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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies********************************************************************** 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-studiesSixteenth Century Studies Conference
18-20 August 2016 in Bruges
Abstracts (up to 250 words in length) for individual presentations and complete panels may be submitted online at: www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference
The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2016.
I am also welcoming submissions for the panels listed below (submit abstracts in the "paper" category online: www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference).
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Panel: Before and After AriostoThis panel will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. Papers on the Furioso, Ariosto's predecessors (Pulci, Boiardo, cantari) and successors (especially women writers such as Fonte, D'Aragona, and Marinella), as well as related topics welcome!
Panel: Renaissance Pop: Early Modern Italy in Contemporary Popular Culture
From PBS's mini-series Medici: The Godfathers of the Renaissance to Neil Jordan's Borgias, from Dan Brown's DaVinci Code to the fumetti based on Guerrino detto il Meschino, early modern Italy has figured prominently in popular Italian and Anglo-American culture of the past 75 years. This panel explores representations of early modern Italy in contemporary popular novels, graphic novels, films, tv series, etc.
Panel: Love and/or/not Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Italy
While the majority of early modern Italian elite couples are said to have married for economic or political reasons, some couples did marry for love. Clandestine marriages arising from love matches are frequently depicted in 16th-century comedies; conjugal verse attests to the love between husband and wife; and some treatises on love and marriage advocated a "spiritual friendship" between spouses. On the other hand, the many novellas about adultery published in the period attest to the frequency of loveless marriages. This panel explores the ways in which love and marriage coincided or clashed in both literary and non-fiction texts.
Workshop: Women's Studies? Gender Studies? Queer Studies? New Names and/or New Paradigms for What We Do
This panel will be Workshop C Panel (brief comments from maximum 4 participants followed by lively audience participation).
This year at the annual conference the Women's Studies Caucus of the American Association of Italian Studies will consider changing its name "to best reflect the scope and range of its mission." Does it still make sense to do "women's studies"? Can one still teach a course on women writers? When and how are male voices "other voices"? How does the study of masculinity fit into women's studies? Are gender studies the way forward? Brief papers (under 10 minutes) investigating these and related questions welcome.
Dr. Suzanne MagnaniniChair, Department of French and Italian