Call for Session ( file)

Geographies
Revolutions
and Reforms
Rome, June 7-10 2017
Call for sessions
The 32nd Congress of Italian geography, promoted by the Association of Italian
geographers, will take place in Rome (Italy), 7-10 June 2017. The title of the congress refers
to the anniversaries of the Luteran Reform and of the October Revolution.
Scholars are invited to present session proposals regarding any theme of relevance for
geography and related disciplines, with a particular focus on lines of enquiry that are of the
most interest for Italian geography. Transnational, transdisciplinary and unconventional
sessions are particularly welcome.
Session proposals should include a title, key words and a short description, and can be
submitted by October 15th 2016 to [email protected] using this form
(http://goo.gl/6bpX1I). Sessions can be presented in Italian, English, French or Spanish and,
unless otherwise indicated, will lead to the publication of an open call for abstracts.
Convenors can indicate any eventual invited speaker, chair or discussant in the proposal.
Scholars can act as organizer of one session only. Sessions will be 1hourand45minutes,
allowing the presentation of 4-6 papers and, if needed, replicated in more than one slot.
Papers presented during the conference will be published by the Association of Italian
geographers.
Practical information
The Congress will take place at the ScuoladiLettereFilosofiaLingueof the Universitàdi
Roma Tre (Address: Via Ostiense 234-236, Rome), from the morning of June 7th to the
afternoon of June 9th 2017. On the morning of the 10th of June, several fieldtrips will take
place. In the evening of June 8th, the celebration of the 150thanniversary of the foundation
of the Italian geographical society will take place in Villa Celimontana (Rome). Fees and
other practical information are available on the congress’ website.
Keydates are the following:
▪ Deadline for sessionproposals: 15October2016
▪ Selectionof proposals, communicationof acceptance and publication ofcallforabstracts:
November2017
▪ Deadline for the submission of abstractproposals: January2017
▪ Communication of acceptance of abstracts and publication of the Congress’ programme:
February2017
▪ Ordinary registration: FromDecember2016toMarch2017
Organization
Promoters: Marcella Arca, Tiziana Banini, Giuseppe Bettoni, Carmen Bizzarri, Edoardo
Boria, Simone Bozzato, Marco Brogna, Gianluca Casagrande, Filippo Celata, Claudio Cerreti,
Antonio Ciaschi, Adriana Conti Puorger, Anna Maria Cossiga, Flavia Cristaldi, Annalisa
D’Ascenzo, Gino De Vecchis, Angela D’Orazio, Isabelle Dumont, Marina Faccioli, Roberta
Gemmiti, Alfonso Giordano, Carlo Lefebvre, Pierluigi Magistri, Carla Masetti, Armando
Montanari, Paola Morelli, Riccardo Morri, Daniele Paragano, Cristiano Pesaresi, Maria
Prezioso, Luca Romagnoli, Franco Salvatori, Lidia Scarpelli, Paolo Sellari, Barbara Staniscia.
President of the Congress: Paola Morelli.
Scientific committee: Marcella Arca, Claudio Cerreti, Francesco Citarella, Gino De Vecchis,
Marina Faccioli, Franco Farinelli, Carlo Lefebvre, Paola Morelli, Maria Prezioso, Franco
Salvatori (coordinator), Lidia Scarpelli.
Organization: Filippo Celata (coordinator), Annalisa D'Ascenzo, Arturo Gallia, Daniela
Pasquinelli d’Allegra, Sandra Leonardi, Angela D'Orazio, Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Riggio.
Links
Website: www.congressogeografico.it
Email: [email protected]
Form for the submission of session proposals: http://goo.gl/6bpX1I