Con piacere pubblico la notizia dell’incontro “FEMMINISTE ITALIANE E CANADESI A CONFRONTO” che si terrà nella splendida cornice vittoriana della Thomson House, cuore della Università MacGill di Montreal, il 22 e 23 settembre prossimi. E’ una delle tante iniziative promosse dall’ Istituto Italiano di Cultura diretto dal prof. Giovanni Pillonca, animatore appassionato della vita culturale italo- canadese.
Save the dates! Sept 22 & 23, symposium, “In Dialogue: Italian and Canadian Feminists”
Prenez note des dates suivantes: les 22 et 23 septembre, colloque “Dialogue entre Féministes Italiennes et Canadiennes”.
Femministe italiane e canadesi a confronto
In Dialogue: Italian and Canadian feminists
Dialogue entre femministes italiennes et canadiennes
Sept.22-23, 2008
Thomson House, 3650 Mc Tavish
Montreal – Quebec – Canada
Entrée libre. Bienvenue à tous!
SYMPOSIUM
Monday, September 22
Registration 8:45 am Coffee, tea & viennoiseries
Welcome 9:15 am
Christopher Manfredi
Dean, Faculty of Arts, McGill University
Greetings from the Italian Cultural Institute 9.20 a.m.
Giovanni Pillonca Directeur adjoint, Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Opening Remarks 9:25 am Marguerite Deslauriers, Professor
Director, McGill Centre for Research and Teaching
on Women
Panel: Politics and History
Followed by a Q & A chaired by
Professor Mariella Pandolfi
Department of Anthropology
Université de Montreal
9:30 ‐ 12:30
Aurora P. Caredda
The Italian Feminist Movement and Thought from
the 70s to the Present Day: An Introduction
Yolande Cohen
Gender and Religion in Quebec:
Historical Inquiry and Feminist Theory
Ida Dominijanni
Italian Feminism: Caught between the Current Crisis
and a Critique of Politics
Lunch Break 12:30 ‐ 2:00
Panel: Vulnerability and Epistemology
Followed by a Q & A chaired by Professor Marguerite Deslauriers
Director McGill Centre for Research
and Teaching on Women
2:00 ‐ 4:30
Lorraine Code
Vulnerability, Incredulity, Ignorance, and Trust
Adriana Cavarero
On Vulnerability
Tuesday, September 22
Coffee & Tea 9:00 am
Panel: Mothers and Fathers
Followed by a Q & A chaired by
Professor Eugenio Bolongaro
Department of Italian Studies
McGill University
9:30 ‐ 12:30
Manuela Fraire
The Mother Effect in a Fatherless Society
Amy Mullin
Mothers, Children and Trust
Elizabeth Elbourne
Mother’s Milk: A crisis of parenthood on a South
African mission station, 1839‐40
Closing Remarks 12:30 pm
Marguerite Deslauriers, Professor
Director, McGill Centre for Research and Teaching
on Women