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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH Perceptions of Death in Europe and the Americas An interdisciplinary Conference and Exhibition organised by Dr Maria-José Blanco and Dr Ricarda Vidal 24-26 Feb 2011 Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London Public Lectures: Briony Campbell, Paul Preston, Laurie Lipton Artists include Colette Copeland, David Glyn, Erik and Rune Eriksson, Spiros Jacovides, Laurie Lipton, Matt Rowe, Sarah Sparkes Exhibition Opening times: Thursday & Friday, 9am - 6pm, Saturday, 10am - 5pm Jessel Room, Senate House South Block The Exhibition and Public Lectures are free and open to all, but the conference is subject to a registration fee. Conference Programme <http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/Programme_The_Carnival_of_Death_2_.pdf> Conference Registration form <http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/events/conference/Carnival_of_Death_registration.pdf> Please note that completed registration forms and fees MUST be received by Friday, 11th February 2011 This conference sets out to look at death in the contemporary world and how changes in society since the turn of the 19th century have affected our perceptions of death. It consists of three broad themes which interconnect with each other: Death and Desire; Death and Power; and Rituals and Customs. We invite papers from a wide variety of disciplines and approaches such as: anthropology, art history, cultural studies, film studies, fine art, history, law, literary studies, philosophy, psychology, theology, etc. For more information go to: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops/carnival-of-death.html <http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops/carnival-of-death.html> Or write to us 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