CFP: South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions

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Call for Papers: "South Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean: Cultural Interactions"
17th ‐ 21st July 2012, Melbourne, Australia

Hosted by the Centre for Greek Studies and the A.D. Trendall Research Centre for Ancient Mediterranean Studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia, this conference will focus on the movement of people and interactions of culture in the region of Southern Italy and Sicily from antiquity until the present. The conference will run from 17th to the 21st July 2012. The program will include exhibitions at the Hellenic Museum and the Museo Italiano of ancient Greek vases from Southern Italy and Sicily as well as other pieces from the collection of the Trendall Research Centre. It will also include a tour of the world-class resources held at the A.D. Trendall Research Centre at La Trobe University. The inter-disciplinary nature of this conference seeks to foster critical analysis of geographical and chronological interconnections in Southern Italy and Sicily. It is intended that consideration of cultural interaction, population movements, and changing religious and philosophical ideas over a period of approximately 3000 years will prompt scholarly discussion of continuity and change over time in this region of the Mediterranean.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Professor David Abulafia, Professorial Fellow of Gonville and Caius College and Professor of Mediterranean History at Cambridge University.
Professor Roger Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Sicily at the University of British Columbia.
Associate Professor Mia Fuller, Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkely.

Please submit abstracts no longer than 300 words to Sarah Midford at s.midford AT latrobe.edu.au before 6th February 2012. Papers will be programmed into 30-minute time slots and should be no longer than 20-minutes. 10-minutes will be scheduled for questions.

Papers that focus on the region of Southern Italy and Sicily are invited from any discipline and postgraduates are most welcome to present.

For more information go to:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/events/cultural-interactions-conference