June 18th -19th, 2009, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Auditorium, The Bangkok Art and Culture Center - Bangkok

The Italian Section, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

in collaboration with

The International Institute for Advanced Asian Studies (CESMEO)

The Italian Embassy in Bangkok and The Royal Thai Embassy in Rome

International Symposium

"140 Years of Thai-Italian Relations"

June 18th -19th, 2009, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Auditorium, The Bangkok Art and Culture Center - Bangkok

On the occasion of 140 years of Thai-Italian Relations, the Italian Section, Department of Western Languages, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the International Institute for Advanced Asian Studies (CESMEO, Turin), The Italian Embassy in Bangkok and The Royal Thai Embassy in Rome, is organizing an International Symposium on June 18th – 19th, 2009 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center.

The key objectives of this International Symposium are to broaden perspectives and offer new ideas to students, lecturers, researchers and those who are interested in art and culture, as well as in Italian studies, Italian language and literature. Through the symposium, academics, researchers, students and the public will have the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas. The International Symposium also reflects the long history of close ties between the two countries, Thailand and Italy.

FOUR CLUSTERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

The International Symposium will be organized into four clusters, representing four different areas of interests:

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Siam – Italy in Scenario of Art

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Cultural Perspective in Italian Cinema

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A Comparative Dimension in Italian Language and Literature

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Multi-Dimension in Contemporary Times

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited on the proposed conference topics below. Interested authors please note the following requirements.

Proposed Topics

Topics to be discussed in the proceedings include those related to perspectives of Italian language and literature; art and culture. These topics will be categorized under the four clusters below and presented in the International Symposium:

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Siam – Italy in Scenario of Art

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Cultural Perspective in Italian Cinema

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A Comparative Dimension in Italian Language and Literature

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Multi-Dimension in Contemporary Times

Abstracts

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Authors should submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, typewritten in English. This abstract should provide sufficient information to allow assessment of the scope and the contents of the paper.

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The abstract should be sent to the Organizing Committee via e-mail: intersymposium.bkk@gmail.com by May 22nd, 2009.

Full papers

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Required full papers are accepted in Italian or English of no more than 10 pages long. They will be published as proceedings in your original submitted language.

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Authors are responsible for the content of each article published in the proceedings. The Organizing Committee does not assume any responsibility for the content.

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The Organizing Committee reserves for itself, however, the right to review papers before publishing them. Any content adverse to the common sense of good taste or clearly offensive towards persons or institutions will not be tolerated.

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The full paper should be sent to the Organizing Committee via e-mail: intersymposium.bkk@gmail.com by August 31st, 2009.

Submission format

For all documents submitted, please adhere to the following requirements to facilitate the review process:

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Typewritten using Microsoft Word (.doc)

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Line spacing: 1.5 Lines

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Text: Times New Roman 12

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Footnotes: Times New Roman 10

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Footnotes, progressively numbered (1, 2, 3…), should be placed at the bottom of the page. Footnotes exponents should precede punctuation. The bibliographical references should be placed in footnotes.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Abstract submission: within May 22nd, 2009.

Curriculum vitae submission: within May 22nd, 2009

Full paper submission: within August 31st, 2009

We shall send the notification of acceptance by May 25th, 2009.

All documents must be sent to the Organizing Committee via e-mail: intersymposium.bkk@gmail.com, as mentioned above.

Any inquiries can be directed to the attention of the Organizing Committee: intersymposium.bkk@gmail.com.

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