AAIS 2001

Friday, April 20 / 8:00 am

Breakfast
Inn at Penn/Reception Area

Friday, April 20 / 8:30 - 10:00 am

Conference Sessions

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POPCORN WITH MUSSOLINI: FASCISM, FILM AND IDEOLOGY

Organizer and Chair: Carole C. Gallucci, College of William & Mary

FASCISM FOR SALE: MARGHERITA SARFATTI AND CRADLE WILL ROCK, Carole C. Gallucci, College of William & Mary

HEROES AND TRAITORS: BERTOLUCCI'S THE SPIDER'S STRATAGEM, Elizabeth Leake, University of California at Berkeley

ENVISIONING UTOPIA: GENDER AND IDEOLOGY IN WERTMULLER'S LOVE AND ANARCHY, Dana Renga, University of California at Los Angeles

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CHIVALRIC LITERATURE

Organizer and Chair: Gloria Allaire, Gettysburg College

L'ORIGINE DEI VOLGARIZZAMENTI: THE POWER OF PRESTIGE, Davide Bénéteau, Seton Hall University

'LO PIÙ DISAMORATO CAVALIERE DEL MONDO': DINADANO FRA TRISTAN EN PROSE E TAVOLA RITONDA, Eleonora Stoppino, University of California at Berkeley

IL MONDO FEMMINILE DE LO BALZINO, POEMA SINCRONO DEL RINASCIMENTO MERIDIONALE, Gabriella Finizio, University of Delaware

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THE RISORGIMENTO IN FILM AND NARRATIVE, I

Organizer and Chair: Walter Zampieri, College of the Holy Cross

CONSTRUCTING HISTORY. THE RISORGIMENTO IN FEDERICO DE ROBERTO'S I VICERÉ, Annamaria Pagliaro, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

RISORGIMENTO AL FEMMINILE? THE CASE OF ANNA BANTI'S NOI CREDEVAMO, Norma Bouchard, University of Connecticut

FROM THE RISORGIMENTO TO THE 'BOOM' YEARS: LUCIANO BIANCIARDI AND THE BLASPHEMY OF MIRACLES, Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University

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THEORY, LITERATURE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FEMALE TRADITION

Organizer and Chair: Cinzia Sartini Blum, The University of Iowa

RECONSTRUCTING A FEMALE TRADITION: THE APOCRYPHAL RIMATRICI OF THE TRECENTO, Deborah Contrada, The University of Iowa

MOUNTAIN, SHE WROTE. SCANDERE/SCRIVERE AL FEMMINILE, Luisella Bovio Arnold, University of California at Santa Barbara

MAPPING WOMEN'S JOURNEYS: THEORY, LITERATURE, AND THE QUEST FOR NEW FIGURATIONS OF SUBJECTIVITY, Cinzia Sartini Blum, The University of Iowa

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JEWISH STUDIES / ITALIAN STUDIES

Organizer: AAIS COMMITTEE
Chair: Nicholas Patruno, Bryn Mawr College

SICKNESS AND HEALTH IN DE SICA'S GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINI: REPRESENTING ITALIAN STATE ANTI-SEMITISM, Wiley Feinstein, University of Chicago, Loyola

AUTHORITATIVE TESTIMONY AND AUTHORITARIAN DISCOURSE IN PRIMO LEVI’S SE QUESTO E’ UN UOMO, Jonathan Druker, Illinois State University

APOLOGIES OF FAITH AND GENDER IN SARA COPIO SULLAM'S POETRY, Lori Ultsch, Hofstra University

THE REPRESSION OF GUSTAV MAHLER: READING DEATH IN VENICE THROUGH GIORGIO BASSANI'S GOLD-RIMMED EYEGLASSES, Lucienne Kroha, McGill University

Friday, April 20 / 10:00 - 10:15 am

Refreshments
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Friday, April 20 / 10:15 - 11:45 am

Conference Sessions

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BOCCACCIO

Organizer and Chair: Manuele Gragnolati, Dartmouth College

ROMANCE IN THE DECAMERON: DAY II, Molly Zaldivar, University of Texas at San Antonio

THE SODOMITIC CENTER OF THE DECAMERON, Michael Sherberg, Washington University

DE CANARIA: BOCCACCIO'S NATIVE AND LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN EXPANSIONISM, Patrizia Palumbo, Columbia University

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. BOCCACCIO, PIMP OF PARNASSUS, Tobias Gittes, Columbia University

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WORD AND IMAGE, II

Organizer: Franco Ricci, University of Ottawa
Chair: Glenn Pierce, University of Missouri

IMAGING THE FEMALE VOICE: PORTRAITS OF RENAISSANCE WOMEN POETS, Marina Della Putta Johnston, St. Joseph's University

IMAGINES AGENTES: GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE ANAMORPHIC VISION, Kristin Phillips, Yale University

L'INCANTO DI ARMIDA: COME LIBERARSI NELL'OPERA DALLA TEATRALITÀ DI TASSO, Irene Zanini, Berkeley

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MOLISE: SOCIETA', LINGUA E LETTERATURA DA RISCOPRIRE

Organizer: Roberta Iannacito University of Toronto
Chair: Anne Urbancic, University of Toronto

UN SECOLO DI POESIA DIALETTALE MOLISANA, Luigi Bonaffini, Brooklyn College (SUNY)

L'ASSIMILAZIONE PERMANSIVA DI /A/ TONICA NEI DIALETTI MOLISANI E ABRUZZESI, Roberta Iannacito, University of Toronto

MOLISE LOST AND REGAINED: DEPARTURE AND RETURN IN CORSI AND RIMANELLI, Sante Matteo, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

MOLISANO AMONG ITALIAN DIALECTS IN TORONTO, Jana Vizmuller-Zocco, York University, Toronto, Canada

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THE RISORGIMENTO IN FILM AND NARRATIVE, II

Organizer: Walter Zampieri, College of the Holy Cross
Chair: Norma Bouchard, University of Connecticut

REMEMBERING VERDI IN POST-WAR ITALIAN FILM, Laura Basini, University of California at Berkeley

INTERPRETING THE RISORGIMENTO: BLASETTI’S 1860 AND THE LEGACY OF MOTHERLY LOVE, Gabriella Romani, Barnard College

THE FRAGMENTATION OF UNIFICATION IN VINCENZO CONSOLO'S IL SORRISO DELL'IGNOTO MARINAIO, Ruth Glynn, University of Bristol, UK

THE ITALIAN STATE AS A 'GEDANKENSTAAT': HEGEL AND LEOPARDI IN CONSOLO'S IL SORRISO DELL'IGNOTO MARINAIO, David Marini, Trinity College

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BAROQUE PERSPECTIVES

Organizer and Chair: Nancy L. D'Antuono, Saint Mary's College-Notre Dame

UNCONVENTIONAL BEAUTY: THE DARK WOMAN IN BAROQUE POETRY, Patrizia Bettella, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

ALLOPATHY OR HOMEOPATHY? ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON GUARINI’S CATHARTIC PRINCIPLE, Federico Schneider, Harvard University

IMPROVISING ISABELLA ANDREINI, Rosalind Kerr, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

IL TARDO SEICENTO NAPOLETANO: LA PALATINA E "DELL'ORIGINE DELL'IMPERIJ", Rena A. Lamparska, Boston College

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FROM THE HEART OF SARDEGNA: THE LIFE AND WORK OF GRAZIA DELEDDA, WINNER OF THE 1926 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

Organizer: Diana Silverman, Columbia University
Chair: Elise Magistro, Scripps College

CENERE BY GRAZIA DELEDDA AND ELEONORA DUSE, OR THE OXYMORIC RE-WRITING OF THE 'NOVEL OF FORMATION', Margherita Heyer-Caput, University of California at Davis

FROM THE ASHES: ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SARDEGNA IN GRAZIA DELEDDA'S CENERE, Diana C. Silverman, Columbia University

COSIMA: LA VOCE NEGATA, Cinzia Di Giulio, Merrimack College

'ILLNESS AS METAPHOR' IN GRAZIA DELEDDA'S IL PAESE DEL VENTO AND LA CHIESA DELLA SOLITUDINE, E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, April 20 / 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Conference Round Table

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MODERNIST DECLENSIONS: A SEMINAR ON MODERNISM

Organizer and Moderator: Luca Somigli, University of Toronto

Participants:

L'EFFIMERO E LA MEMORIA: ALCUNE CONSIDERAZIONI SU F.T. MARINETTI NARRATORE, Enrico Cesaretti, University of Virginia

TRANSTEXTUAL PATTERNS: GUIDO GOZZANO'S SECOND-HAND INDIA, Cristina Della Coletta, University of Virginia

OF THRESHOLDS AND BOUNDARIES: LUIGI PIRANDELLO BETWEEN MODERNITY AND MODERNISM, Manuela Gieri, University of Toronto

OVERCOMING AESTHETICISM, Thomas Harrison, University of California - Los Angeles

THE ISSUE OF HERMETICISM AND THE QUEST FOR THE ABSOLUTE, Ernesto Livorni, University of Wisconsin - Madison

SENSUOUS MALADIES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITALIAN DECADENTISM, Mario Moroni, University of Memphis

THE ANTI-MODERNIST: EDWARD, GORDON CRAIG, Donato Santeramo, Queen's University

THE SILENCED MODERNISM: F. T. MARINETTI'S NOVELLE COLLE LABBRA TINTE, Graziella Sidoli, New York University

COVERTING RHETORICS: OSCAR WILDE AND GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO, Paolo Valesio, Yale University

Friday, April 20 / 12:00 - 3:00 pm

Gay and Lesbian Italian Studies (GLIS) Caucus

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LATEST TRENDS IN ITALIAN HOMEROTIC WRITINGS: FICTION AND THOUGHT, Matteo Bianchi

Organizer and Moderator: Eugenio Giusti, Vassar College

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE ITALIAN EFFECTS OF WORLD GAY-PRIDE PARADE, 2000, Daniela Danna

Organizer and Moderator: Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Friday, April 20 / 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Conference Sessions

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GIAMBATTISTA VICO: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AS HEROIC LEARNING

Organizer: Silvia Ruffo Fiore, University of South Florida
Chair: Emanuel Rota, University of California, Berkeley

VICO E L'EROISMO FILOSOFICO: L'EROE DEL NUOVO MILLENIO, Massimo Lollini, University of Oregon

MACHIAVELLI AND VICO AS UNARMED PROPHETS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Silvia Ruffo Fiore, University of South Florida

Respondent: VICHIAN LESSONS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM: POLITICS, EDUCATION, AND MACHIAVELLIAN STATE CRAFT, Paul Wright, Villanova University

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REVISIONARY WOMEN IN 20th CENTURY LITERATURE AND FILM

Organizer and Chair: Laura Salsini, University of Delaware

L'ATTORE AMERICANO: THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAMPO'S LIBERATED WOMEN, Stefania Lucamante, The Catholic University of America

WRITING GENDER ON THE BODY, Virginia Picchietti, University of Scranton

SUBJECTIVITY, IDENTITY, MIGRANCY: FROM UN'ALTRA VITA TO ELVJS & MERILIJN, Aine O'Healy, Loyola Marymount University

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CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POETRY

Organizer: Luigi Fontanella, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Chair: Barbara Carle, University of North Texas

MARAINI - STEIN, 'DI DUE UNA DI UNA DUE', Daniela De Pau, University of Illinois at Urbana

VITA E POESIA DI ALFREDO DE PALCHI, Luigi Fontanella, SUNY at Stony Brook

LA CONDIZIONE DEL POETA E' LA CONDIZIONE DELL'ETERNO INNAMORATO: "AMORE" NELLA POESIA DI ALDA MERINI, Daniela Orlandi, Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago

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DANTE AND THE BODY

Organizer: Manuele Gragnolati, Dartmouth College
Chair: Tobias Gittes, Columbia University

DANTE’S DREAM OF THE SIREN AS AVERSIVE THERAPY, Olivia Holmes, Yale University

"IVI È PERFETTA, MATURA E INTERA / CIASCUNA DISIANZA:" LANGUAGE, DESIRE AND THE BODY IN THE PARADISO, Elena Lombardi, McGill University

WHAT IS BEATRICE SAYING ABOUT BODY, SOUL, AND RESURRECTION IN PARADISO 7.145-148?, Christian Moevs, University of Notre Dame

DANTE THE PILGRIM'S BODY IN THE PARADISO, Manuele Gragnolati, Dartmouth College

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ARTISTIC AVANT-GARDES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY ITALY

Organizer and Chair: Christine Poggi, University of Pennsylvania

THE ITALIAN AVANT-GARDE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Emily Braun, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY

THE SOOTHSAYER'S RECOMPENSE: GIORGIO DE CHIRICO AND ITALIAN MODERNIST CRITICISM, Michael Taylor, Philadelphia Museum of Art

SEDUCTIONS OF THE NEO-AVANT-GARDE: GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF FORM, Lucia Re, University of California, Los Angeles

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CINEMA, POLITICS, AND ETHICS: THE FILMS OF FRANCESCO ROSI

Organizer: Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Princeton University
Chair: Simone Marchesi, Princeton University

THE CINEMA OF FRANCESCO ROSI: POWER, POLITICS, REPRESENTATION, Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Princeton University

L'IMPEGNO ETICO-POLITICO DI FRANCESCO ROSI IN SALVATORE GIULIANO E IL CASO MATTEI E LA SUA RAPPRESENTAZIONE ESTETICA, Gaetano Maruca, Liceo Classico di Locri, Reggio Calabria, Italy

ROSI'S TRUCE: ADAPTATION VERSUS RECEPTION, Walter Geerts, University of Antwerpen

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THE RECEPTION OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE IN ASIA

Organizer: Brenda Deen Schildgen, University of California at Davis
Chair: Paola Bianco-Sobejano, Wilkes University

UNDERSTANDING OR MISUNDERSTANDING? THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINESE CONCEPTION OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, Zhou Gang, University of California at Davis

THE BENGALI AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, Brenda Deen Schildgen, University of California at Davis

PRAGMATIC RESPONSES TO RENAISSANCE ART IN OTTOMAN IMAGERY AND INDUSTRY, Rosamond E. Mack, Independent Scholar

Friday, April 20 / 3:30 - 3:45 pm

Refreshments
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Friday, April 20 / 3:45 - 5:15 pm

Conference Sessions

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WOMEN BEYOND THE TEXT

Organizer and Chair: Rosetta D'Angelo, Ramapo College of New Jersey

THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN FILM: CINEMA PARADISO, Giacomo Striuli, Providence College

ROSSANA ROSSANDA: POLITICS AND LITERATURE, Mark Epstein, Princeton University

MATILDA CUOMO: AN IDEAL ROLE MODEL FOR SUCCESSFUL MATRIARCHS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, Vito De Simone, LIU at C.W. Post

ELISABETTA GONZAGA IN THE SPLENDOR AND INTRIGUES OF THE RENAISSANCE, Rosetta D'Angelo, Ramapo College of New Jersey

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CULTURAL STUDIES AND RENEWED PHILOLOGY: NEWLY COMPLEMENTARY WAYS OF APPROACHING DANTE

Organizer and Chair: Kevin Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania

EDITING DANTE'S RIME: REFLECTIONS ON A STRAND OF ITALIAN CULTURAL HISTORY, Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS: MAKING AND READING THE VITA NOVA IN THE 14TH AND 21ST CENTURY, H. Wayne Storey, Indiana University

THE LILY AND THE EAGLE: READING POLITICAL HISTORY WITH UGO CIAPPETTA AND GIUSTINIANO, Kevin Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania

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MACHIAVELLI IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Organizer and Chair: Silvia Ruffo Fiore, University of South Florida

IL PROBLEMA DELLA VIOLENZA DELLA FONDAZIONE DELLO STATO NEL PENSIERO DI MACHIAVELLI, Emanuel Rota, University of California, Berkeley

LE VARIE FUNZIONI DIALOGICHE NEL PRINCIPE DI MACHIAVELLI, Dario Brancato, University of Toronto

MACHIAVELLI AND THE "PRINCE" OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Vincenzo E. De Nardo, Southern Methodist University

JUDITH AND MACHIAVELLI: A PRINCE FOR HER PARADIGM, Ellen Case, University of Toronto

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VOICES AND DISCOURSE OF ITALIAN WOMEN WRITERS

Organizer and Chair: Mario Aste, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

POST-WAR TRAUMA IN WOMEN WRITERS, Mimi Halpern, New York University

FEMININE/FEMINIST DISCOURSE: NATALIA GINSBURG'S WOMEN AND MEN, Umberto Mariani, Rutgers University

EMIGRATION: THE FEMALE VOICE IN THE NARRATIVE FAMILIA, Sheryl Postman, University of Massachusetts at Lowell

ISOLAMENTO E ANGOSCIA NELL'OPERA DELLA BANTI, Giuliana Sanguinetti Katz, University of Toronto

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FARE GLI ITALIANI/GLI ITALIANI NON SI FANNO

Organizers: Laura Wittman, UC Santa Barbara and Mia Fuller, UC Berkeley
Chair: Lucia Re, University of California, Los Angeles

SCIPIO SLATAPER AND THE TRAGEDY OF A NATIONAL IDENTITY, Elena Coda, University of Wisconsin-Madison

CATHOLIC MYSTICISM, COSMOPOLITAN MYSTICISM: ITALIAN IDENTITY AND THE MODERNIST CRISIS, Laura Wittman, University of California, Santa Barbara

THE CONVENIENCE OF COLONIALISM: CONSTRUCTING ITALY FROM THE OUTSIDE IN (1869-1922), Mia Fuller, University of California, Berkeley

EDUCATING ITALIANS: SCHOOLING, LANGUAGE(S), AND NATIONAL IDENTITY, Maria Galli Stampino, University of Miami

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ITALIAN SILENT CINEMA AND FILM CULTURE

Organizer and Chair: John P. Welle, University of Notre Dame

VERNACULAR REALISM AND SOUTHERN GEO-POETICS IN SPERDUTI NEL BUIO (1914) AND ASSUNTA SPINA (1915), Giorgio Bertellini, New York University

ACOUSTIC ASPIRIN: DIVAS AND DISEASE, Tamao Nakahara, University of California, Berkeley

TALES OF SILENT CINEMA: ITALIAN POPULAR FICTION AND FILM HISTORY, John P. Welle, University of Notre Dame

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NUOVI CONTRIBUTI AGLI STUDI SECENTESCHI

Organizer: Elisabetta Properzi Nelsen, San Francisco State University
Chair: Margherita Heyer-Caput, University of California-Davis

L''ORROR DELL'ABORRITA MORTE'. GLI ESERCIZI SUL NON-ESSERE DI CIRO DI PERS, Andrea Dini, Hofstra University

LE 'FANTASIE POETICHE' SECENTESCHE DI VIRGINIA BAZZANI CAVAZZONI, Natalia Costa-Zalessow, San Francisco State University

METAMORFOSI E TRASGRESSIONE IN UN ROMANZO BAROCCO: LA LUCERNA DI FRANCESCO PONA, Stefania Buccini, University of Wisconsin

Friday, April 20 / 5:15 - 5:30 pm

Refreshments
Inn at Penn/Reception Area

Friday, April 20 / 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Conference Round Tables

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LITERATURE, SCHOLARSHIP, AND ETHICS

Sponsored by Annali d'Italianistica

Organizer and Moderator: Dino S. Cervigni, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Participants:
Peter Carravetta, Queens College, CUNY
Olivia Holmes, Yale University
Massimo Lollini, University of Oregon
Nicoletta Pireddu, Georgetown University

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GIOVANNI RABONI, WHO WILL BE PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE, IN OCCASION OF HIS BOOK TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY TINA CHIAPPETTA SELECTED POEMS

Organizer: Luigi Fontanella, State University of New York
Moderator: Tina Chiappetta, New York University

Participants:
Luigi Fontanella, SUNY at Stony Brook
Giuseppe Nava, Università di Siena
Paolo Valesio, Yale University

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GIOVANE ITALIANISTICA NORDAMERICANA

Organizer and Moderator: Maria Predelli, McGill University

Participants:
Cristina Caracchini, Universite' de Montreal
Stefano Cracolici, Dartmouth College
Piero Garofalo, University of New Hampshire
Roberto Ludovico, Brown University

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MUSICAL SETTINGS OF THE PETRARCHAN LYRIC: INFLUENCES AND INTERPRETATIONS

Organizer and Moderator: Nancy Dersofi, Bryn Mawr College

Participants:
Richard Freedman, Haverford College
James Haar, The University of North Carolina
Gary Tomlinson, The University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Vickers, Bryn Mawr College

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TAVOLA ROTONDA IN ONORE DI ALBERT MANCINI, PRESIDENTE ONORARIO DELL’AAIS

Organizer and Moderator: Daniela Bini, University of Texas at Austin

Participants:
Santa Casciani, John Carroll University
Remo Ceserani, Universita' di Bologna
Paolo Giordano, Loyola University, Chicago
Luigi Monga, Vanderbilt University
Glenn P. Pierce, University of Missouri
Anthony J. Tamburri, Florida Atlantic University

Friday, April 20 / 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Reception
International House of Philadelphia

Friday, April 20 / 8:30 - 9:15 pm

Welcoming Remarks
Hon. Lorenzo Mott, Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia
Keynote Address
Italian Film Director Gianni Amelio
International House of Philadelphia

Friday, April 20 / 9:30 - 11:30 pm

COSÌ RIDEVANO
(The Way They Laughed)
Directed by Gianni Amelio
International House of Philadelphia

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