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Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh
Right in the heart of Georgian Edinburgh, Charlotte Square
is designated a UNESCO World heritage site.
Charlotte Square was the last part of the initial phase of the
New Town to be completed in 1820. Much of it was the
design of Robert Adam.
For the last three weeks in August each year Charlotte
Square Gardens are the site of the Edinburgh International
Book Festival.
city effects
city defects
Conference on the City and in the New Town
In the decennial of The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies
Roxburghe Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 June 2010
With Bute House now the Official Residence of the First
Minister of Scotland, Charlotte Square is Scotland’s
Downing Street.
Edinburgh City Council
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature
Finmeccanica
Fondazione Carisbo Bologna
Garzanti Libri
Italian Bookshop London
The Roxburghe Hotel
38 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4HQ
tel. 0844 879 9063
Italian Consulate General Edinburgh
Italian Cultural Institute Edinburgh
Liceo Parini Milan
Marina Rinaldi
Politecnico Milan
The George Hotel
George Street, Edinburgh
The Roxburghe Hotel
Charlotte Sq., Edinburgh
The Scottish Book Trust
The Society for Italian Studies
Vittoria and
La Favorita Restaurants Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Alumni and The Development Trust
College of Humanities and Social Science
Principalʼs Office
www.gadda.ed.ac.uk
www.gaddaprize.ed.ac.uk
Conference programme
Conference Organiser – Federica G. Pedriali
Conference Team – Giuseppe Episcopo, Chris Ferguson, Cristina Olivari,
Carlo Pirozzi, Guy Puzey, Daniela Sannino, Giulia Totò
[email protected]
Whether it is baroque Rome, migrant
modern Milan, or classical Georgian
Edinburgh,
City effects city defects takes its cue
from Gadda’s satirical redevelopment of
Milan in L’Adalgisa (1944).
planning and changing the City through
real or fictional development is a
temptation only few manage to resist.
In this book the people of Milan are
forced to migrate within the old urban
(existential) premises under the pressure
of redevelopment (the ageless utopia of
collective and invidual renovation).
Day 1
Friday 18 June
9.00 am !
opening remarks
9.30 am!
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session 1
chair Remo Ceserani!
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Emilio Manzotti (Geneva University)
“En podi propi pü”. Quando il Girolamo smise
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Paola Italia (Siena University)
“Quattro figlie ebbe e ciascuna regina”: un caso di filologia gaddiana
10.30 am !
coffee break
10.45 am!
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session 2
chair Massimo Riva
discussant Giuseppe Episcopo
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Remo Ceserani (Bologna University)
Calvino, Gadda, città visibili e invisibili, altri confronti
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Niva Lorenzini (Bologna University)
I notturni dellʼ“Adalgisa”
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Massimo Riva (Brown University)
Gli “adagia” urbani dellʼ“Adalgisa”
12.45 pm!
conference lunch
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2.00 pm!
session 3
chair Jeffrey Schnapp
discussant Marco Bernini
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Federica G. Pedriali (Edinburgh University)
Rumorismo urbano e visionarietà dellʼinsieme
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Riccardo Stracuzzi (Ferrara University)
“Il fuoco della favola”. Effetti della città e difetti di romanzo nellʼ“Adalgisa”
3.15 pm !
coffee break
3.45 pm !
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session 3
chair Niva Lorenzini
discussant Stefano Colangelo
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Gian Mario Anselmi (Bologna University)
Memoria storica e narrazione: la prospettiva di Gadda e dellʼAdalgisa
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Clelia Martignoni (Pavia University) Andrea Silvestri (Politecnico Milan)
Per le note dellʼ“Adalgisa”: qualche esempio tra storia e tecnica
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Giuseppe Stellardi (Oxford University)
La città che dispare dellʼ“Adalgisa”
5.00 pm!
drawing by federico fellini
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break
5.15 pm !
closing remarks Jeffrey Schnapp (Stanford University) and discussion
6.00 pm!
day 1 closes
8.00 pm!
conference dinner at Vittoria on the Bridge, George IV Bridge
(conference speakers event)
City effects city defects is part of the
International EJGS Conference Series.
The conference coincides with the
launch of the Edinburgh Gadda Prize in
the decennial of the Journal.
The proceedings, edited by Pedriali &
Pinotti, will be published in the EJGS in
December 2010.
The volume will be one of the ten
publications making up the Decennial
Special Edition.
Day 2
Saturday 19 June
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9.30 am!
session 5
chair Gian Mario Anselmi
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Giorgio Pinotti (Adelphi, Milan)
Da Elsa a Liliana
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Claudio Vela (Pavia University)
Milano in Gadda prima dellʼ“Adalgisa” (in pubblico e in privato)
10.30 am !
coffee break
11.00 am!
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roundtable
chairs Marco Bernini, Stefano Colangelo, Giuseppe Episcopo
12.00 pm !
closing remarks Emilio Manzotti
12.15 pm!
conference closes
12.30 pm!
conference lunch
Day 2 continues at the Royal Botanics
Day 2 continues at the Caledonian Hall, Royal Botanic Gardens, with
two further events.
The Blackwell Gadda Workshop, 2.00pm to 4.30pm, is a Junior
Finalists Event, open to the general public. Actress Daniela Nardini,
author Denise Mina and film director Annie Griffin will conduct a creative
writing workshop with the 12 semifinalists of Best Junior Detective
Fiction, Category 4 of the Edinburgh Gadda Prize.
Conference delegates are welcome to attend. Complimentary tickets
are included in the Conference Packs, or can be obtained from the
Conference Registration Desk.
The Blackwell Gadda Workshop will be followed by the first Awards
Ceremony for the four Categories of the Prize – The first Big Gadda
Party, 6.30 to 8.30pm.
Invited guests will take to the red carpet in a themed party at the
Botanics to celebrate the City – all cities –, their splendid parks, Gadda’s
unsurpassable greatness, our enterprising decennial, and above all, the
24 winners of the first Edinburgh Gadda Prize – those 12 brave
Edinburgh kids and those12 international scholars who have
distinguished themselves in a unique literary prize. By invitation only.
Entry to the Gardens before 7.00pm either via East or West Gates.
Entry after 7.00pm (when we remain the Botanics’ sole occupants!) by
East Gate only. Exit by 9.00pm via East Gate.