Conference On Law and Literature In Diaspora Studies To Take Place in May, 2013

Dr. Daniela Carpi, University of Verona, and President of the Associazione Italiana Diretto e Letteratura announces a Conference on Law and Literature in Diaspora Studies, May 6-9, 2013. Details below. More information available by clicking on the link here.

CENTRO ITALO-TEDESCO

DEUTSCH-ITALIENISCHES ZENTRUM

Law and Literature in Diaspora Studies

Villa Vigoni-Gespräche

Villa Vigoni, 6-9 MAY 2013

programme

Programm und Teilnehmerliste / Programme and Participants:

Monday, 06 May 2013

19.00 Welcome Reception, Aperitif

19.30 Dinner

Tuesday, 07 May 2013

9.30   Opening addresses

Prof. Dr. Immacolata Amodeo, Generalsekretärin, Villa Vigoni

Prof. Dr. Daniela Carpi (Verona), Convenor

Prof. Dr. Klaus Stierstorfer (Münster), Convenor

9.30   Opening Discussion: Set-up, Procedures, Possible Outcome

All Participants

Chair: Profs Carpi and Stierstorfer

10.30  Coffee break

11.00  Forum 1 – Theorizing diaspora from the perspective of ‘law and literature’
Chair: Prof. Dr. Fabian Wittreck (Münster)
Prof. Dr. Leif Dahlberg (Stockholm)
Prof. Dr. Jeanne Gaakeer (Rotterdam)
Prof. Dr. Peter Schneck (Osnabrück)
Forum 1 – Plenary discussion

13.00-14.30       Lunch

14.30  Forum 2 – Theorizing the law from the perspective of ‘literary diaspora studies’
Chair: Prof. Dr. Klaus Stierstorfer (Münster)
Prof. Dr. Avtar Brah (London)
Prof. Dr. Janet Wilson (Northampton)

16.00  Coffee break

16.30  Forum 2 – continued
Dr. Franziska Quabeck (Münster)
Prof. Dr. Sridhar Rajeswaran (CASII, India)

18.00  Concluding discussion

19.30 Dinner

Wednesday, 08 May 2013

9.30   Forum 3 – Theorizing literature from the perspective of ‘legal diaspora studies’

Chair: Prof. Dr. Paola Carbone
Dr. Sidia Fiorato (Verona)
Emma Patchett, M.A. (Münster)

Dr. Riccardo Baldissone (London)

11.00  Coffee break

11.15  Keynote: Prof. Dr. Melanie Williams (Exeter)

11.45  Forum 3 – Discussion

13.00-14.30       Lunch

14.30  Forum 4 – Conceptual common ground between legal studies, literary studies, and diaspora studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Daniela Carpi (Verona)
Prof. Dr. Nilufer Bharucha (Mumbai)

16.00  Coffee break

16.30  Forum 4 – continued

Prof. Dr. Pier Giuseppe Monateri (Torino)
Prof. Dr. Fabian Wittreck (Münster)

18.00  Closing panel discussion: Resume, Outcomes

19.30 Dinner

Thursday, 09 May 2013

9.30   Forum 5 – Prospectus: Methodological, terminological, and conceptual desiderata
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Gaakeer (Rotterdam)
Dr. Florian Kläger (Münster)
Dr. Karen-Margrethe Simonsen (Aarhus)
Dr. Chiara Battisti (Verona)

13.00-14.30       Lunch

Departure