[csaa-forum] FW: Summer School in Studi Culturali

[Brett Neilson]

SUMMER SCHOOL

in Adriatic Studies [SSAS] - Cultural Studies between East and West

Rimini, 30th June - 12th July 2008

The aim of the Summer School in Adriatic Studies is to increase knowledge on cultural and political interactions in modern Europe, focusing particularly on methodological issues related to the analysis of cultural processes. A series of lectures and seminars will offer a multi-disciplinary overview on dierent methods and research perspectives in the field of cultural studies and cultural analysis to critically understand cultural issues of the current interconnected spaces between Western and Eastern Europe.

General information

According to the expression of multiple identities, the School provides the participants with lessons, seminars and panel discussions on various issues related to the theme proposed. It also emphasizes interactive learning experience, as exemplified by its international and interdisciplinary participantS.  Lectures, round tables and seminars will be held mostly in English. All the SSAS activities will take place in Rimini, at the Town of Rimini Museum (v. Tonini 1, close to Piazza Ferrari), where participants will find any secretarial facility. TheSSAS staff will be available to participants and lecturers each day from 10:30 am to 6:00 pm. Classes hours:10-12 am; 5-7 pm. A fee of 300,00 Euros is charged for participants.This includes housing accomodation, course package and any further teaching material. The course offers a certificate of participation worth 6 (six) ECTS credits.

Target group and prerequisites for admission.

The SSAS offers educational and cultural opportunities for Ph.D, graduate and undergraduate students interested in exploring a career in geo-political or cultural studies, especially focusing on Eastern countries. The SSAS will be useful as well for professionals interested in migration policies. Candidates must provide a list of courses attended, a curriculum vitae and a letter of presentation by a senior or a preminent scholar. Application forms must be sent by email or fax direct to the students tutor of the school at the following address:

Dr. Lara Michelacci - Department of Italian Studies (University of Bologna) Via Zamboni, 32 40126 Bologna - ITALY - Fax: + 39 051 2098555 - E-mail: lara.michelacci2 at unibo.it

Application forms can be downloaded from the web site http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Relazioni+Internazionali/Summer+School/summer/Language

or requested from Dr. Lara Michelacci.



Programme



The global discussion of Cultural studies highlights the strong contemporary interest for new ways of studying and thinking about «culture». The label "Cultural Studies" detects a wide and composite research program across different national settings, whose common lines reside in a shared interest in the field of culture, and in a tendence to elaborate their own methods of investigation drawing eclectically from different disciplines, such as semiotics, sociology, anthropology, historiography, literary criticism, philosophy, as well as the knowledge concerning the arts, the media, the entertainment.

In a world increasingly crossed by transnational relationships, a fertile dialogue arose between different intellectual traditions, calling into question the traditional divisions between "centres" and "peripheries" of the globe. The organization of a series of meetings on Cultural Studies' suggestions within the Summer School in Adriatic Studies aims to offer to its participants the chance to know and to analyse in more depth the trans- and multi-disciplinary projects which try to critically understand the cultural realities of our current interconnected space.


LECTURE PROGRAM

First Session


Literature and Migration. Eastern writers and italian Language (Mihai Butcovan; Amara Lakhous; Fulvio Pezzarossa;


Marco Purpura)

Feminism and postcolonial studies (Lidia Curti; Beatrice Ferrara)

Migration, Modernity and Mediterranean (Iain Chambers)

Gender studies - two days

Theory contribution of gender studies (Vita Fortunati; Rita Monticelli)

Round table: Stories/Histories and Memories of Feminism (Biljana Dojcinovic-Nesic Vita Fortunati; Jasmina Lukic; Rita Monticelli)



Second Session

Geographical Literature (Silvia Albertazzi)

Mediterranean Encounters: Critical Geography in Mediterranean Literature and Film (Giulio Iacoli)

Round Table: Silvia Albertazzi, Francesco Cattani, Giulio Iacoli, Davide Papotti

South Atlantic and European Periphery: Portugal and Colonial Empire (Maragarida Calafate Ribeiro, Vincenzo Russo, Roberto Vecchi)

Cultures, Translations and Historiographies (Giuliana Benvenuti; Paolo Capuzzo)

Europe and Postcolonialism (Biljana Kasiæ; Sandro Mezzadra)

Consumer Culture. History, Theory and Politics (Roberta Sassatelli)





Docent Staff and Lecturers: Luisa Avellini (University of Bologna); Silvia Albertazzi (University of Bologna); Giuliana Benvenuti (University of Bologna); Mihai Butcovan (scrittore); Margarida Calafate Ribeiro (University of Coimbra); Paolo Capuzzo (University of Bologna); Francesco Cattani (University of Bologna) ;Iain Chambers University of Napoli "L'Orientale"); Lidia Curti (University of Napoli "L'Orientale"); Biljana Dojcinovic-Nesic (University of Beograd); Beatrice Ferrara (University of Napoli "L'Orientale"); Vita Fortunati (University of Bologna); Biljana Kasic (University of Rijeka, Zadar und Zagreb); Giulio Iacoli (University of Parma); Amara Lakhous (scrittore); Jasmina Lukic (Central European University ); Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna); Rita Monticelli (University of Bologna); Fulvio Pezzarossa (University of Bologna); Davide Papotti (University of Parma); Marco Purpura (University of Oregon); Vincenzo Russo (University of Bologna); Roberta Sassatelli (University of Milano); Roberto Vecchi (University of Bologna)