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Italian Cultural Studies - A Conference

May 6,7 and 8, 2010. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

Organized by Dartmouth College (Graziella Parati) and The University of Bari (Patrizia Calefato)

This interdisciplinary conference will focus on the state of the field of Cultural Studies in Italian Studies. We invite presentations on Cultural Studies as practiced in Italian Studies, and on topics focusing on Italy and Cultural Studies in all fields. We invite submissions from colleagues in: anthropology, art history, economics, geography, history, literary studies, Mediterranean studies, philosophy, religion, semiotics, sociology, visual studies, the sciences etc.

Keynote speakers will include Professors Michele Cometa, Alessandro Dal Lago, David Forgacs, Elena Pulcini, Barbara Spackman, Gabriella Turnaturi, and Paola Zaccaria. The keynote speakers have confirmed

their participation.

Presentations will last 20 minutes. Participants will bring a final, longer version of their presentation for publication (Please follow the Chicago Style Manual for the publishable essay). Final essays will be refereed and those recommended for publication by independent readers will become part of the volume: Italian Cultural Studies (2010).

All presentations and final essays must be in English (Please let us know if you need to contact translators.)

No registration fees.

Please send a one page abstract with title of presentation by October 31 2009 to both: graziella.parati@dartmouth.edu and p.calefato@lingue.uniba.it

Sponsored by: The Paul D. Paganucci Chair, The Leslie Center for the  Humanities, The Dickey Center, the Provost Office