Programme
Thursday 23rd September:
(All times are in British Summer Time)
09:00
Welcome
09:15-10:45
Panel 1 – Italian Literature and Language Acquisition
10:45-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Panel 2 – Conflict and Transnational Relations
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-14:30
Keynote Lecture: Professor Charles Burdett (University of London)
Transnational Studies and Reframing the Disciplinary Area
14:30-14:45
Break
14:45-16:15
Panel 3 – Visual Representations of Transcultural Phenomena
Friday: 24th September:
12:00-13:00
Panel 4 – Italian Thought Beyond National Borders
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Panel 5 – Visual Media: Sexuality and Gender Perspectives
15:30-17:00
Roundtable on transnational approaches to Italian Studies with Dr Elena Bacchin (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia/Columbia University), Dr Pietro Di Paola (University of Lincoln), Professor Derek Duncan (University of St Andrews), and Dr Barbara Spadaro (University of Liverpool)
Chair: Francesca Billiani (University of Manchester)
17:00
Farewell
(All times are in British Summer Time)
09:00
Welcome
09:15-10:45
Panel 1 – Italian Literature and Language Acquisition
10:45-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Panel 2 – Conflict and Transnational Relations
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-14:30
Keynote Lecture: Professor Charles Burdett (University of London)
Transnational Studies and Reframing the Disciplinary Area
14:30-14:45
Break
14:45-16:15
Panel 3 – Visual Representations of Transcultural Phenomena
Friday: 24th September:
12:00-13:00
Panel 4 – Italian Thought Beyond National Borders
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Panel 5 – Visual Media: Sexuality and Gender Perspectives
15:30-17:00
Roundtable on transnational approaches to Italian Studies with Dr Elena Bacchin (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia/Columbia University), Dr Pietro Di Paola (University of Lincoln), Professor Derek Duncan (University of St Andrews), and Dr Barbara Spadaro (University of Liverpool)
Chair: Francesca Billiani (University of Manchester)
17:00
Farewell