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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear all, Just a quick reminder that there is one week left before the deadline (28 March) for the submission of proposals for the ASMI Postgraduate Summer School 2014 that will take place at the University of Edinburgh on 19-20 June. We invite proposals from postgraduates and early career scholars for papers on any aspect of Modern Italian culture, history, politics and society from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century and from any academic discipline. Papers can be in English or in Italian and should be no more than 20 minutes in length. Participants will present their papers in panel sessions and then receive feedback from senior scholars and junior colleagues in a welcoming and supportive environment. The Summer School will host two keynote lectures: 1. Prof. Robert S. C. Gordon (University of Cambridge) on The 'Roman Question' and Italy’s Holocaust 2. Dr. Maud Bracke (University of Glasgow) on The 'long 1970s' in Italy: Women and the reinvention of the political The Summer School will also include a training session on ‘How to render Italian primary sources into English’ run jointly by Prof. John Foot (Bristol) and Dr. Philip Cooke (Strathclyde) Please send an abstract (max 250 words) and a short biography (max 100 words) to the conference organizers at the email address provided below by Friday 28th March 2014. The Summer School is free for all members of ASMI, including those who join ASMI on the day. A limited number of travel grants will be available. For more information, please contact the organizers at: [log in to unmask], or visit: www.asmi.org.uk ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Luca Fenoglio (Edinburgh), Niall MacGalloway (St Andrews), Chelsea Sambells (Edinburgh) ********************************************************************** 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