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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear All, you are very warmly invited to the two following events which will take place in Manchester next week: Professor Jeffrey Schnapp (Stanford University) Quickening (Five Timeslices Through the Anthropology of Speed) 4 December 2008, University Place Room 4.206, 5 pm Discussants: Professor Stephen J. Milner and Dr Francesca Billiani This is the first of a series of initiatives to de developed in collaboration with Stanford University. Professor Schnapp's lecture is divided up into five sections concerned with the Athens of Pericles, ancient Roman speed sports, angelic messengers in Scholastic theology, mental speed in Baroque theories of wit, and the emergence of modern forms of thrill-seeking. A drinks reception will follow ***** Jeffrey Schnapp is the Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature and Director of The Stanford Humanities Laboratory at Stanford University. One of the most acclaimed Italianists and comparatists of today, Professor Schnapp has published, as author and editor, more than twenty books, including Neoantiqua - Nove ensaios sobre literatura, linguagem e pensamento na Idade Média e no Renascimiento. (Collection of essays, translated into Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Eduerj, 2008; Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Teatro. Ed., introduced, and annotated by Jeffrey T. Schnapp. 2 vols. Milan: Oscar Mondadori, 2004; Building Fascism, Communism, Democracy: Gaetano Ciocca--Builder, Inventor, Farmer, Writer, Engineer. Stanford: Stanford U P, 2003; The Transfiguration of History at the Center of Dante's Paradise, Princeton & Guildford: Princeton U P, 1986. AND MAPPING AND FRAMING CULTURAL SPACES UNDER DICTATORSHIPS ORGANISED BY ITALIAN STUDIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE "INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS AND CULTURES" (ITS) ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM 5 DECEMBER 2008 Keynote: Jeffrey Schnapp in conversation with leading national and international specialists in Italian, Russian, German and Spanish historical and cultural studies. VENUE: UNIVERSITY PLACE ROOM 2.219 For further information, please contact: Francesca Billiani at [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** 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