The XXI international conference addresses the theme of the presence of the body (and the soul) in literature and other humanistic disciplines. The three-day event, from tomorrow to Friday, is conceived by the research group "Escritoras y Escritura" and organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the university together with professors Alessandra Cattani, Monica Farnetti, Marta Galiñanes Gallén, Loredana Salis and Nadia La Mantia.
The first day will be hosted in the great hall of the University of Sassari, on Thursday and Friday it will continue in the Dumas Department, in Piazza Conte di Moriana. Writers as well as dozens of scholars from numerous Italian, Spanish, Greek and British universities will participate.
The following presentations are worth mentioning: Thursday at 9.30am Raquel Gutiérrez Sebastián (University of Cantabria) presents "Escribir el dolor para sobrevivir: Memorias de abajo de Leonora Carrington" .
Friday at 3pm María Milagros Rivera Garretas (formerly University of Barcelona) illustrates "The clitórico placer: the union without esfuerzo".
The conference “Celestial bodies, terrestrial bodies” is sponsored by the universities of Sassari, Bologna, Seville, Oviedo and Salamanca and by the Porto Conte Park.
