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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies 2003 Romance Studies Colloquium 'Habitat' call for papers The 2003 Romance Studies Colloquium will take place from September 8th to 10th in the stunning parkland setting of Gregynog Hall (Powys, Wales). The colloquium will address the representation of habitat across the Romance literatures. Both the material and the abstract implications of habitat will be considered. Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches (painting, architecture, film, photography, theory, cultural studies and media) are actively encouraged. HABITAT: natural habitat and the built environment in literature, concepts of lived space, rooms of their own, houses, tenements, palaces, shelters and shacks, cellular dwelling, cyber-habitats, shared living and 'loft stories', inhabiting the exotic, gendered space, furnishings, sofa stories and couch fictions, Bourdieu and habitus, Asmodeus complex, the language we inhabit, etc. Proposals (max. one side of A4, in English) should be sent to: Dr Susan Harrow Department of French University of Wales Swansea Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP U.K. or by email to [log in to unmask] The deadline for proposals is September 10, 2002. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join 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: leave 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/lists/italian-studies.html