Poj 13 NEWS-James Joyce Conference-Rome 157-160
Papers on Joyce 13 (2007): 157-159 NEWS The James Joyce Graduate Conference at the Università Romana Tre On the occasion of Joyce’s one hundred twenty-sixth birthday, a two-day James Joyce Graduate conference, organized by the James Joyce Italian Foundation , was held at the Università Roma Tre, on February 1-2, 2008. The event was entirely devoted to the presentation of research work on Joyce carried out by young scholars from different countries. The conference was held under the auspices of Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy, who sent a note to Franca Ruggieri, President of the Foundation, in which he wished all success to the speakers taking part in the meeting. He also showed his own appreciation of the valuable efforts of established academics in sponsoring the work of their junior colleagues. The scientific committee was composed of Franca Ruggieri, John McCourt and Enrico Terrinoni. Thirty-two speakers from nineteen universities around the world were invited to take part in the conference. There were delegates from Italy, US, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, France, Iran, UK, and Spain. The chairs and respondents in the four/five-speakers parallel panels were academics from the universities of Bologna-Forlì, Florence, Turin, Roma Tre, Lion, York, Roma La Sapienza, Vigo, Trieste, Perugia (Univ. for Foreigners), Radford, and Milan. One of the panels was chaired by Fritz Senn, President of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. Among the chairs and respondents were Jacques Aubert, Rosa Maria Bosinelli, Carla Marengo, Paola Pugliatti, Derek Attridge, Caroline Patey, Cristina Giorcelli, Teresa Caneda, and Jolanta Wawrzycka.
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