Ottobre 2019
“Rooting Eco-criticism: British Romanticism and the Environment”, Parma, 13 novembre 2019
Il giorno 13 novembre si svolgerà a Parma, presso la sede della Casa della Musica (P.le San Francesco 1) una giornata di studi dal titolo “Rooting Eco-criticism: British Romanticism and the Environment”, patrocinata dal CISR (Centro Interuniversitario di Studi Romantici). La giornata è stata organizzata dai docenti di Letteratura Inglese dell’Università di Parma, Prof.ssa Gioia Angeletti e Prof. Saglia, e coinvolge studiosi di Romanticismo inglese da varie università italiane e dall’Università di Vechta, Germania, allo scopo di riflettere su come temi cogenti della contemporaneità, quali la sostenibilità ambientale, il rispetto per il mondo naturale e animale, le preoccupazioni socio-ecologiche, fossero già sentiti e rappresentati nella letteratura inglese tra Sette e Ottocento.
“Rooting Eco-criticism: British Romanticism and the Environment”, Parma, 13 novembre 2019
Il giorno 13 novembre si svolgerà a Parma, presso la sede della Casa della Musica (P.le San Francesco 1) una giornata di studi dal titolo “Rooting Eco-criticism: British Romanticism and the Environment”, patrocinata dal CISR (Centro Interuniversitario di Studi Romantici). La giornata è stata organizzata dai docenti di Letteratura Inglese dell’Università di Parma, Prof.ssa Gioia Angeletti e Prof. Saglia, e coinvolge studiosi di Romanticismo inglese da varie università italiane e dall’Università di Vechta, Germania, allo scopo di riflettere su come temi cogenti della contemporaneità, quali la sostenibilità ambientale, il rispetto per il mondo naturale e animale, le preoccupazioni socio-ecologiche, fossero già sentiti e rappresentati nella letteratura inglese tra Sette e Ottocento.
Uses of English as a lingua franca in domain-specific contexts of intercultural communication – University of Salento – 4-6 December 2019
This Conference represents the conclusion of a PRIN Project (PRIN is the acronym for ‘research project of national interest’) co-funded by the Italian Ministry of University Research, whose title is: “English as a Lingua Franca in domain-specific contexts of intercultural communication: a cognitive-functional model for the analysis of ELF accommodation strategies in unequal migration contexts, digital-media virtual environments, and multicultural ELF classrooms.” Three academic Research Units are involved in this Project: the proposing Unit of the University of Salento (Principal Investigator and Unit Coordinator: Prof. Maria Grazia Guido); the Unit of the University of Roma Tre (Unit Coordinator: Prof. Lucilla Lopriore); and the Unit of the University of Verona (Unit Coordinator: Prof. Roberta Facchinetti). The Conference will enquire into the uses of ELF in domain-specific discourses that, more than others, provide evidence of an appropriation of the English language by non-native speakers who no longer perceive it as a ‘foreign’ language, but rather as a ‘lingua franca’ through which they can express their own native linguacultural uses and rhetorical repertoires, experiential schemata and, ultimately, socio-cultural identities. Such professional discourses regard ELF used in: (a) unequal migration encounters in institutional settings; (b) digital media for global communication; (c) the multilingual classroom in today’s western societies. The Conference Speakers (who are internationally recognized ELF scholars, as well as young and promising ELF researchers), starting from the assumption that non-native speakers appropriate ELF by exploiting its virtual meaning potential without conforming to native speakers’ norms of usage, will seek to examine specifically how ELF users interact among themselves, how they understand each others’ ELF variations, and what kind of problems naturally arise when one set of L1 usage and register conventions – transferred by users to their ELF variations – comes into contact, and often indeed into conflict, with another. This Conference proposes to explore the relevance of such questions to spoken, written and multimodal domain-specific communication which is of relevance particularly to multicultural settings. Since the awareness of the socio-cultural and political impact of ELF use in today’s globalized world is relatively recent, prominence will be given to the development of original Cognitive-functional Models which will put into question the established notions of cognitive and functional grammars, text linguistics and discourse pragmatics focused on native-speaker norms of English usage, in order to investigate how ELF communication can be enhanced by strategies of meaning co-construction and register hybridization accounting for ELF speakers’ different native linguacultural backgrounds, and how it can be instead hindered by failure in ELF accommodation. The ultimate aim is to open up this area of enquiry to a critical debate so as to further a fuller understanding of ELF as a crucial dimension of today’s international communication. To download the programme, please click here: PRIN Conference_4-6 December 2019_University of Salento_Programme & Topic https://prinelf2019.wixsite.com/salprin2019/committees
CFP: “Minorities in / and Ireland”, ed. by Patrick Mc Donagh. Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies, 10, 2020
CFP: “Minorities in / and Ireland”, ed. by Patrick Mc Donagh Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies, 10, 2020 <http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis> Guest editor, Patrick McDonagh, European University Institute, Florence (<Patrick.Mcdonagh@eui.eu>) In recent years, events such as the 2018 Abortion Referendum, 2017 recognition of Travellers as an ethnic minority, the 2015 Same-Sex Marriage Referendum, 2015 Gender Recognition Act and the 2013 State apology to women sent to Magdalene laundries, amongst others, have all symbolised a dramatic positive transformation in Irish society. These developments heralded the emergence of a more tolerant, welcoming and inclusive society, willing to acknowledge the wrongs of its past. For many, they have signalled a new dawn in Ireland’s history, leaving behind the image of a socially conservative society. While the overwhelming majority of politicians and political parties speak out in support of minorities and those once marginalised in society, championing their right to dignity, equality, respect and basic human rights, this has not always been the case. On the contrary, for much of the twentieth century Ireland’s political class remained silent, or turned a blind eye to issues affecting minorities and those who did not conform to the status quo, whether that be as a result of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, ethnic minority, disability, etc. In fact, until only recently, this cohort often found themselves at the margins of Irish society, with many forced to emigrate in search of a better life. While many issues still remain to be addressed, most notably the controversy surrounding direct provision and questions of equality, same-sex marriage and abortion in the North, the aforementioned changes in Irish society are particularly noteworthy, demonstrating the extent to which a small cohort of marginalised individuals and groups can bring about social, cultural and political change in the face of considerable constraints. To date, however, these groups have been understudied in Irish historiography; a historiography which has for decades primarily adopted a top down, rather than bottom up approach to understanding change in Ireland. With this in mind, this special edition seeks to bring minorities to the fore and explore their role in transforming Irish society. In particular, it seeks to explore issues such as; how have minorities sought to make their voices heard in Ireland, what strategies have they adopted to bring about social and political change, where were the sites of these efforts taking place; and how have representations of minorities evolved over time. We are interested in papers from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds which seek to explore the role and impact of any of the below in bringing about social, cultural and political change in Ireland. Fields of investigation and topics may include: Disability/disability rights Ethnic and linguistic minorities Health/Patients’ Rights Advocacy HIV/AIDS activism LGBT+ rights advocacy Migrants/refugees Religious minorities Sex Workers Those sent to institutional homes (i.e. Magdalene laundries) Travelling community Please send abstracts of 250 to 400 words, as well as a short biography of 50 to 100 words, by 31st October 2019 to the Guest Editor, Patrick McDonagh (<Patrick.Mcdonagh@eui.eu>), to the General Editor, Fiorenzo Fantaccini (<ffantaccini@unifi.it>) and to Dieter Reinisch (<dieter.reinisch@eui.eu>) assistant editor for the 10th issue. Submissions accepted for publications will be announced by 15th November 2019. Finalized contributions for submission to referees must reach the editors by 1st February 2020: Articles must be formatted in accordance with the journal editorial guidelines <http://www.fupress.net/publ…/journals/…/sijis_guidelines.pdf> and should not exceed 12000 words, including endnotes and bibliography. Informal enquiries to the Guest editor and General Editor are welcome and should be addressed to the contacts above. The 10th issue of Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies will be published in June 2020. http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis?fbclid=IwAR1gMmY0SYWBKI5k1PcaOxNWs1e7X8TDIKQeRZxh9y_t-_NrUSbeRE0jPeo