars An outsiders' Italy Italian auteurs Italian literature on film Contemporary Italy Food and drink Crime and violence The Italian family The Italian Diaspora Music and soundtrack Religion and religiosity The conference will be introduced by Professor Geoffrey Nowell-Smith author of The Companion to Italian Cinema (1996)and Luchino Visconti (2003) The keynote speaker will be Pauline Small (Senior Lecturer in Film QM UL) Abstracts (maximum 250 words) should be emailed to [log in to unmask] to arrive by September 30th 2006 For further details please contact the organisers Lucy Bolton (Queen Mary University of London) and Christina Siggers Manson (University of Kent) at [log in to unmask] The conference is supported by the British Italian Society and The Society of Italian Studies Christina Siggers Manson University of Kent [log in to unmask]