italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear All, I am delighted to invite you to the forthcoming cross-cultural seminar at the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing, Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR): Friday, 7 March 2014, 2‐6 pm, room G21a Senate House, University of London Translating the Female Body in Contemporary Women's Writing CCWW Cross-Cultural Seminar Speakers: Michela Baldo (Siena, CCWW‐IMLR), ‘Painful Italianness: The Italian‐Canadian and Italian‐American female body translated into Italian’ Emily Spiers (New College, Oxford): ‘Bodies of Work: Intertextuality and Corporeality in Helene Hegemann’s Axolotl Roadkill’ Eliana Maestri (Warwick): ‘Performativity and the Body in Jamaica Kincaid’s Autobiographie de ma mère [Autobiography of my mother]’ Georgina Paul (St Hilda’s, Oxford): ‘Different Frequencies: Translating Women’s Voices into Writing (Cixous, Bachmann, Wolf, Köhler)’ For further details, see http://events.sas.ac.uk/imlr/events/view/15307/Translating+the+Female+Body+in+Contemporary+Women%27s+Writing ALL WELCOME Please advise Gill Rye ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) if you plan to attend. Dr. Emanuela Patti Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study University of London Stewart House Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Tel. n. 02078628962 Fax. n. 02078628672 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/italian-studies