------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: [log in to unmask] APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING PhD students with a specific interest in German and Comparative Literature may be interested in the following call for applications. Best regards, Florian Mussgnug ************* Synapsis, the University of Bologna's and Siena's joint annual summer school for Comparative Studies is now inviting applications for this year's summer school on SCANDAL. Sunday, 16th September to Sunday 23rd September. www.unisi.it/synapsis As every year, the activities will take the form of a week-long residential course, to be held at the beautifully located Castello di Bertinoro (Forli), a small hilltown half-way between Bologna and the sea. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS TUESDAY, 15th MAY. Plenary lectures: Jan Baetens (Leuven, in French); Gillian Beer (Cambridge, in English); Remo Ceserani (Bologna, in English); Alessandra Di Luzio (Bologna, in English); Djelal Kadir (PennState, in English); Patrizia Lombardo (Ginevra, in English); John Neubauer(Amsterdam, in English); Gian Piero Piretto (Milano, in English); Walter Siti (L'Aquila, in Italian); Paolo Zanotti (Bologna, in English) Seminars: Silvia Albertazzi (Bologna, in English) Laurent Darbellay (Ginevra, in French) Massimo Fusillo (L'Aquila, in Italian) Adalinda Gasparini (Firenze, in Italian) Florian Mussgnug (London, UCL, in German) Hayden White (Stanford, in English) For further information and more details on application forms and scholarships please visit the school's web-site: www.unisi.it/synapsis or write to [log in to unmask]