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ACIS conference -Melbourne, Australia: third call for papers/sessions - deadline 15 February 2011
Italian Studies – New Directions
The Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) Sixth Biennial Conference will be held at
The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, 13 - 16 July 2011.
Like previous ACIS Biennial conferences, the 2011 conference explores the most recent directions taken by the multifarious and
interdisciplinary research areas within 'Italian Studies' (including Italian literature,
history, art history, linguistics, translation studies, migration and border studies, cinema studies,
anthropology, sociology).
This conference is dedicated to the late Prof Bill Kent and is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Cassamarca Australia project.
Confirmed speakers include:
Prof Guido Bonsaver (Oxford University)
Prof Mauro Canali (Universita’ di Camerino)
Prof Virginia Cox (New York University)
Prof Margherita Ganeri (Università della Calabria)
Prof David Moss (Università degli Studi di Milano)
Prof Nerida Newbigin (Sydney University)
Igiaba Scego (writer)
Prof Nicola Tranfaglia (Universita’ di Torino)
Prof Sharon Wood (University of Leicester)
The committee of the 2011 ACIS Conference invites submissions of session proposals and paper proposals for the 2011 Conference.
Abstracts may be submitted in either English or Italian
Sessions/papers may be on any of the following areas:
Italian language teaching
Italian /medieval and renaissance studies
Linguistics
Migration and border studies
Sociology
Anthropology
History
Literature
Business
Cinema studies
Cultural studies
Translation studies
Visual arts
Architecture
The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2011
Please note
The Committee of the 2011 ACIS Conference will consider and confirm sessions soon after the deadline.
Some travel bursaries are available for postgraduate students.
For instructions on how to submit a proposal and for more details on the conference please visit the following website
http://www.languages.unimelb.edu.au/ACIS_conference/index.html
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The conference is organised jointly by the Italian Departments at The University of Melbourne, Monash University, La Trobe University and Swinburne University of Technology
Conference convenors:
Dr Simone Battiston (Swinburne University of Technology)
Dr Carolyn James (Monash University)
Dr Antonio Pagliaro (La Trobe University)
Dr Andrea Rizzi (The University of Melbourne)
Dr Susanna Scarparo (Monash University)
ACIS warmly thanks its partners in the Conference:
Fondazione Cassamarca
Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Melbourne
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