Members’ Events

Alessandro Serpieri Lecture Thursday 23 May at 11 am Emma Smith (Hertford College, Oxford) will hold the second Alessandro Serpieri Lecture on Thursday 23 May at 11 am (Italian time) in Biblioteca Frinzi (Verona) and on Zoom. The lecture is organised by Silvia Bigliazzi, Fernando Cioni, and Rocco Coronato. Prof. Smith’s lecture is entitled “Who Wrote Pericles? Shakespeare and Authorship in the 21st Century” and will be preceded by a conversation (with Silvia Bigliazzi and Emanuel Stelzer) on her book Portable Magic. For attendance via Zoom write to: skene@ateneo.univr.it

International Conference Marginalities/Marginalità (Tor Vergata University of Rome, 9-11 October 2024) After the Inaugural Symposium held at the University of Calabria in 2022, the research group Margini/Margins is pleased to announce its International Conference Marginalities/Marginalità. Whilst the former gathered momentum with questions of spatiality, the latter hinges on the broader quality or state of being marginal across the Humanities. In this sense, directors C. Bruna Mancini (Unical) and Elisabetta Marino (Uniroma2) wish to foster interdisciplinary dialogue by investigating marginality through four thematic areas (e.g. gender and animal studies), which seek to grasp its multifaceted nature, thus enhancing the need for the plural form ‘marginalities’. Proposals for individual presentations, in either English or Italian, must be submitted by 10 July2024, to the following email address: marginalities.conference@gmail.com. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.gruppomargini.com/?page_id=65

International Conference «Food x Language: Adapting and representing food across media and genres in English and in Spanish/Lengua y comida: adaptaciones y representaciones de la comida a través de los medios de comunicación y de los géneros textuales en inglés y español» (Venice, 17-18 October 2024) Sala B – Ca’ Bernardo – “Ca’ Foscari” University of Venice The Organising Committee is happy to present the International Conference on “Food x Language: adapting and representing food across media and genres in English and in Spanish” (“Lengua y comida: adaptaciones y representaciones de la comida a través de los medios de comunicación y de los géneros textuales en inglés y español”). The event will take place on 17th and 18th October 2024 in Ca’ Bernardo, one the buildings hosting the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.   Call for Papers Food is an important means for human societies not only because it provides nutrition but also for its socializing function. The rituals accompanying its preparation and consumption have always favoured social bonding in any kind of human civilization. However, the participants in communication about food and the ways in which this form of communication happens vary according to several factors, which include gender and age of the participants as well as their role and status in society as well as the reciprocal relations they have with the other members of a specific group. Traditionally, communication about food has happened asynchronously through printed material, however, new technologies and – in recent years – social media have introduced a new element of interaction that has changed the way in which food and foodways are narrated and constantly remediated between individuals and social groups.   The two-day conference seeks to bring together scholars who conduct their research on food-related communication. The focus of the conference is communication involving English and Spanish, either alone or in a contrastive perspective. Particularly welcome are contributions that investigate the communicative strategies and dynamics through which cultural elements connected to food-related communication in these two languages and cultures are adapted using several media and genres through which food is narrated and represented. Socio-linguistic, socio-cultural, multimodal, and linguistic approaches are especially welcome.Therefore, we invite contributions addressing the main conference theme as well as relating to the following specific themes: Proposals should be sent no later than 30th June 2024 as email attachments in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. Abstracts should be in either English or Spanish and should be no longer than 300 words (references included). Prospective participants should also provide a short bio note (no longer than 100 words).Emails should be sent to food.language@unive.it – object of the email: “CONFERENCE FOOD X LANGUAGE/LENGUA Y COMIDA – ABSTRACT PROPOSAL”. Plenary speakers   Committees Organising committee Scientific committee English component Spanish component Contacts food.language@unive.it

The cycle of seminars which will be held by Eleonora Federici and Cinzia Spinzi on the language of tourism and translation practices at the University of Palermo aims to offer an overview of the relationship between Tourismand Translation Studies, as well to investigate the difficulties translators may face when dealing with culture-specific terms. A corpus of texts belonging to different genres is explored within the context of intercultural communication and mediation by also highlighting the role of metaphors in the creation of tourist text types and their transfer within translation settings.

Ciclo di seminari su:Multimodality and Identity Representationorganizzato da: Ester Gendusa (RTDA – Dip. Scienze Umanistiche)Università degli Studi di Palermo – 2 maggio e 23 maggio 2024 Aula Magna, Ed. 12 – Viale delle Scienze, Palermo. 2 maggio 2024 EMILIA DI MARTINO (Professoressa ordinaria di Lingua inglese, Università Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli) The Semiotic Construction of Chavettes as Working- Class Folk Devils 23 maggio 2024GIUSEPPE BALIRANO (Professore ordinario di Lingua inglese, Università L’Orientale, Napoli – Presidente AIA) Masculinity and Representation: A Multimodal Approach to Male Identity Construction

William Shakespeare and Early Modern Literatures: Doctoral Symposium and International Conference University of Calabria (7 May 2024)   9:30-10  Welcome address and conference opening: Bruna Mancini (Università della Calabria) and Carla Tempestoso (Università della Calabria) 10-11 Lucy Munro (King’s College London, Co-Director Shakespeare Centre London), “Heminges and Condell and Shakespeare: Actors and the Editing of the First Folio”.11-12 Carlo Bajetta (Università della Valle D’Aosta), “Writing at the Court of Queen Elizabeth I”. 15-16 Brett Greatley-Hirsch (University of Leeds), “What Can Computers Tell Us About Shakespeare’s Dramatic Genres?”.16-17 Iolanda Plescia (Sapienza – Università di Roma), ““Shakespeare, the father of English? Multilingualism on the Early Modern English stage”.   Link: https://shorturl.at/inKZ1  

CfP: Epidemic Remedies In Medical Writing (1500 – 1920)18-19 June 2024 Department of Humanities – University Language CenterUniversity of Ferrara (FIRD Grant)remediesconference2023@unife.it https://www.unife.it/it/cla/progetti/epidemic-remedies-in-medical-writing-1500-1920-les-remedes-contre-les-epidemies-dans-les-ecritures-medicales-1500-1920?fbclid=IwAR2D4Xg7cSfpsMbbZFgHPlRbJY3W_J7imetkSP7mE0zuw0g7q5GfyIbi-1M This conference aims to discuss the representation of epidemic remedies in medical writing in England and in France between 1500 and 1920. Prospective presenters are invited to address epidemic remedies across five centuries, bearing three main methodological observations in mind. Firstly, the pivotal role of the plague and the Spanish influenza as opening and closing points to the selected timeframe. Secondly, the working definition of “remedy” as a cure “for a disease, disorder, injury, etc.; a medicine or treatment that promotes healing or alleviates symptoms.” (OED, remedy 2). This comprehensive definition intends to allow for historical specification and diachronic terminological variation, which the prospective presenters are invited to explore and specify. Thirdly, the definition of representation as “the process by which members of a culture use language (broadly defined as any system which deploys signs, any signifying system) to produce meaning” (Hall 1997: 61), with particular emphasis on language use at lexical and discourse level, as well as the interaction between semiotic systems (e.g. word and image).A vast body of research has explored medical writing across the centuries. Several of these studies have delved into how text types, discourses, and specialised vocabulary evolve diachronically (Gotti, 2006; Taavitsainen, 2006; Taavitsainen & Pahta, 2011; Taavitsainen et al., 2022) as well as into how they manifest synchronically (Gotti & Salager-Meyer, 2006). Remedies, too, have been addressed from a diachronic perspective (Jacobus et al., 1990; Laycock, 2008; Mullini, 2013).The present aim is not only to offer a diachronic perspective on the linguistic and visual representation of remedies, but also to focus on remedies prescribed during epidemics, with a view to better understanding the history of medical and health communication.Potential research questions straddle multiple standpoints – historical linguistics, the analysis of discourse, the analysis of lexis, as well as images – and multiple text types (medical treatises, medical dictionaries, periodical publications, medical advertisements through time). They include but are not limited to: – The lexical description of remedies in medical writing– The metaphorical description of remedies in medical writing– The rhetorical construction of ethos in medical writing dealing with epidemic remedies– The visual representation of remedies in medical writing– The visual representation of remedies in newspapers/magazines– The linguistic-visual construal of remedies in texts containing multiple semiotic systems (i.e. advertisements)– the insurgence of misinformation and disinformation in/about health communication (these categories may be epistemologically relevant in papers dealing with the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries) We invite proposals from a wide range of methodological perspectives. To name but a few: corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, historical lexicography and terminology, new historicism, cultural theory, epistemology, philosophy of science, gender medicine, and gender theory.Please submit a one-page abstract (ca. 200 – 300 words excluding references). Presentations (in English or in French) will consist of a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.All research papers should be delivered in person. All abstracts should be submitted to remediesconference2023@unife.it. All abstracts should be anonymised and include a title and up to five keywords. Key dates: – The call for papers opens on 15 January 2024.– The deadline for abstract submission is 30 March 2024.– Notification of acceptance (or rejection) will be sent out by 15 April 2024.– Registration commences on 1 May 2024.– The conference will take place from 18 to 19 June 2024. The conference is organized as part of the FIRD project “Il rimedio tra divulgazione scientifica e fake news in Francia e in Inghilterra nel XVI e nel XX secolo”, which is financed by the Department of Humanities at the University of Ferrara. Scientific and Organizing Committee: Dario Del Fante (Principal Investigator), Anna Anselmo, Daniele Speziari, Vera Gajiu. ReferencesGotti, M., & Salager-Meyer, F. (2006). Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis: Oral and Written Contexts. Retrieved from https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043716Hall, S. (1997). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage.Jacobus, M., Keller, E. F., & Shuttleworth, S. (1990). Body/politics: Women and the discourses of science. New York : Routledge. Retrieved from http://archive.org/details/bodypoliticswome00jacorich10.1007/978-1-4612-4618-3_9Jones, C. (1996). Plague and its Metaphors in Early Modern France. Representations, 53, pp. 97-127.Laycock, D. (2008). How Remedies Became a Field: A History. The Review of Litigation, 27(2), 164–267.Montagne, V. (2017). Médecine et rhétorique à la Renaissance. Le cas du traité de peste en langue vernaculaire. Paris: Classiques Garnier.Ramsey, M. (1982). Traditional Medicine and Medical Enlightenment: The Regulation of Secret Remedies in the Ancien Régime. Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, 9(1/2), 215–232.Taavitsainen, I., & Pahta, P. (2011). Medical Writing in Early Modern English. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.it/books?id=JI8ZDwfcalQCTaavitsainen, Irma. (2006). Audience guidance and learned medical writing in late medieval English. In M. Gotti & F. Salager-Meyer (Eds.), Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis (pp. 431–456). New York: Peter Lang.Taavitsainen, Irma, Hiltunen, T., Smith, J. J., & Suhr, C. (Eds.). (2022). Genre in English Medical Writing, 1500–1820: Sociocultural Contexts of Production and Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009105347Thomas, Daniel. (2022). La grippe espagnole 1918-1919. Le virus H1N1 et la grande pandémie du XXe siècle, Collection Les Cahiers de Rennes en sciences, 15, Rennes : ChantepieVinet, Freddy. (2018). La grande grippe 1918. La pire épidémie du siècle. Collection Chroniques. Paris: Vendémiaire

CfP: Metaphors, Argumentation, and Institutions – 17-18 October, 2024, University of Turin, Italy 17-18 October, 2024, University of Turin, Italy CIRM (Inter-University Research Centre on Metaphors – https://cirm.unige.it) announces its 2024 Annual Conference, which will look at metaphors in relation to their argumentative function in a wide range of institutional contexts. The concepts of metaphor and argumentation, which have always been central to the analysis of institutional discourse, will be investigated from different viewpoints and epistemological perspectives. We call for linguistic, discursive, and rhetorical-argumentative contributions, with a special focus on topics of economic, political, and social interest such as inclusion, sustainability, artificial intelligence and innovation, immigration, and economic development. Special attention should be given to national, European and non-European governmental institutions, international organisations, as well as educational, health, social, economic, and financial institutions. We welcome contributions that pursue the following research objectives: Proposals (a 250-word abstract including at least 5 bibliographical references, institutional affiliation and contact details) should be sent to convegnocirm2024@gmail.com by 30th April 2024. Important dates: 30/04/2024 deadline for submission of proposals. 31/05/2024 Notification of acceptance by CIRM Scientific Committee. 30/06/2024 Preliminary programme and opening of registration. 30/09/2024 Registration deadline and publication of the final programme. 17-18/10/2024 CIRM Conference. 31/12/2024 Deadline for submission of papers for publication. The conference proceedings (peer-reviewed) will be published in the series “I Quaderni del CIRM” (TAB edizioni) in 2025. The conference will be in hybrid modality. In-person attendance will take place at the Department of Economics, Social Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS), Corso Unione Sovietica 218/bis, Turin. Organising committee: Cecilia Boggio (cecilia.boggio@unito.it) Ilaria Cennamo (ilaria.cennamo@unito.it) Ilaria Parini (ilaria.parini@unito.it) Scientific Committee: Michelangelo Conoscenti (University of Turin) Annamaria Contini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) Ruggero Druetta (University of Turin) Elisabetta Gola (University of Cagliari) Adriana Orlandi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) Paola Paissa (University of Turin) Ilaria Rizzato (University of Genoa) Micaela Rossi (University of Genoa) Daniela Francesca Virdis (University of Cagliari)

Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English”Università di Verona, 14-15 marzo 2024 Si terrà dal 14 al 15 marzo l’International Conference “Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English” organizzata dal Dott. Cristiano Ragni (Università di Verona), in cui si discuteranno adattamenti e riscritture dei miti classici nella letteratura contemporanea in lingua inglese e ci si interrogherà sul loro significato nel mondo di oggi. Saranno previsti interventi di: Chiara Battisti, Silvia Bigliazzi, Petra Bjelica, Sidia Fiorato, Chiara Lombardi, Justine McConnell, Cristiano Ragni, Angelo Righetti, Emanuel Stelzer, Savina Stevanato e Elena Theodorakopoulos. Nel pomeriggio del 14 marzo, avrà luogo contestualmente una public reading della poetessa e saggista Ruth Padel aperta alla cittadinanza. Appuntamento a giovedì 14 marzo dalle 15.00 presso Sala Farinati della Biblioteca Civica di Verona e venerdì 15 marzo dalle 10.00 presso l’Aula Messedaglia del Chiostro Santa Maria delle Vittorie. Per il collegamento Zoom, scrivere a: skene@ateneo.univr.it

  CALL FOR PAPERS Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility in Education: A Global Perspective5–6 December 2024, Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyOrganised by the SL@VT Research Team https://web.uniroma1.it/seai/it/node/4522 Over the last couple of decades, the application of Audiovisual Translation (AVT) modes (e.g. dubbing, subtitling, voiceover) and Media Accessibility (MA) practices (e.g. SDH, audio description) in foreign language teaching and learning has gained momentum (Sokoli 2006; Díaz-Cintas and Cruz, 2008; Incalcaterra, 2009; Chiu 2012; Zabalbeascoa et al. 2012; Bolaños-García-Escribano and Navarrete, 2018; Navarrete, 2018; Lertola, 2019; Talaván and Rodríguez-Arancón, 2019; Herrero et al. 2020 to name but a few). Scholarly research has concentrated on developing methodologies and technological tools within didactic AVT and MA (recently referred to as DAT, see Talaván et al., 2024) to be used in higher education settings as well as other areas such as language for specific purposes and primary education, among others. Among the projects that pioneered this approach were Learning Via Subtitling (LeViS) (20062008), Babelium (2013–2015), SubLanLearn (2009–2012), ClipFlair (20112014), and PluriTAV (2016–2019). Research outputs stemming from these projects have previously provided empirical evidence for language improvement while adopting AVT and MA practices within different learning contexts, often with a focus on foreign language education.More recent research projects such as TRADILEX (2019–2023) and SL@VT (Audiovisual Tools and Methodologies to Enhance Second Language Acquisition and Learning, 2022–) have sought to provide further understanding of the challenges and benefits in the teaching of both languages and translation. In particular, SL@VT has been designed to extend the directionality and breadth of language learning, by including for instance Greek, Polish and Korean, aside from frequently taught languages such as English, Italian, German and Spanish. We are also particularly interested in how AVT and MA practices can be effectively integrated into other disciplines, such as film studies, as well as their potential to raise awareness about societal issues such as disability, intersectionality and inclusion, among others.In light of the above, this conference aims to gather proposals that can offer further insights into the use of AVT and MA not only in language learning but other areas of education, thus helping scholarly research to reach a more global perspective in this theory and practice. As much of the AVT research available has traditionally focused on European languages, we are also interested to hear from those making use of multimodal and AVT tools to teach languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese and so forth. Furthermore, we are interested in what methodologies are being created to enhance both language learning and translation training as a professional practice. Contributions that examine DAT and MA methodologies from a comprehensive perspective, highlighting the possible challenges, benefits and drawbacks, are particularly welcome. Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility in Education: A Global Perspective is organised by the SL@VT Research Team and will take place at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December 2024. The Scientific Committee would like to consider 20-minute paper proposals engaging with education and the following key topics: – Captioning (interlingual and intralingual subtitling)– Revoicing (dubbing, voice-over, free commentary)– Media accessibility (including audio description and subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences)– Other AVT-MA practices (including respeaking, surtitling, easy-to-read language)– Non-professional practices (fansubbing, fundubbing and fandubbing)– Technologies in language learning (digital platforms, applications) with a focus on AVT-MA– AVT-MA and language education in formal and non-formal contexts (e.g. curriculum design, assessment)– Curriculum design and assessment in language and translation education settings with a focus on AVT-MA– Audiovisual language and film studies education– AVT-MA as a cultural mediation tool in language teaching and learning– AVT-MA and teacher training Proposals will be subject to a double-blind peer-review process. Following the conference, the Scientific Committee will shortlist a number of papers to be included in an edited book published by an international publisher via Open Access. Working language: English ReferencesBolaños-García-Escribano, A., & Navarrete, M. (2018). An action-oriented approach to didactic dubbing in foreign language education: Students as producers. XLinguae, 15(2), 103-120. DOI: 10.18355/XL.2022.15.02.08.Chiu, Y. (2012). Can film dubbing projects facilitate EFL learners’ acquisition of English pronunciation? British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(1), E24-E27. https://doi. org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01252.Díaz-Cintas, J., & Cruz, F. (2008). Using subtitled video materials for foreign language instruction. In J. Díaz-Cintas (Ed.), The Didactics of Audiovisual Translation. John Benjamins. DOI:10.1075/btl.77.20.Herrero, C., Valverde, K., Costal, T., & Sánchez-Requena, A. (2020). The “Film and Creative Engagement Project”: Audiovisual accessibility and telecollaboration. Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archives, 24, 89-104. DOI: 10.7203/realia.24.16744.Incalcaterra McLoughlin, L. (2009). Inter-semiotic translation in foreign language acquisition: the case of subtitles. In A. Witte, T. Harden & A. Ramos de Oliveira Harden (Eds.), Translation in second language learning and teaching (pp. 227-244). Peter Lang.Lertola, J. (2019). Audiovisual translation in the foreign language classroom: applications in the teaching of English and other foreign languages. Voillans: Research-Publishing.net.https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED593736.pdf.Navarrete, M. (2018). The Use of audio description in foreign language education: A preliminary approach. Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Context, 4(1), 129-150. https://doi.org/10.1075/ttmc.00007.nav.Sokoli, S. (2006) “Learning via Subtitling (LvS): A tool for the creation of foreign language learning activities based on film subtitling” in Carroll M. and H. Arbogast (eds) Audiovisual Translation Scenarios: Proceedings of the Marie Curie Euroconferences.Talaván, N., & Rodríguez-Arancón, P. (2019). Voice-over to improve oral production skills: the VICTOR project. In J. D. Sanderson & C. Botella-Tejera (Eds.), Focusing on Audiovisual Translation Research (pp. 211-236). PUV Universitat de Valencia.Talaván, N., Lertola, J., Fernández-Costales, A. (2024). Didactic Audiovisual Translation and Foreign Language Education. London and New York: Routledge.Zabalbeascoa, P., Sokoli, S., & Torres, O. (2012). Conceptual framework and pedagogical methodology. Lifelong learning programme. http://clip#http://air.net/…/2014/06/D2.1ConceptualFramework.pdf. Deadlines and fees 01 June 2024 – Deadline for abstracts (300 words) and biosketch (100 words)01 July 2024 – Notification of acceptance5-6 December 2024 – Conference, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Early bird registration (by 31 July 2024)€100€50 PhD studentsPlease fill this Form (active soon) Regular registration (by 15 September 2024)€150€75 PhD studentsPlease fill this Form (active soon) BA, MA students: free entry but the must email the organisers for reservation by 15 October 2024. ESIST members will enjoy the early