Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies (SIS)

Place and Time: St Andrews, Scotland, July 3-9, 2011
Deadline extension: February 2, 2011

Please email abstracts (200-500 words) to the panel organizers by Wednesday, February 2: Cristina Ríos (C.L.Rios[at]leeds.ac.uk) and Olivia Santovetti (o.santovetti[at]leeds.ac.uk).

Editors: Ido Iurgel, Wolfgang Mueller, Paolo Petta

'Stories of the Heart and Mind: Cognitive and Emotional Functions of Media Narratives'

Time and Place: August 11 and 12, 2011; Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

Conference language: The workshop will be held in English

Types of contributions: position and review papers; research papers

Place and Time: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, June 30th-July 2nd 2011
Deadline for Abstracts: March 31th 2011

Please send proposals (including a 300-word abstract, contact information and a 100-word bio) for 30-minute papers via email (as a PDF) to storyworlds@uni-mainz.de.

Accomodation for speakers will be provided. Publication of the conference proceedings is planned.

Time and Place: Academic year 2010-2011; 96, Boulevard Raspail – 75006 Paris / Salle Lombard

Persons in charge of the seminar: Annick Louis (Université de Reims), Simone Morgagni (EHESS/CNRS & Università di Bologna), John Pier (Université de Tours), Philippe Roussin (CNRS), Jean-Marie Schaeffer (CNRS/EHESS)

Affiliated researchers: Marika Moisseeff (CNRS), Olivier Caïra (IUT Evry & EHESS)