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</b><b> BOLLETTINO '900 - Notizie / B, febbraio 2017</b><b><br>
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</b><b>SOMMARIO:</b><b><br>
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</b><b>- Convegno internazionale: </b><b><br>
</b><b> Religion(S) And Cultural Production(S) Of The Italian
Diaspora(S)</b><b><br>
</b><b> Utrecht University</b><b><br>
</b><b> 19-20 May 2017</b><b><br>
</b><b> Scadenza CfP: 5 marzo 2017</b><b><br>
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</b><b>RELIGION(S) AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION(S) OF THE ITALIAN
DIASPORA(S)</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Utrecht University, 19 - 20 May 2017</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Conference organizers</b><b><br>
</b><b>Matteo Brera, Monica Jansen (Utrecht University)</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Scientific Committee</b><b><br>
</b><b>Rosemarie Buikema (Utrecht University), Annalisa Butticci </b><b><br>
</b><b>(Utrecht University), Natalie Dupré (KU Leuven), Martha
Frederiks </b><b><br>
</b><b>(Utrecht University), Federico Luisetti (University of
North Carolina </b><b><br>
</b><b>at Chapel Hill), Franco Pierno (University of Toronto)</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Confirmed Keynote Speakers</b><b><br>
</b><b>Stefano Luconi (Università degli Studi di Firenze)</b><b><br>
</b><b>Loredana Polezzi (Cardiff University)</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Call for Papers</b><b><br>
</b><b>In the context of Unesco’s World Day for Cultural Diversity
for Dialogue </b><b><br>
</b><b>and Development 2017, the Italian Department at Utrecht
University </b><b><br>
</b><b>organises a two-day symposium to explore how religious
hierarchies, </b><b><br>
</b><b>institutions and practices shaped the identity and the
cultural production </b><b><br>
</b><b>(language, literature, performance, social media) of past
and present Italian </b><b><br>
</b><b>diasporas.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Religion may be seen as an impediment to or enhancer of
social mobility </b><b><br>
</b><b>inside and outside of Italy. It can trigger “narrations”
that either revolve </b><b><br>
</b><b>around cultural practices linked with traditional notions
of</b><b><br>
</b><b>Italianness (e.g. piccola patria), or shift towards new
doctrines and </b><b><br>
</b><b>spiritualties that redefine the idea of nation and culture.
Furthermore, </b><b><br>
</b><b>religious institutions and their missionary, educational
and cultural</b><b><br>
</b><b>activities can forge the identity – also linguistic – of
integrated </b><b><br>
</b><b>and/or segregated migrant communities.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>In the context of Italian mobilities, this conference aims
to bring </b><b><br>
</b><b>together scholars from various disciplines to showcase how
religious cults </b><b><br>
</b><b>and practices cross(ed) national and cultural borders and</b><b><br>
</b><b>how these practices embody a language through which
emigrants represent </b><b><br>
</b><b>their transnational experience. Moments of transition in
which borders between </b><b><br>
</b><b>nations and cultures are redefined with the decisive
contribution of religion </b><b><br>
</b><b>are of particular interest for this conference, with a
focus on processes </b><b><br>
</b><b>of colonisation/decolonisation, nationalisation,
secularisation, tensions </b><b><br>
</b><b>caused by ethnic and religious conflicts on a local and a
global scale. </b><b><br>
</b><b>The final aim of the symposium is to establish a platform
with which to explore </b><b><br>
</b><b>the shifting place and role of religion in a new age of
great migrations.</b><b><br>
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</b><b>Interested scholars may wish to address, among others, one
or more of the </b><b><br>
</b><b>following topics:</b><b><br>
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</b><b>• (re)readings, translations and re-interpretations of
religion in literary texts;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• narratives and languages of mobility, migration and
religion;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• rethinking localism, regionalism and nationalism within
religious contexts;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• globalisation and religious hegemony;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• Religion and Folk culture;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• transnational approaches to religion studies;</b><b><br>
</b><b>• transmediality and spirituality.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Please send a 250 words abstract to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:m.brera@uu.nl">m.brera@uu.nl</a> or
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:m.m.Jansen@uu.nl">m.m.Jansen@uu.nl</a> by 5 March 2017.</b><b><br>
</b><b>Working languages of the conference will be English
(preferred) and Italian.</b><b><br>
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</b><b>(c) Bollettino '900 - versione e-mail</b><b><br>
</b><b>Electronic Newsletter of '900 Italian Literature</b><b><br>
</b><b>Notizie/B, febbraio 2017. Anno XXIII, 1.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Direttore: Federico Pellizzi</b><b><br>
</b><b>Redazione Newsletter: Michela Aveta, Daniele Borghi,</b><b><br>
</b><b>Eleonora Conti, Anna Frabetti, Monica Jansen, Giuseppe
Nava,</b><b><br>
</b><b>Michele Righini, Saverio Voci.</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Dipartimento di Filologia classica e Italianistica</b><b><br>
</b><b>dell'Universita' di Bologna,</b><b><br>
</b><b>Via Zamboni 32, 40126 Bologna, Italy,</b><b><br>
</b><b>Reg. Trib. di Bologna n. 6436 del 19 aprile 1995.</b><b><br>
</b><b>ISSN 1124-1578</b><b><br>
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</b><b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.boll900.it/start.html">http://www.boll900.it/start.html</a></b></p>
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