Colleagues may be interested in the following: Science and Literature from Dante to Calvino Friday 26 November 1999, 2-4.30 p.m. University of Warwick Room H.060, Ground Floor, Humanities Building 1.30 Coffee 2.00 Simon Gilson (Warwick) 'Reflections on Science in Dante's Comedy' 2.25 Spencer Pearce (Manchester) 'Girolamo Fracastoro between Literature and Science' 2.50 Peter Armour (Royal Holloway) 'Rhetoric and Fantasy in Galileo's Writings' 3.15 Martin McLaughlin (Oxford) 'The Language of Science in Calvino' 3.40 Round-table discussion 4.20 Tea The symposium is free of charge and after coffee/tea in Room H.403 (4th Floor, Humanities Building) will be held in Room H.060 (Ground Floor, Humanities Building). To register and for further information, please contact Dr. Simon Gilson, Department of Italian, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL; tel. (024) 765 73095 (email <<[log in to unmask]>) Loredana Polezzi %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%