2009 AAIS Conference, St. John's University in Manhattan, NY from May 7-10, 2009. Views from the Grand Tour: On Cinema and Architecture Over the centuries, grand tourists have produced numerous literary and artistic works that disseminated knowledge and captured the imagination of Italy. How has cinema, an art form that emerged during the fin-de-siècle and is uniquely adept at capturing architectural and town-planning configurations, depicted the Grand Tour cities? Following the lead of Bruno (1993), Bertozzi (2001), Cresti (2003) and others, we invite panelists to consider the nexus between Italian cinema and architecture, be it formal, structural, aesthetic, ideological, socio-historical, cultural, functional, or gender- related. Interdisciplinary and comparative studies are particularly welcome. Organizers: Alberto Zambenedetti ([log in to unmask]) and Gaoheng Zhang ([log in to unmask]), Department of Italian Studies, New York University. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]