Contents

• Visions and Dreams in Early Modern Italy (Kristen Keach, Giulia Cardillo)
• Fear of Being Forgotten: Silence and Oblivion in Pre-modern Italian Women Writers (Eleonora Buonocore, Giulia Cardillo)
• Increasing Learning Opportunities in Language and Culture Education: Blended and Online Approaches Revisited (Luisa Canuto)
• Plurilingualism and Multimodality in Second Language Education: Experiences and Proposals (Giuliana Salvato)
• Representations of Motherhood and Mothering in Contemporary Italy (Veronica Frigeni)
  

Visions and Dreams in Early Modern Italy
Kristen Keach, Giulia Cardillo

We welcome papers that explore the significance, representations, and interpretations of visions, dreams, and dreamscapes in the literature, art, and culture of Early Modern Italy (c. 1400-1800). Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Literary depictions of prophetic visions, mystical experiences, or altered states of consciousness
• The role of dreams in early modern philosophy, medicine, science, socio-political ideologies, and theology
• Visual representations of visionary or dreamlike imagery in early modern art
• The intermedial dialogue between text, image, public pageantry, music, etc.
• Methodological approaches to analyzing and interpreting visions and dreams in early modern primary sources
• Comparative analyses of visions/dreams across different media or cultural contexts in early modern Italy

Abstracts of 250-300 words, along with a brief biographical note, should be submitted via email to the panel organizers Giulia Cardillo cardilgx@jmu.edu and Kristen Keach keachk@wfu.edu by March 20, 2025.

We welcome proposals from scholars at all career stages, including graduate students.

We look forward to your submissions and to an engaging conference exploring the rich and multifaceted role of visions and dreams in early modern Italian culture.

Closing Date for Receiving Proposals for this Session: March 20, 2025

ORGANIZERS
Kristen Keach
Wake Forest University
keachk@wfu.edu

Giulia Cardillo
James Madison University
cardilgx@jmu.edu

Fear of Being Forgotten: Silence and Oblivion in Pre-modern Italian Women Writers
Eleonora Buonocore, Giulia Cardillo

This panel seeks contributions that explore the fear of literary oblivion in women’s intellectual productions from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. How do they express the anxiety of being silenced or erased by a male-dominated canon? What strategies do they adopt to ensure the survival, recognition, and remembrance of their works and names? What citation, translation, publication strategies do they employ? How do they adapt or adopt other women’s models, and engage with each other’s works? The panel will discuss how women intellectuals want to be remembered and how they face issues of authority and anonymity through their agency and generative power.

We welcome contributions that take an interdisciplinary approach, examining these issues in women’s contributions in the fields of literature, the arts, and the sciences. Papers might investigate specific case studies, analyze themes or topoi and trace broader trends in women’s artistic and scientific creations. Proposals are welcome from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including Cultural and Literary Studies, History, Intellectual History, Gender Studies, Art History, and Music History.

We welcome proposals from scholars at all career stages, including graduate students. Please send your (250 words) abstracts and a short biographical note to:
Eleonora.buonocore@ucalgary.ca
cardilgx@jmu.edu

Closing Date for Receiving Proposals for this Session: 20 March 2025

ORGANIZERS
Eleonora Buonocore
University of Calgary
Eleonora.buonocore@ucalgary.ca

Giulia Cardillo
James Madison University
cardilgx@jmu.edu

Increasing Learning Opportunities in Language and Culture Education: Blended and Online Approaches Revisited
Luisa Canuto

Submission Instructions:

• Please send your proposals to Luisa Canuto, luisa.canuto@ubc.ca, by March 20, 2025
• Notifications of acceptance will be sent by March 27, 2025

As the landscape of education continues to evolve, blended or hybrid, and online learning environments continue to present a number of different and unique opportunities and challenges for teaching language as well as culture courses. This panel seeks to explore innovative pedagogical strategies, research findings, and practical applications in the realm of language and cultural education within these formats. Sample themes and questions to explore may include, but are not limited to: integrating cultural competence into online settings; technology-enhanced language learning; community engagement in/through online learning; assessment strategies for blended and online learning; learner autonomy and motivation; challenges encountered in blended and online courses, and solutions implemented; strategies to design, develop, and offer online courses; Impact of online courses on curriculum and enrollment.

Please submit a 200-300 word abstract and include the following information:

• Title of the presentation 
• Description of the topic and its relevance to the theme (200 words maximum)
• Brief biography of the presenter(s) which includes your full name, current affiliation and email address

Closing Date for Receiving Proposals for this Session: 20 March 2025

ORGANIZER

Luisa Canuto
University of British Columbia
luisa.canuto@ubc.ca

Plurilingualism and Multimodality in Second Language Education: Experiences and Proposals
Giuliana Salvato

This session aims to create a space for critical reflection and exchange among scholars who would like to reformulate second language education through novel interpretations of theories that promote plurilingualism and multimodality in teaching and learning practices. This session offers the opportunity for participants to present and discuss their ideas and experiences in second language education, where Italian is the target language or is one of the languages being considered. The session hopes to be a venue where participants can learn from thinking beyond the traditional approaches to second language pedagogy, and from on-going and future research work. This session welcomes presentations whose theoretical framework endorses:

• plurilingualism or multilingualism or translanguaging
• multimodalities or multiliteracies

Please submit a 200-300 word abstract and include the following information:

• Title of the presentation
• Description of the topic and its relevance to the theme (200 words maximum)
• Brief biography of the presenter(s) which includes your full name, current affiliation and email address

Closing Date for Receiving Proposals for this Session:
Please send your proposals by March 20th 2025 to Dr. Giuliana Salvato, gsalvato@uwindsor.ca


ORGANIZER
Giuliana Salvato
University of Windsor, ON, Canada
gsalvato@uwindsor.ca