Society for Italian Studies Biennial Conference 2019 University of Edinburgh 26-28 June 2019 Programme Welcome Benvenute! Benvenuti! Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh are truly delighted to welcome you all to the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies. We are celebrating the Centenary of Italian at the University of Edinburgh (1919-2019), and we are proud to be hosting this major conference with nearly 300 delegates, including some of the most distinguished keynote speakers, leading academics, and inspiring students from Europe, Australia, North America and beyond. Thank you for your participation. Enjoy the Conference! The Edinburgh Team Edinburgh Team The Edinburgh team consists of staf and students of the University of Edinburgh. Lead Organisers Davide Messina Federica G Pedriali Co-Organisers Nicolò Maldina Carlo Pirozzi Information Desk Marco Palone Daniela Sannino Marialaura Aghelu Helpers Simone Calabrò Daniele Falcioni Niamh Keenan Alessandra Pellegrini De Luca Marco Ruggieri University of Ediburgh School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Department of European Languages & Cultures 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH www.llc.ed.ac.uk/delc/italian/sis-2019 For further information, please email the Lead Organisers Davide Messina (
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[email protected]) Keynote Lectures On Ulysses: in Praise The Changing Fortunes Speaking in Cultures of Literature of Translations Wednesday 26 June Wednesday 26 June Wednesday 26 June 11:00-12:00, Room G.03 1:00-2:00, Room G.03 6:15-6:50, Scottish Parliament Lino Pertile is Carl A. Susan Bassnett is Professor Jhumpa Lahiri is Professor Pescosolido Research of Comparative Literature at of Creative Writing at the Professor of Romance the University of Glasgow, Lewis Center for the Arts, Languages and Literatures, and Professor Emerita of Princeton.