"Literary Theorists of Late Renaissance Italy," University of Agder, Norway, July 4-5, 2009.

The Kristiansand Renaissance seminar is a research forum for specialists in the Early Modern period in the Nordic countries and beyond. It is part of the activities of the research programme in Early Modern Urban Culture at University of Agder, Kristiansand, which focuses on relations between literary arts and urbanism in Renaissance Europe. The summer 2009 seminar concerns literary theorists of the late Renaissance. The seminar features papers on Castelvetro, Varchi, Fracastoro, Robortello, Tasso and Gaurini. Speakers include: Morten Bartnfs, University of Agder / University of Tromsx Clare Guest, University of Agder Claudia Rossignoli, University of St Andrews Stefano Rota, Swedish Institute in Rome / Libera Universita Maria Santissima Assunta, Rome Matthew Treherne, Univeristy of Leeds.

For further details, contact clare.e.guest@uia.no.

(From Renaissance Lit Blog: http://earlymodern-lit.blogspot.com/)