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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Colleagues, This is a reminder of the next research event at the University of Leeds: 'Capturing reading: the character of the woman reader in novels and paintings in nineteenth-century Italy' 4 November 2016 | 10:00-18:00| Workshop Seminar Room 1, Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI) University of Leeds http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/WomanReader PROGRAMME 10.00 Welcome coffee and opening remarks 10.30-12:00 Ombretta Frau, Mount Holyoke College 'The Material Culture of Reading: Objects and Rituals' Annick Paternoster, Università della Svizzera italiana 'Women on Books for Women: Recommended Reading in Turn of Century Etiquette Books' Stefano Cracolici, University of Durham 'Figlie di Fabiola: Il romanzo cattolico e le sue lettrici' 12.00 Coffee 12.15-13.15 – Keynote speaker Ann Hallamore Caesar, University of Warwick 'Reading and the Construction of a new Female Subject' 13.15 Lunch 14.30-16.00 Giovanna Capitelli, Università della Calabria 'La lettrice in pittura. Note sulla ricezione critica di un soggetto à la mode' Marco Di Chio, University of Strathclyde 'Donne all’opera. Le sfumature dell’emancipazione femminile nelle eroine del melodramma Romantico' Ilenia Falbo, Università della Calabria 'Tra intrattenimento ed educazione: la lettura in famiglia nella pittura di genere del secondo Ottocento' 16.00 Coffee 16.30-18:00 Ursula Fanning, University College Dublin 'Matilde Serao’s cautionary tales' Kate Mitchell, University of Strathclyde 'The absence of the woman reader cliché in domestic fiction' Gabriele Scalessa, University of Warwick 'Nervous and Ungraspable: The Evolution of the Female Character (and Reader) in Gabriele d’Annunzio’s L’innocente' The talks will be both in English and Italian. Funded by the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. Organiser: Olivia Santovetti (University of Leeds) and Giovanna Capitelli (Università della Calabria) The workshop is free but please contact the organisers Olivia Santovetti ([log in to unmask]) and Giovanna Capitelli ([log in to unmask]) if you intend to participate by 2 November 2016. All welcome! Olivia Santovetti Giovanna Capitelli -- Dr Olivia Santovetti Lecturer in Italian School of Languages, Cultures and Societies University of Leeds LEEDS LS2 9JT (UK) tel: +44 (0)1133433635 ********************************************************************** 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