15 Marzo 2022

Doing English Today  Environmental Issues and Bilingual Education in the Digital Age   Call for Papers   24-26May 2022  Plenary Speakers   Daniela Cuccurullo TESOL Italy Vice President   Victor Pavon University of Cordoba   MariaEllison University of Oporto   David Ruz Fundaciòn Santos Martires   Chiara Sciarrino University of Palermo   Adriana Iacono Eurolingue School Director   Ewa Sonczyk Eurolingue School Director of Studies  Mariana Laxague Teacher Trainer and Material Author   Marco Faldetta International House Palermo School Manager  Simon Brown Cambridge University Press and Assessment   Mark Lang Cambridge University Press and Assessment   Manuelisa Tuzzetti TESOL Italy Local Coordinator   The Department of Humanities, University of Palermo and Eurolingue School look  forward to welcoming you to the second edition of the Conference Doing English  Today, which will take place at the University of Palermo from Tuesday the 24th to  Thursday the 26th of May 2022. Professionals will come together to learn from each  other. By connecting with people and peers who are conducting similar studies,  attendees will learn practical methods and new findings that can contribute to their  future achievements. Teachers, scholars and teacher trainers are invited to submit  proposals for seminars and round tables on topics related to our fields of study:  o Online Teaching and Digital Tools  o Making Climate change a topic for your classes.  o Climate action and awareness ideas for writing/reading/speaking and listening activities. Tools and procedures  o How to Create Fit for Purpose Interactive Games  o Integrating Online Games in the online lessons  o Developing Lessons from Ted Talks and YouTube videos  o Interacting through file sharing platforms (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) o Using Language Management System platforms  o Making the most of social media (Facebook groups, Instagram, Whatsapp chats, etc.)  o Combining Platforms and digital tools (Kahoot, Quizlet, Slideshare, Dictionaries, Padlet, etc.)  o Using Tests and Tools for Online Assessment  How to apply:  o Choose one of the above topics concerning online teaching and digital tools. o Choose the tool and procedure you want to use.  o Select your best practice for online lessons according to the topic and tools of your choice.  o Send your abstract (max 200 words) for a 20-minute paper to chiara.sciarrino@unipa.it by the 26th of April 2022.  o Pay €20 fee to: IBAN T09A02008 04682 000300004577 ‘Doing English Today Conference D19’ and send proof with your abstract to the same email address. o The abstract must include details about the teacher (s) involved, the school, the class (s) and the students (age, number, level of English). It should also specify the length of the activity, any possible evidence of the practice itself (video, materials, links, etc.), and the kind of equipment needed (Interactive – Board Projector – Tablet – Computer- Smartphone – Other).  o The abstract should also specify for what skills the best practice has been designed (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and what specific areas are affected: Motivation – Assessment – Engagement – Goals achievement – Group work – Other  Dissemination  o The best eight presentations will be included in the Doing English Today Conference to be held in Palermo from the 24th to the 26th of May 2022. Their authors will be invited to deliver the presentations during the conference, either in presence or through Zoom.  o The presentations will also participate in the selection of the E-Ducation Erasmus project. The winners will be included in the project platform and their authors will be awarded a certificate in a dedicated online ceremony by the E-Ducation Erasmus Project. Locandine: Doing english today Call for Papers – Doing English def

Aestheticism: Sensations and Ideas International Walter Pater Society Conference Iuav University of Venice, 14-16 July 2022 Walter Pater is a key figure within the cultures of aestheticism and decadence, and his literary legacy reverberates throughout the twentieth century and beyond. His works engage with such diverse fields as art history, aesthetics and philosophy, religion and spirituality, sexuality and desire, education, and cultural heritage. In the twenty-first century, Pater remains one of the most studied authors of the English and international fin de siècle, and the ongoing Oxford University Press edition of his Collected Works opens up new perspectives on his writings. This conference of the International Walter Pater Society takes its cue from the subtitle of Pater’s novel Marius the Epicurean (1885), which refers to the protagonist’s “sensations and ideas.” Considering Pater and aestheticism from the perspective of “sensations” brings out the productive overlap between literature and contemporary discourses on aesthetics, perception, emotions, and psychology. The perspective of “ideas” emphasises processes of abstract thinking, their cultural legacies, and their mechanisms of dissemination. Considering “sensations and ideas” together shines a light on the ways in which the two modes potentially compete with and/or complement one another, producing new insights. The conference aims to foster new critical debate on the subject of “sensations and ideas,” broadly conceived, with reference to Pater and aestheticism. Possible topics include: – Affect and emotion – Religion, mythology, spirituality, and the occult – The body and the senses as organs of knowledge – Learning and pedagogy – Philosophy and the history of ideas – Aestheticism and impressionism – Nature, environment, cultural heritage, renovation, and regeneration – Paterian and aesthetic worlds and places: cities, travel, monuments, homes and houses, the flaneur/flâneuse – Crises in knowledge – Undisciplining Pater/aestheticism Please send proposals of maximum 250 words for 20 minute-papers, along with a short bio-bibliographical note, to: paterinvenice@gmail.com Deadline: 15 April 2022 Info: Elisa Bizzotto (bizzotto@iuav.it); Joseph Bristow (jbristow@humnet.ucla.edu); Stefano Evangelista (stefano-maria.evangelista@trinity.ox.ac.uk); Rebecca Mitchell (rnmitchell@gmail.com); Giles Whiteley (giles.whiteley@english.su.se)

Teaching and Researching Children’s Literature in the Digital Age: New Perspectives and Technologies An International Symposium 24 June 2022 Hosted on Zoom by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the already ongoing process of digitization of resources and creation of online tools for teaching and research. This period saw the rise of new websites and databases, including in the area of children’s literature and culture. As our individual space became smaller and confined to our homes, the web became a locus for the sharing of information, resources, and experiences. The past months have seen numerous projects, databases, and conferences being devoted to the challenges and opportunities posed by this sudden shift in academic teaching and research. Now that we are starting to come back to in-person teaching and research, this study day intends to be an occasion to showcase innovative research and the tools created to respond to the pandemic emergency and meant to outlast it, becoming important resources for the academic and wider community, especially in the face of the new challenges that we are currently facing. It will be a chance to initiate an international conversation on what this shift and the new resources that derive from it entail for Children’s Literature scholars and how we may deploy these emergency tools in the long run to improve teaching and research, making them more accessible at all levels to both students and researchers around the world. We welcome proposals – including from postgraduates and ECRs – for 15-min presentations on topics including, but not limited to: innovative teaching methods/tools and digital technologies databases digital archives and repositories digital collections ebooks and digital libraries digitization projects websites research projects social media the limits of digital research methods Please submit a 200-word abstract and 100-word biography to childrenslitita@unive.it by the 31/05/2022.