Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
SYMPOSIA OF INTEREST TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
ITALIAN STUDIES (VARIOUS SUBJECTS)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN STUDIES (AAIS)
7-10 May St. John's University in Manhattan, NY. 2009 American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS) Conference. See the Web site for more information on their conferences, usually held in May.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF ITALIAN
A list of all of their conferences.
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR ITALIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
May 31 to June 2, 2008 University of British Columbia, Vancouver. "The general theme will be, "Global Ideas, Global Values" but there will also be a number of sessions dealing with a variety of aspects of Italian studies such as Italian literature, linguistics, pedagogy, cinema, history, Italian-Canadian literature, and so on. The call for paper will soon be posted on our website."
- Dr. Enrico Vicentini
- Vice-President - Canadian Society for Italian Studies
c/o Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto - Carr Hall, 100 St. Joseph Street
TORONTO, ON M5S 1J4, Canada - Tel.: (416) 461-2644 - FAX: (416) 396-2371
ROBERT DOMBROSKI ITALIAN CONFERENCE
Annual; usually held in September.
ENLIGHTENING ENCOUNTERS: ITALIAN LITERATURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY
THROUGH TIME
12-14 March 2009. University of Warwick, UK. "Since 1839, when the invention of the daguerreotype was made public, literature has incorporated, resisted, rejected or adapted photography through language and the written word. On the other hand, photography has, on various occasions, re-constructed, evoked, emulated or interrogated the written text and the literary world. The relationship between the two has always been that of an illuminating, reciprocal exchange of voices and images, words and light. Over the last few years academics and intellectuals have been demonstrating an increasing interest in the interaction between literature and photography. However, it is evident that studies and research on this topic have mostly been carried out in the fields of German, English, French and American Studies. Enquiries on the interrelations between the photographic image and writing have often been neglected or underestimated in Italian Studies so that a series of questions are still waiting to be fully answered or clarified.
"This conference aims to explore some of these questions and seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussions of various aspects of the dialogue between Italian literature and the photographic medium...We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers in English and in Italian by 30th September 2008. Enquiries and proposals should be addressed to:
- Jennifer Burns
- J.E.Burns@warwick.ac.uk
- Giorgia Alu
- giorgiaal@virgilio.it; giorgia.alu@usyd.edu.au
KENTUCKY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
Held every year, usually in April at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington.
SOCIETY FOR ITALIAN STUDIES (U.K)
16-19 April 2009 Royal Holloway University of London. Biennial Conference of the Society. "Proposals for panel sessions and for individual papers for the Cconference are now invited...All proposals, both individual and panel, should be submitted not later than 31 October 2008."
VIEWS FROM THE GRAND TOUR: ON CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE
7-10 May St. John's University in Manhattan, NY. 2009 American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS) Conference. "Over the centuries, grand tourists have produced numerous literary and artistic works that disseminated knowledge and captured the imagination of Italy. How has cinema, an art form that emerged during the fin-de-siecle and is uniquely adept at capturing architectural and town-planning configurations, depicted the Grand Tour cities? Following the lead of Bruno (1993), Bertozzi (2001), Cresti (2003) and others, we invite panelists to consider the nexus between Italian cinema and architecture, be it formal, structural, aesthetic, ideological, socio-historical, cultural, functional, or gender-related. Interdisciplinary and comparative studies are particularly welcome. Proposals are due to Session and Roundtable Organizers on Jan 2nd. They must include title, brief abstract (150-200 words), academic affiliation, short bio, and audio-visual requirements. Organizers: Alberto Zambenedetti (az352@nyu.edu) and Gaoheng Zhang (gaoheng.zhang@nyu.edu), Department of Italian Studies, New York University.
A Guide to Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture