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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear List Members, We are very pleased to announce a two day interdisciplinary conference on /Etymological Thinking in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries/ which will take place the 6^th and 7^th of November at the Taylor Institute, University of Oxford. Programme ** *Friday, 6 November* ** *1:10-1:50pm:* *Registration with Lunch – Room 2* *1:50-2pm: Opening remarks – Room 3* ** *2-3pm: Keynote address * Philip Durkin, /Etymology in the Philological and Lexicographical Traditions/ ** *3:00-4:45pm: Panel 1. Etymology and Power. Moderator: Nicola Gardini* Jacob Reynolds, /Seeing Afresh with Etymology: Hannah Arendt and Etymological Thinking/ Chris Hutton,/Etymology and Fascism/ Mario Domenichelli,/Etymology and Figural Interpretation: Benjamin, Auerbach's /Figura *4:45-5pm: Coffee Break* ** *5:00-6:45pm: Panel 2. Etymology and Poetry. Moderator: Martin McLaughlin* Martina Piperno: /Etymology and Philology in Bourbon Restoration Italy: Leopardi Reader of Vico/ Cecilia Piantanida: /Etymological Enlightenment in Giovanni Pascoli/// Teresa Franco: /Giovanni Giudici’s Poetical Dictionary/ ** *7:15pm: Drinks Reception at Keble College * ** ** ** *Saturday, 7 November* ** *10:15-11:15am: Keynote address – Room 2* Federico Faloppa, /Etymological Correctness and Political Incorrectness/ ** *11:15am-1:00pm: Panel 1. The Politics of Etymology. Moderator: Federico Faloppa* ** Peter Hill,/Inventive and Defensive Definitions: The Uses of Etymology in the Arab Nahda/ Kai Brodersen, /From Bosporos to Ochsenfurth: The Politics of Classical Greek Lexicography/ Sabine Elsner-Petri, /The Role of Etymology in Everyday Communication/ // *1-2pm: Lunch* ** *2:00-4:20pm. Etymology and Fiction. Moderator: to be confirmed * Paola d’Andrea, /Etymological Fictions: Walter Scott as a Contributor to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language/ Nicola Gardini, /Language and Truth: Etymological Perversions in Manzoni/ Jennifer Rushworth, /Proustian Etymologies and the Art of Memory/ Franco Baldasso, /Alberto Savinio and the Myth of Babel/: /Genealogies, Multiplicity and Translation in Hermaphrodito/ ** // *4:20-4:50pm: Coffee Break* // *4:50-6:00pm: Panel 3. Etymology and Linguistics. Moderator: Philip Durkin*// Maxim Fomin, /Etymological Thinking of Sir Whitley Stokes/ Jon Mills, /Etymology and the Relexification of Cornish in the 20^th Century/ // *6:00-6:30pm: Closing remarks* ** *7:30pm: Conference Dinner at Quod Restaurant* To register, please, use the following link: http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=5&catid=442&prodid=1138 For any other information, you can contact us at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Best regards, The Organisers: Dr Teresa Franco, Prof Nicola Gardini, Dr Cecilia Piantanida ********************************************************************** 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