PROGRAMME

Registration will open on Monday 30th May at 2.00 p.m. The Conference will end on Wednesday 1st June at about 2 p.m.
 
The Conference will take place at the Sala "Coro di Notte" 
 
Programme 
MONDAY 30
 
14.00
Registration
 
14.30
Conference opening
Giacomo Pignataro (Magnifico Rettore, University of Catania)
Giancarlo Magnano San Lio (Head of the Humanities, University of Catania)
Gemma Persico (Chair of English Literature, University of Catania)
 
Introductory remarks (Alessandra Petrina, IASEMS President)
 
15.00 
Plenary Lecture 1
Katherine Duncan-Jones (University College, London)
Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis: a Perfect Poem in an Imperfect World
Chair: Manuela D'Amore (University of Catania)
 
16.00
Coffee break
 
16.30
PANEL 1
Roberta Mullini (University of Urbino)
From Script to Playbook: John Rastell and the First Printed Interludes
Fernando Cioni (University of Florence)
Is there a Text in this Paratext? Paratextuality, Metatextuality in Early Modern Playtexts
Chair: Laura Tosi (University of Venice)
 
17.30
Digital Shakespeare
Yannis Gkanatsios - Farahana Hogue, ProQuest
A Large Textual Object: EEBO Projects that Provide New Insights into the Complete Words of Shakespeare
 
18.30
Evening Shakespeare Event
Museo della fabbrica - L'Opera dei Pupi and Riccardo III
 
Free dinner
 
TUESDAY 31 MAY
 
9.30
PANEL 2
Alessandra Petrina (University of Padua)
Diaologue on the Edge: the Renaissance Scribal Community
Silvia Spera (University of Salerno)
The Power of Books, the Books of Power: Renaissance Scholars' Relationship with Books: the Case of Faustus and Prospero
Alice Equestri (University of Padua)
"Trudge little letter, thou thinkest none yll go do thy dutie, all things to fulfill": Writers and Readers in Early Modern Italianate Verse Narratives
Chair: Carla Dente (University of Pisa)
 
11.00
Coffee break rinforzato
 
11.30
IASEMS Annual Meeting for All Members of the Association
 
Free lunch
 
15.00
PANEL 3
Paola Baseotto (Univesity of Insubria)
The Centrality of the Written Page in English and American Puritan Households
Davide Del Bello (University of Bergamo)
Books and Memory in Recusant Writers
Chair: Giuliana Iannaccaro (University of Milan) 
 
ore 16.30
Coffee break
Members' Publications
 
18.00-19.00 - Visit to the Monastery (first group)
18.15-19.15 - Visit to the Monastery (second group)
 
20.30
Conference dinner
 
WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE
 
9.30
Young Scholars' Workshop
Introduces: Mariacristina Cavecchi (University of Milan)
Respondent: William C. Carroll (Boston University)
 
11.30
Coffee break
 
12.00
Plenary Lecture 2
Alessandro Arcangeli (University of Padua)
Reading Time: The Act of Reading and Early Modern Time Perceptions
Chair: Donatella Pallotti (University of Florence)
 
13.00
Closing Remarks

PAPER SESSIONS

20-minute papers followed by 10-minute discussions. Speakers are kindly invited to time their presentations accordingly.

Book of Abstracts - Under construction