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In Giro: Italian Identity and Travel in the Middle Ages (Kalamazoo, 2011)
| Location: | Michigan, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-05-12 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-07-27 |
| Announcement ID: |
177786 |
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46th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 12-15, 2011
IN GIRO: ITALIAN IDENTITY AND TRAVEL IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Sponsored by Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo
Italian merchants, crusaders, pilgrims and missionaries visited all parts of the Mediterranean and beyond, establishing colonies and "fondachi" in locations throughout the Aegean Sea and the Holy Land. The influence of travel can be traced in art and architecture, historical records and correspondence, as well as the literary production of numerous authors. Foreign travelers in Italian ports come to influence cultural production and political relations in Italy that echo into the Renaissance. This panel will seek to explore the emergence of Italian identity through the experience of travel and life in Italian communities abroad, and conversely, perceptions of Italians through the eyes of foreigners in Italy. How does travel influence or figure as a motif in Italian literature, art and cultural growth in the Middle Ages? How have foreigners traveling in Italy viewed medieval Italian culture and politics, and how have Italians been viewed abroad? How do these Italian communities and travelers abroad maintain and define their Italian identity in the face of the other?
Please submit 250-word proposals by September 15, 2010. Please also include the Congress participant information sheet available at: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF
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Rachel D. Gibson
Department of French & Italian
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Rachel Gibson
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Department of French & Italian
Email: gibso212@umn.edu
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