Pontignano, 1-8 settembre 2002 

Sunday 1 September

ARRIVAL AT PONTIGNANO

13.00-14.30: buffet

15.30: saluto del rettore dell'Università di Siena
15.45 Riccardo Bruscagli: Abbracciando il nemico: la bontà dei cavalieri antichi
17.00: coffee break 
17.30 Gillian Beer:  The Armchair and the Island: Forms of Encounter

20.00: dinner 

 free evening 

Monday 2 September

9.30: Michael Wood: The Road to Delphi
11.00: coffee break
11.30: Elisabeth Rallo: La scène de première rencontre: un 'topos' du roman européen

13.00: Lunch

15.00: seminars by Gillian Beer, Massimo Fusillo and Romano Luperini
17.00: seminars by Helena Buescu, Patrizia Lombardo and John Neubauer 

20.00: dinner 

21.30: film evening 

Tuesday 3 September

9.30: Christopher Prendergast: Encounter and Lyric: Baudelaire's  'A une passante'
11.00: coffee break
11.30: Giorgio Tinazzi : Le città dell'incontro: Antonioni, Wenders, Rohmer

13.00: lunch 

15.00: seminars by Helena Buescu, Patrizia Lombardo and John Neubauer
17.00: seminars by Gillian Beer, Massimo Fusillo and Romano Luperini

20.00: dinner 

21.30: film evening

Wednesday 4 September

9.30: William Dodd: Shakesperean Encounters
11.00: coffee break
11.30: Roberto Bigazzi: Incontri in tempo di guerra

13.00: lunch 

afternoon free  

20.00: farmhouse dinner 

Thursday 5 September

9.30: Svend Erik Larsen: Monsters and Barbarians: Divine and Social Encounters
11.00: coffee break
11.30: Mario Lavagetto Tout à coup

13.00: lunch 

15.00: seminars by Gillian Beer, Massimo Fusillo and Romano Luperini
17.00: seminars by Helena Buescu, Patrizia Lombardo and John Neubauer

20.00: dinner 

free evening 

Friday 6 September

9.30: Jean Starobinski: Comment s'étaient-ils rencontré?

10.45: coffee break 

11.00: round table discussion chaired by Mario Domenichelli,with Remo Ceserani, Peter Madsen, Alain Montandon, Antonio Tabucchi

13.00: lunch 

15.00: seminars by Helena Buescu, Patrizia Lombardo and John Neubauer

17.00: seminars by Gillian Beer, Massimo Fusillo and Romano Luperini

20.00: dinner 

21.00: theatre evening organised by Laura Caretti

Saturday 7 September

9.30: seminar group-work 

13.00: lunch 

15.00: presentation of research projects 

20.00: dinner 

22.00: party 

Sunday 8 September

8.00: breakfast 

DEPARTURE