THINKING OUT OF THE BOXLanguage, Literature, Cultural and Translation Studies:

Questioning Assumptions, Debunking Myths, Trespassing Boundaries

PADOVA, 4-7 September 2019XXIX AIA Conference

4 SEPTEMBERAIA Pre-Conference Symposium for Early-Career ResearchersAULA NIEVO, PALAZZO DEL BO14.00-14.15 – Welcome14.15-16.00 – Symposium presentations and discussions: Language16.00– Coffee Break16.15-17.30 – Symposium presentations and discussions: Literature17.30-18.15 – Symposium presentations and discussions: Culture18.15-18.45 – Conclusions 19.00 – Welcome reception: Milk Bar, via Cesare Battisti 17

5 SEPTEMBERSALA DEI QUARANTA, PALAZZO DEL BO9.30 – Conference registration openingAULA MAGNA, PALAZZO DEL BO10.30 – Conference openingProf. Alessandro Paccagnella, Vice-Rector for International RelationsProf. Annalisa Oboe, Vice-Rector for Cultural, Social and Gender RelationsProf. Anna Bettoni, Director of the Department of Linguistic and Literary StudiesProf. Andreas Jucker, President of ESSEProf. Giovanni Iamartino, President of AIAProf. Alessandra Petrina, Professor of English Literature11.00-12.00– Plenary: Chantal Zabus (Université Paris 13) SALA DELLA BASILICA, PALAZZO DEL BO12.30 Lunch breakPALAZZO MALDURA, PIAZZETTA FOLENA 114.30-16.30 – Panels16.30 – Coffee break17.00-18.30 – Panels19.00 – SALA DEI GIGANTI, PALAZZO LIVIANOHenry Purcell, Dido and AeneasEnsemble Concentus Musicus Patavinus

PROGRAMME

6 SEPTEMBERPALAZZO MALDURA, PIAZZETTA FOLENA 19.00-10.30 – Panels10.30 – Coffee break11.00 – AIA General Meeting13.30 – Lunch break14.30-16.00 – Panels16.00-17.00 – Plenary: Ian Johnson (University of St Andrews)17.00 – Coffee break17.30-19.00 – Panels20.00 – Conference Dinner : Ristorante Zairo, Prato della Valle

7 SEPTEMBERPALAZZO MALDURA, PIAZZETTA FOLENA 19.00-10.30 – Panels10.30 – Coffee break11.00-12.00 – Plenary: Anna Mauranen (University of Helsinki)12.00 – Announcement of new AIA Executive Board13.00 – Conference closing

Convenors-LanguageKatherine AckerleyMarina DossenaSara GesuatoStefania MaciMaria Teresa MusacchioGiuseppe Palumbo

Convenors-LiteratureMaurizio AscariRocco CoronatoRoberta GefterAlessandra PetrinaDiego Saglia

Convenors-CultureMaurizio CalbiFiona DalzielEleonora FedericiMarilena ParlatiLaura Tosi

Organizing committeeKatherine Ackerley, Camilla Caporicci, Erik Castello, Caroline Clark, Rocco Coronato, Fiona Dalziel, Sara Gesuato, Maria Teresa Musacchio, Marilena Parlati, Alessandra Petrina, Beatrice Righetti, Stefano Rossi.