JOINT POSTGRADUATE
TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ITALIAN. Third session: UCL
Venues to be
announced.
4-5 May 07
This session will
consist of a morning dedicated to training followed by an International
Graduate Student Conference (for details see below) on the afternoon of the 4th
and the whole day on the 5th May
Afternoon panel theme and Saturday conference (in
collaboration with
10.30 coffee and welcome (John Foot)
first year sessions
11.00 -11.30: Italian studies and comparative literature (Florian Mussgnug)
11.30 -12.00: ‘Periodisation’, Dilwyn
Knox
12.00 - 12.30: British Library resources (Denis
Reidy)
parallel session
for second and third years
11.00 –12.00 writing up the PhD (John Foot with
ex-PhD students Matilde Nardelli and Eleanor Chiari)
12.00 -12.30 teaching tips on Italian
history/politics/cultural studies (John Foot)
for information and to communicate that you are
coming to this session please email John Foot ([log in to unmask])
or Patrizia Oliver.
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4-5 May 2007 (programme to be announced in April)
International
Graduate Student Conference in
Italian Studies and
Comparative Literature
4 May - 5 May 2007
With the support of the AHRC-sponsored
Joint Postgraduate Training Programme in Italian, University of Cambridge,
University of Oxford, University of
Reading, Royal
Holloway, University College London and the University of Bologna.
Keynote Speaker;
Professor Naomi Segal (IGRS)
This conference seeks to gain insight,
from a variety of disciplinary angles and cultural practices, into how
individuals and communities construct, perceive and represent eccentricity.
The organisers
particularly welcome papers that explore and assess the relevance of
conventional definitions of eccentricity – such as “deviating from
usual methods, odd, whimsical” (OED) – in relation to theories of
cultural and social identity.
How do social conventions and artistic
practice define our understanding of cultural centres and
margins? What is the relation between eccentricity and social critique? How
does eccentricity reflect psychological and physical displacement? How
does it relate to ethnic and gender identity?
Possible topics may include:
The conference organisers welcome
contributions from graduate students working in the fields of Italian studies,
comparative literature and cultural studies.
Proposals, including a 250-word abstract in
English or Italian, should be sent to:
Florian
Mussgnug, Department
of Italian, University College London ([log in to unmask])
The deadline for
submissions is Friday, 30 March
2007.