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Studies in Modern Italy

This seminar is concerned with political, social, cultural, and religious aspects of Italian life from 1815 to the present. In recent years, the seminar has stressed an interdisciplinary approach to Italian studies, increasing the participation of anthropologists and scholars of art, film, and literature. The seminar meets on the second Friday of the month, from October to April, to discuss a paper presented by a member or an invited speaker. Papers cover a wide range of topics, approaches, and methodologies. The seminar occasionally holds a daylong conference or a more restricted symposium to explore a topic in depth.

Seminar: #483
Founded: 1966

Seminar Administration

Chair:
Michael Blim
Professor
Graduate Center, CUNY, Anthropology
MBlim@gc.cuny.edu

Rapporteur:
Rebecca Bauman
Columbia University
rhb2001@columbia.edu

Meetings

Modern Italy Seminar
Schedule of Speakers, Fall 2011/Spring 2012

Oct. 14.  Valentina Pagliai - v.pagliai@yahoo.com
American University.  Working title: Everyday Forms of Racism in Italy

Nov. 11.  Fred Gardaphe - fred.gardaphe@gc.cuny.edu
Queens College, CUNY.  Working title: "What'ya mean I'm funny?  Ball-busting Humor and Italian American Masculinities."
Speaker will need projector for film clips (via computer or pen drive)

Dec. 9.  Rebecca Bauman - rhb2001@Columbia.edu 
Recent Columbia University PhD.  "Representations of Fascism in 1970s Italian Film."

Feb. 10.  Mariagrazia Rossillli, University of Parma, m.rossilli@tiscali.it  "European Gender Policies in Italy."

Mar. 9.  Marcella Bencivenni, via frosengart@aol.com
Hostos Community College.  Working title: Transatlantic Radical Culture; Italy and the United States, 1890-1940.

Apr. 13.  Stanislao Pugliese.  Stanislao.pugliese@hofstra.edu 
Hofstra University.  Presentation to focus on Silone or Naples. 

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