italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear colleagues, You are warmly invited to thisforthcoming event, hosted by the Leopardi Centre at Birmingham. The event is organised by AlessandraAloisi, Fabio Camilletti, Paola Cori and Fabrizio di Maio, in collaboration with the Laboratorio Leopardi(Università La Sapienza di Roma), and generously sponsored by the CesareBarbieri Endowment (Trinity College, Hartford CN, USA) and the Dante Society atBirmingham. For furtherinformation: [log in to unmask] https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic/aloisi/leopardi_day_poster_a4.pdf Leopardi occulto,gotico, irrazionale 16 giugno 2018 University ofBirmingham MUIR,room 112 9:30– 10:50 (T)errori popolari Chair:Paola Cori Fabio Camilletti, Il lupo dietro le porte FrancesClemente, Quelle “favole piùterribili”: terrori infantili ed echi testuali in Leopardi Francesca Cupelloni, Leopardie il silenzio tra “timore” e “terrore” Coffee break 11:10 – 12:10 Keynote Lecture JohnAlcorn, Fantasy & the Unconscious in Giacomo Leopardi 14:00 – 15:20 Incubi della ragione Chair: Alessandra Aloisi Paola Cori, Ipnotismo eiperrealtà in Leopardi Luigi Capitano, Leopardi, la cabala e la “morte di bacio” Andrea Natali, L'inferno dei Paralipomeni: animeplastiche e disfacimento della carne in un monumento sepolcrale 15:30 – 16:50 Fantasmi della mente Chair: Fabio Camilletti Alessandra Aloisi, Il pensiero e il movimento: diversione,distrazione, rêverie SilviaRicca, “Mostri informi, ed incoerenti fantasmi”: il ruolodell’immaginazione nelle teorie dei sogni. Leopardi e i philosophes du rêve del secondoSettecento Martina Piperno, Leopardi, Vico e le risorsedell’irrazionale Coffee break 17:10 –18:10 Keynote Lecture Emanuela Tandello, Monster,Mummies and Mad Scientists: Frankenstein and Ruysch ********************************************************************** 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