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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies >Dear Alan, such a good idea to have a conference on this. I am sorry I cannot go given a study day on Vittorini on April 18th at Trinity College. Best of luck with your initiative. Do let me know how it goes if you can. Ciao, Roberto >italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > > > >Dear Colleagues, > >Registration details and a provisional programme >are now available for our conference >'Memories of 1968: International Perspectives' >to be held at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, on 17 and 18 April 2008: > ><http://www.german.leeds.ac.uk/gsm/Memories-of-1968.htm>http://www.german.leeds.ac.uk/gsm/Memories-of-1968.htm > >The conference includes several papers on the >Italian context, and John Foot (UCL) will be >giving a keynote address entitled Looking back >on 'the Long '68'. Divided memories, violence, >history and nostalgia in Italy. > >Perhaps more than any other moment in post-war >history, 1968 has been consecrated within >different national cultures and elevated to the >realm of the mythical. Moreover, the events of >1968 are nowadays inseparable from their >subsequent representation through the media of >literature, cinema and theory. While the 1968 >events themselves have been the subject of >extensive international comparison, and >important work has been done on representations >of 1968 in literature, film and theory in a >number of countries, few if any scholars have >compared the subsequent representations of 1968 >within these different national settings. > >The purpose of this conference is therefore to >compare and discuss representations of 1968 >within different national contexts. How has 1968 >been (re-)produced and/or contested within >different national cultures and how do these >processes reflect national preoccupations with >order, political violence, freedom, youth, >authority, self-expression? How has the memory >of 1968 been constructed in different media >(film, literature, biography, monuments, etc.) >and theoretical frameworks (philosophy, >sociology, historiography)? Is there a >collective social memory of 1968 and does this >memory cross different national cultures? > > > >Please contact me if you would like any more >information: ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > > >alan o'leary > > > > > >ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ > >Alan O'Leary > >Dept. of Italian, University of Leeds > >LS2 9JT, UK Tel: +44-(0)113-3433633 > >ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ > > > >Get the next generation of Free Windows Live >Services <http://get.live.com>Click here! >********************************************************************** >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 ********************************************************************** 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