Standing Session

Italian / Our Ruling Classes: Class, Power, Conflict

Sabrina Ovan (Scripps College)
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The Italian Studies session explores the Italian historical, social, political, literary, and cultural scene across a broad range of topics and time periods. This year, we specifically invite inquiries into the role and representations of our ruling classes, class conflict, and social relations in general.

The Italian session therefore invites proposals that relate to (but are not limited by) the following themes:

· Ruling classes and conflict in literature (prose or poetry), film, art

· Cultural mediation

· Transnational literary networks

· Historical and political contexts

The Italian Studies session explores the Italian historical, social, political, literary, and cultural scene across a broad range of topics and time periods. This year, we specifically invite inquiries into the role and representations of our ruling classes, class conflict, and social relations in general.

The Italian session therefore invites proposals that relate to (but are not limited by) the following themes:

· Ruling classes and conflict in literature (prose or poetry), film, art

· Cultural mediation

· Transnational literary networks

· Historical and political contexts