6 December 2024
Meeting Room (Complesso Beato Pellegrino)
University of Padova
14.30 Opening Remarks
Gabriele Bizzarri, Head, Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies
Chair: Marilena Parlati
Session 1
14.45-15.30 Kim Salmons (St. Mary’s University, London)
Conrad as the Catholic Other: “Irreconcilable Di(erences” in ‘Amy Foster’
15.45-16.30 Richard Ambrosini (Università Roma Tre)
Conrad the Italian: A Centenary
Chair: Marilena Parlati
Coffee break
Session 2
17.00-17.45 Tania Zulli (Università di Chieti)
A Multimodal Reading of Conrad’s Book Covers: Visual Meanings, Semiotic Adaptations and Colonial Dilemmas in Heart of Darkness
18.00-18.30 Marilena Parlati (Università degli Studi di Padova)
‘Pat for the Centenary’: Conrad’s Suspense and the Shadows of History
Chair: Stefania Michelucci (Università di Genova)
