Novembre 2025

“The Awakening of Enceladus: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry into Geological Risk and Disaster”

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From December 17th to 19th, 2025, the international conference The Awakening of Enceladus: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry into Geological Risk and Disaster will be held in Pisa. The conference represents an important milestone in the P.R.I.S.M.A. project, from which this event will draw new impulses for the development of future research. The research project P.R.I.S.M.A. – Pondering Risk and Imagining Resilience: A Digital Atlas of Seismic and Volcanic Events in Literature is the winner of the Return cascading grant for Spoke 3-VS3 “Earthquakes and Volcanoes” and is coordinated by Professor Biancamaria Rizzardi (Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa). Through a transdisciplinary dialogue on geological risk, resilience, perception and memory of disaster, the event aims to highlight how different methodologies and languages can contribute to risk education and the creation of an integrated critical perspective, capable of reading, representing, and addressing with awareness and responsibility the challenges posed by the environmental, social, and cultural risks of our time. The conference brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and combines forms of knowledge that range from the empirical observation of the territory and seismic and volcanic phenomena to the reflection on the sociocultural, symbolic, and linguistic dimensions of risk. The programme of the event comprises meetings with writers and artists, three keynote lectures, and six thematic sessions, whose titles evoke the plurality of approaches in dialogue: Gaia, Prometheus, Mnemosyne, Typhon, Atlas, and Hephaestus. ● Gaia spans across philosophy, ecology, and theology, reflecting on the ethical and spiritual bond between human beings and the Earth, which is understood as a living organism; ● Prometheus explores the languages and narratives of disaster in media, literature, and linguistics; ● Mnemosyne delves into history, memory, and language, investigating the relationship between calamity, trauma, and resilience; ● Typhon opens to a psychoanalytic and symbolic perspective, investigating the planetary unconscious and human fragility in the face of catastrophic phenomena; ● Atlas interrogates art, literature, and philosophy to explore the symbolic weight of catastrophe in European culture; ● Hephaestus addresses the social, scientific, and juridical dimensions of risk, with special attention to global responses to disasters. The six sessions combine literary, linguistic, philosophical, artistic, theological, juridical, psychological, and scientific perspectives, offering a shared reflection on disaster as a form of knowledge and collective memory. Furthermore, during the conference the digital atlas L.A.V.A. – Literary Atlas of Volcanic and seismic Activities will be presented. Keynote Lectures: David Alexander (University College London); Frank Westerman (Writer and Freelance Journalist, The Netherlands); Isak Winkel Holm (University of Copenhagen). Conversations with the writers: Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) and Esther Kinsky (Kleist Prize 2022). Performance Lecture: “I Am a Disaster” by Matteo Belli (actor, playwright, and theatre director, Bologna). Speakers: Henry Albert (Chimera Project); Carla Benedetti (University of Pisa); Matteo Bettini (Chimera Project); Alice Bisio (Chimera Project); Roberto Bondì (University of Calabria); Domenico Cecere (University of Naples Federico II); Fausto Ciompi (University of Pisa); Virginia De Micco (psychoanalyst and national coordinator of GruppoPER – SPI); Elena Dell’Agnese (University of Milan-Bicocca); Piero Di Domenico (Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna); Marcello Di Filippo (University of Pisa); Francesco Fiorentino (University Roma Tre); Marina Foschi (University of Pisa); Michela Lazzeroni (University of Pisa); Mons. Giuseppe Lorizio (Pontifical Lateran University, Rome); Matteo Marcheschi (CNR- ILIESI, Rome); Sofia Morabito (University of Pisa); Stefano Parolai (University of Trieste); Federico Poni (Chimera Project); Claudia Principe (CNR-IGG, Pisa Branch); Biancamaria Rizzardi (University of Pisa); Giovanni Sampaolo (University Roma Tre); Chiara Savettieri (University of Pisa); Niccolò Scaffai (University of Siena); Arianna Soldati (North Carolina State University); Carlo Tirinanzi De Medici (University of Pisa); Tania Zulli (University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara). Chairs and Moderators: Giovanni Bassi (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”); Rita Calabrese (University of Salerno); Andrea Carosso (University of Turin); Alberto Casadei (University of Pisa); Pierfrancesco Dellino (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”; Spoke Leader PNRR RETURN – Spoke 3-VS3 “Earthquake and Volcanoes”); Marina Foschi (University of Pisa); Fabrizio Franceschini (University of Pisa); Flavio Gregori (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice); Angelo Monaco (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”); Biancamaria Rizzardi (University of Pisa); Antonietta Sanna (University of Pisa); Valérie Tosi (University of Pisa). SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Biancamaria Rizzardi, Stefano Brugnolo, Fausto Ciompi, Marina Foschi, Michela Lazzeroni, Carlo Tirinanzi De Medici (University of Pisa). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Elena Bastianoni, Silvy Boccaletti, Chiara Cernicchiaro, Francesco De Sorbo, Sofia Mangiaterra, Benedetta Rosi, Valérie Tosi (University of Pisa). Contacts: prismaconference@fileli.unipi.it Venues: Aula Magna Storica, University of Pisa, Palazzo della Sapienza, Via Curtatone e Montanara, 15 (17th December 2:30 PM). Auditorium of Palazzo Blu, Lungarno Gambacorti, 9, Pisa (December 18th 19th). Sponsors: University of Pisa, Fondazione Return, Funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Italiadomani National Recovery and Resilience Plan, FILELI (Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics – Department of Excellence, University of Pisa), CFS (Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge – Department of Excellence, University of Pisa), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, ANDA (Italian National Association of English Studies), AIA (Italian Association of Anglistics), AISNA (Italian Association of North American Studies), AIG (Italian Association of German Studies), AGEI (Association of Italian Geographers), Compalit (Association for the Study of Comparative Literature Theory and History), AISCLI (Italian Association of Studies on English-language Cultures and Literature), AISC, Italian Alexander von Humboldt Association, CLI (Language Center Pisa), SBA (University Library System, University of Pisa).

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Audience Perspectives in Audiovisual Translation

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Evento del Laboratorio Permanente di Media and Humour Studies 28 novembre 2025 su piattaforma Teams Il Laboratorio Permanente di Media and Humour Studies è lieto di presentare il seminario “Audience Perspectives in Audiovisual Translation”, in occasione del quale accoglieremo le studiose Carol O’Sullivan (University of Bristol) e Angela Sileo (Università di Milano). Entrambe si occuperanno di un aspetto del tema  della ricezione/percezione della traduzione audiovisiva da parte del pubblico, affrontando, rispettivamente, l’ambito del sottotitolaggio e quello del doppiaggio. Il seminario si svolgerà in lingua inglese e sarà aperto a chiunque abbia interesse a partecipare. Si prega di compilare il modulo al seguente link per ricevere il link di partecipazione: https://forms.office.com/e/pVzzea46FN PROGRAMMA: ore 10.00 Carol O’Sullivan, University of Bristol “Reception of subtitles by UK audiences: A changing landscape” ore 11.00 Angela Sileo, Università di Milano “(AI) dubbing and linear sync: A tentative survey of Italian audience reception” Audience Perspectives in Audiovisual Translation Evento del Laboratorio Permanente di Media and Humour Studies Il Laboratorio Permanente di Media and Humour Studies è lieto di presentare il seminario “Audience Perspectives in Audiovisual Translation”, in occasione del quale accoglieremo le studiose Carol O’Sullivan (University of Bristol) e Angela Sileo (Università di Milano). Entrambe si occuperanno di un aspetto del tema  della ricezione/percezione della traduzione audiovisiva da parte del pubblico, affrontando, rispettivamente, l’ambito del sottotitolaggio e quello del doppiaggio. Il seminario si svolgerà in lingua inglese e sarà aperto a chiunque abbia interesse a partecipare. Si prega di compilare il modulo al seguente link per ricevere il link di partecipazione: https://forms.office.com/e/pVzzea46FN PROGRAMMA: ore 10.00 Carol O’Sullivan, University of Bristol “Reception of subtitles by UK audiences: A changing landscape” ore 11.00 Angela Sileo, Università di Milano “(AI) dubbing and linear sync: A tentative survey of Italian audience reception”

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Premio di Anglistica Sergio Perosa: scadenza del bando 15 gennaio 2026

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La Fondazione Cassamarca rende noto il bando relativo alla seconda edizione del Premio di Anglistica intitolato al professor Sergio Perosa. La scadenza per la presentazione delle candidature è fissata al 15 gennaio 2026. La locandina dell’iniziativa, che può essere stampata, affissa e liberamente diffusa tra i vostri contatti o inoltrata a chiunque possa esserne interessato, è allegata alla presente comunicazione o può essere scaricato cliccando qui. Il modulo di iscrizione e il regolamento di partecipazione sono disponibili al seguente link: Premio Sergio Perosa 2026 La Fondazione formula i migliori auguri a tutte le candidate e a tutti i candidati.

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Call for Papers Vital Signs: Teaching, Translating, and Popularizing Medical English in the Digital Age A One-Day Interdisciplinary Conference

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Date: February 10, 2026 – 10.00 a.m.Location: Aula Miazzi – Plesso San MicheleDepartment of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural IndustriesUniversity of Parma (Italy) Abstract submission deadline: December 5, 2025Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2025 Conference themeThe rapid digital transformation of healthcare – shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), telemedicine, online knowledge platforms, and automated linguistic tools – has profoundly reshaped healthcare communication. Medical English stands at the crossroads of these transformations, facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities in its teaching, translation, and popularization. This one-day conference – “Vital Signs: Teaching, Translating, and Popularizing Medical English in the Digital Age” – seeks to explore how Medical English is taught, translated, circulated, and recontextualized in digital environments. The conference is a key output of the research project ‘Serious games as a tool to improve translation and communication skills in the medical field,’ developed at the University of Parma, which aims to create a serious game to address the specific needs of students training to become specialized translators or health professionals, as well as practicing health professionals. The goal of the conference is to promote an interdisciplinary discussion on how we can ensure clarity, accuracy, and accessibility in medical communication in this evolving landscape. We invite scholars, educators, linguists, translators, terminologists, healthcare professionals, and communicators to examine the critical function of English in global healthcare contexts and to explore innovative solutions brought forward by digital technologies. Suggested topics and areas of interestWe welcome 20-minute presentations on a variety of topics including, but not limited to, the following topics: 1. Teaching Medical English (EMP/EAP) in digital contexts• Integrating AI and Machine Learning into EMP curricula.• The use of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and multimodal simulation in medical language training.• Developing digital literacy and ethical awareness for healthcare learners and professionals.• Corpus-driven approaches and the design of authentic digital teaching materials.• New methodologies in online and blended learning for English for Medical Purposes. 2. Translating and Interpreting Medical English• The impact and limitations of Neural Machine Translation (NMT) in clinical and pharmaceutical translation.• Human post-editing and quality assurance in medical texts.• Digital tools for terminology management and the creation of specialized medical glossaries.• Challenges in translating patient-facing information, informed consent forms, and electronic health records (EHRs).• Remote interpreting (VRI/OPI), and the ethical implications for patient-provider communication. 3. Popularizing and Communicating Medical English• Health literacy and patient education across digital media (websites, social media, apps).• Communicating medical research to non-specialists: challenges of clarity vs. accuracy (popular science, “infodemics”).• The role of medical journalists and science communicators in mediating specialized English.• Cultural translation and adaptation of public health messages.• Ethical and linguistic challenges in communicating during global health emergencies across languages. Submission Guidelines• Abstracts: Submissions should be no longer than 200 words (excluding references).• Submission Email: michela.canepari@unipr.it Important DatesAbstract Submission Deadline: December 5, 2025Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2025Final Program Released: January 26, 2026Conference Date: February 10, 2026 Scientific Committee:Michela CanepariMicol BeseghiCarlo Galli Organizing CommitteeFederico BergentiElena Giovanna BignamiAntonio BonacaroMassimiliano DemataRiccardo FassoneIlaria GiordanoVirginia Vecchiato

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BEYOND BORDERS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON GIOSE RIMANELLI

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OLTRE I CONFINI: NUOVE PROSPETTIVE SU GIOSE RIMANELLI IIIRD CUSIAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MARKING THE CENTENARY OF GIOSE RIMANELLI’S BIRTH 26-28 NOVEMBRE 2O25 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE The international conference devoted to the centenary of Giose Rimanelli (Beyond Borders: New Perspectives on Giose Rimanelli) organized by Professor Francesca D’Alfonso, Director of the University Center for Italian American and Canadian Studies (CUSIAC), aims to reassess the work of one of the most complex and transnational figures of the Italian American literary tradition. Born in Casacalenda (CB) in 1925 and active for decades between Italy, the United States, and Canada, Rimanelli wrote in multiple languages — Italian, English, and dialect — producing novels, poetry, memoirs, and critical writings that defy neat categorization and anticipate many of the questions central to contemporary debates on bilingualism, migration, and hybrid identities. The conference intends to illuminate the breadth of Rimanelli’s literary trajectory, with special attention to his English-language production, including Benedetta in Guysterland, Accademia, The Three-Legged One, and his experimental bilingual poetry, works that contributed to positioning him as a singular voice within the Italian American canon. More broadly, the event seeks to foreground the cultural, linguistic, and aesthetic crossings that shaped his career, situating his oeuvre within a transatlantic and intercultural framework. In keeping with the mission of CUSIAC, the conference promotes innovative approaches and interdisciplinary readings, bringing together scholars from various countries to reflect on Rimanelli’s legacy at the intersection of literature, migration studies, cultural memory, and diaspora identity. By revisiting both well-known and lesser-explored aspects of his work, the event aims to contribute to the ongoing rediscovery of authors and narratives that have played a crucial role in the formation of Italian American and Italo-Canadian cultural history.

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Call for Seminar Papers 18th ESSE Conference – Seminar 21, “The Poetics and Ethics of Sexual Dissidence in Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures”

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Call for Seminar Papers: Seminar 21, “The Poetics and Ethics of Sexual Dissidence in Anglophone Postcolonial teratures” Dates: August 31–September 4, 2026 Place: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Convenors: Cédric Courtois (University of Lille, France); Angelo Monaco (Aldo Moro University of Bari, Italy) We invite submissions for a panel that will examine the intersections of sexuality, identity, resistance and dissent in Anglophone postcolonial non-fiction, fiction, drama, and poetry. We wish to explore the avenues offered by literary texts to challenge and/or disrupt heteronormative and “universal” norms of gender and sexuality, by pondering over what Jonathan Dollimore calls “sexual dissidence” (1991), linked to a form of transgressivity. In so doing, these texts can be considered as “political”, if we follow Jacques Rancière, for whom “dissensus” is at the heart of “politics” (2010). To what extent do these literary texts shed light on other modes of being that interrogate the legacies of colonialism? By adopting a decolonial perspective, which lays bare the “colonial wound”, could Anglophone literatures delve into ways of reaching “decolonial healings” (Mignolo and Vazquez 2013)? As David L. Eng puts it, sexual dissidence and other forms of intimacy can work as “sites of critical response” (2010) for addressing the challenges of race in the so-called “colorblind” age of global capitalism. By staging vulnerable, “precarious” (Butler 2004) and “ungrievable” (Butler 2009) lives, embodied and “willful” (Ahmed 2014) lives even, at the intersection of race, gender and sexuality, these texts can be said to resist censorship, the law, and more generally “queer” invisibilisation. In this light, the focus on sexual dissidence could lead to what Emmanuel Renault calls “recognition” (2001), especially for LGBTQIA2S+ people who tend to be stigmatized; the lack of “recognition” can be “experience[d] […] as real moral wounds[,] [t]he experience of [which] is painful and radical enough to lead to a revolt” (Renault 2001). Building on these insights, this panel will strive to elucidate how Anglophone postcolonial literatures help cultivate an ethics and a poetics of sexual dissidence, serving as an archive of (cultural) resistance. Deadline for the submission of proposals for seminar papers: January 31, 2026. Send to: cedric.courtois@univ-lille.fr, angelo.monaco@uniba.it Further information at: www.esse2026.com Dates: August31–September 4, 2026Place: Santiagode Compostela, SpainConvenors:Cédric Courtois (University of Lille, France); Angelo Monaco (Aldo MoroUniversity of Bari, Italy)Deadline for thesubmission of proposals for seminar papers: January 31, 2026. Send to: cedric.courtois@univ-lille.fr, angelo.monaco@uniba.it Furtherinformation at: www.esse2026.com We invitesubmissions for a panel that will examine the intersections of sexuality,identity, resistance and dissent in Anglophone postcolonial non-fiction,fiction, drama, and poetry. We wish to explore the avenues offered by literarytexts to challenge and/or disrupt heteronormative and “universal” norms ofgender and sexuality, by pondering over what Jonathan Dollimore calls “sexualdissidence” (1991), linked to a form of transgressivity. In so doing, thesetexts can be considered as “political”, if we follow Jacques Rancière, for whom“dissensus” is at the heart of “politics” (2010). To what extent do these literary texts shed light on other modesof being that interrogate the legacies of colonialism? By adopting a decolonialperspective, which lays bare the “colonial wound”, could Anglophone literaturesdelve into ways of reaching “decolonial healings” (Mignolo and Vazquez 2013)?As David L. Eng puts it, sexual dissidence and other forms of intimacy can workas “sites of critical response” (2010) for addressing the challenges of race inthe so-called “colorblind” age of global capitalism. By staging vulnerable,“precarious” (Butler 2004) and “ungrievable” (Butler 2009) lives, embodied and“willful” (Ahmed 2014) lives even, at the intersection of race, gender andsexuality, these texts can be said to resist censorship, the law, and moregenerally “queer” invisibilisation. In this light, the focus on sexualdissidence could lead to what Emmanuel Renault calls “recognition” (2001),especially for LGBTQIA2S+ people who tend to be stigmatized; the lack of“recognition” can be “experience[d] […] as real moral wounds[,] [t]heexperience of [which] is painful and radical enough to lead to a revolt”(Renault 2001). Building on these insights, this panel will strive to elucidatehow Anglophone postcolonial literatures help cultivate an ethics and a poeticsof sexual dissidence, serving as an archive of (cultural) resistance.

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CALL FOR PAPERS Tastes of language. Past and present Italian culinary discourse in Anglophone contexts 17th-18th September 2026, Sapienza University of Rome

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This conference seeks to explore the dynamic and complex ways in which Italian culinary discourse was and is constructed, translated, and consumed within Anglophone contexts. The journey of Italian food language, from recipe titles, ingredient names, and menu descriptions to broader gastronomic narratives, presents a rich areafor interdisciplinary study, as it crosses linguistic and cultural borders. We are interested in examining the linguistic, semiotic, and cultural transformations that occur when the microlanguage of Italian food enters English-speaking spheres, both in the past and now. This includes, among others, the processes of domestication and foreignisation of Italian culinary terms, the role of media (from early cookbooks to blogs, television and social media) in shaping perceptions, and the construction of authenticity and identity through food language. This conference aims to bring together scholars from various fields – from translation studies to sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and discourse analysis, from food and cultural studies to culinary anthropology – to investigate how the tastes of language were and are perceived, interpreted,and ultimately, eaten by an Anglophone audience. Possible contributions may address:• Translation and adaptation of Italian recipe texts and cookbooks into English,• Authenticity and identity: The role of language in constructing or challenging notions of ‘authentic’ Italian food for an Anglophone audience,• Lexical borrowing and code-switching/-mixing/translanguaging: The use and function of Italian culinary loanwords in Anglophone food writing, both from historical and contemporary perspectives,• The role of ELF in spreading Italian culinary language in global Englishes,• Neologisms and hybridity: The creation of new, hybrid culinary terms and food concepts in English based on Italian originals (e.g., Italo-American, Indo-Italian, Aussie-Italian dishes, etc.),• Menu semantics and discourse: Analysis of how menus in English-speaking countries represent or market Italian cuisine,• The language of food critique: Analysis of reviews and critiques of Italian restaurants in Anglophone print and digital media,• Media and culinary representation: The linguistic and visual portrayal of Italian food on Anglophone television, films, and social media platforms. We are pleased to announce that our two confirmed keynote speakers will be Marco Bagli (University for Foreigners of Perugia) and Siria Guzzo (University of Salerno). Potential contributors are invited to submit their abstract (150-200 words in English, the conference’s working language) for a 20-minute paper and their bio (100 words) electronically to fabio.ciambella@uniroma1.it by April 30, 2026. Submissions should include the title and abstract of the paper, the contributor/s’s name, and their affiliation/s. Selected papers will be considered for publication.

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