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Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) Fifth Biennial Conference

Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 February, 2009
Hosted by University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Aerial shot of Auckland

The ACIS Fifth Biennial Conference was held at Auckland University's City campus in Auckland from 18 to 21 February, 2009. The Conference venue placed in the very heart of Auckland City.

Like previous ACIS Biennial conferences, this was an interdisciplinary event, with keynote addresses on a range of Italian Studies topics. Speakers included:

Patricia Grace (Plimmerton, New Zealand)
Witi Ihimaera
(University of Auckland)
Aine O'Healy
(Loyola Marymount University)
Graziella Parati (Dartmouth College)

For further information, please click on the following links:

Call for papers
Keynote speakers
Programme and venue
Conference organising committee
Travel bursaries
Registration
Accommodation options and getting around Auckland
Maori Powhiri [Ceremony of Welcome]

CONVENORS: Gabriella Brussino (University of Auckland), Daniela Cavallaro (University of Auckland), Bernadette Luciano (University of Auckland), Franco Manai (University of Auckland).

 

ACIS WARMLY THANKS ITS PARTNERS IN THE CONFERENCE:

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and our other Conference Sponsors

One day symposium: "Love and its Histories: Italian Perspectives"
A one-day symposium co-sponsored by ACIS, "Love and its Histories: Italian Perspectives", will be held on Tuesday 17th February
For more information please contact Francesco Ricatti

     
 
ACIS wishes to thank Galliano Fardin for allowing us to use his painting
"Open and Shut" (2004) in the design of the site's banner.