Edward M. Bowen III Department of French & Italian 1445 Jayhawk Blvd Rm. 2083 Lawrence, KS 66045 [email protected] (540) 622-7088

EDUCATION Ph.D., Italian (May 2015), Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana Minor in Communication and Culture Dissertation Title: Nuovi Cinema Paradiso?: Closure, Urban Renewal, and Grassroots Movements in , 1993-2014 M.A., Italian (2008), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin M.A., History (2000), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thesis Title: “We Rise and Fall Together”: Black Women Activists and Interracial Anti-slavery Societies in Philadelphia and Boston, 1831-1855 B.A., History, with Distinction, (1998), James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

TEACHING EXPERIENCE The University of Kansas – Lawrence, Kansas August 2016 – present Advanced Lecturer of Italian / Academic Program Associate I teach courses on literature, film, contemporary culture, urban studies, and all levels of Italian language. I also serve as co-director of the summer study abroad program in Florence, and I am responsible for assessments of the Italian program. I create reports on core goal outcomes for individual courses and for the Italian major. Wake Forest University – Winston-Salem, North Carolina July 2015 – June 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian I taught four sections of Intermediate Italian and two sections of Elementary Italian. I created all exams and added features to syllabi, including oral exams, vocab quizzes and a short film project. Bennington College – Bennington, Vermont Feb. 2015 - June 2015 Visiting Position in Italian I designed and taught a course titled “Cinematic Rome: Space, Urban Life and Film Culture,” cross-listed with Architecture and Film Studies, and a second-semester language course titled “Contemporary Youth in .” I also served as an advisor to Italian majors. Indiana University – Bloomington, Indiana Aug. 2012 – June 2013 Associate Instructor – Department of French & Italian I taught the first three grammar courses of our department’s language requirement using the communicative teaching method. Collaborated with a team of instructors on all assessments. Middlebury College - Middlebury, Vermont Summer 2011 Instructor, Italian Summer Language Program I designed and taught a course “Contemporary Italian Cinema: Urban Social Issues and Today’s Youth” focusing on migration, marginality, the housing crisis, and precarious work. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin Sept. 2004 - May 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of French & Italian Sept. 2006 - May 2007 I taught Elementary and Intermediate Italian. I created lesson plans, co-wrote exams, and codeveloped the syllabus.

COURSES TAUGHT The University of Kansas ITAL 495 Directed Readings (in Florence, taught several times) ITAL 450 Studies in Italian Cinema ITAL 340 Modern Rome ITAL 340 Contemporary Italian Cinema ITAL 340 Florence: Portrait of a City ITAL 340 Migration to and from Italy ITAL 340 The Migrant Experience ITAL 336 Italy and the Italians (taught twice) ITAL 315 Advanced Conversation and Composition ITAL 301 Introduction to Italian Literature and Textual Analysis ITAL 240 Intermediate Italian II (taught several times) ITAL 230 Intermediate Italian I ITAL 155 Accelerated Elementary Italian

Wake Forest University ITAL 153 Intermediate Italian (taught several times) ITAL 113 Accelerated Elementary Italian ITAL 112 Elementary Italian II

Bennington College ITAL 4493 Cinematic Rome ITAL 4121 Contemporary Youth in Italy (Intermediate Italian)

Indiana University ITAL 200 Intermediate Italian 1 ITAL 150 Elementary Italian 2 (taught twice) ITAL 100 Elementary Italian 1 (taught several times)

Middlebury College ITAL 3171 Contemporary Italian Cinema

University of Wisconsin-Madison ITAL 102 Intermediate Italian (taught twice) ITAL 101 Elementary Italian (taught twice)

PUBLICATIONS Edited Volumes The Cinema of . Co-edited with Rémi Lanzoni. Detroit: Wayne State University Press (forthcoming Spring 2020). Peer Reviewed Articles “C’era una volta il cinema Corso. Storia di una sala cinematografica romana durante il fascismo.” Cinema e storia. Rivista di studi interdisciplinari, Vol. 1, (2018), pp. 103- 23. “‘Take Notice of the Red Light!’ A History of Adult Cinemas in Rome.” Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Vol. 5:1 (2017), pp. 3-21. “The Editorial Principles of Anton Federigo Seghezzi and his Giuntina Project.” Textual Cultures (forthcoming Spring 2020). Book Chapters “Ettore Scola’s Legacy: A Statesman for Italian Cinema” in The Cinema of Ettore Scola, edited by Rémi Lanzoni and Edward Bowen. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, (forthcoming Spring 2020). “Tales of Courage: Trade Stories of Italian Independent Cinema” for Italian Independent Cinema: Legacies and Transformations, edited by Anthony Cristiano and Carlo Coen. (under review) Review Essays “Six Recent Documentaries on Migration” in Studies in Documentary Film, Vol. 5, 2-3 (2011). Interviews “Intervista con ” in Incontri cinematografici e culturali tra due mondi, edited by Antonio Vitti, Pesaro, Metauro Press, 2012. “Intervista con Enrico Lo Verso” in Incontri culturali da oltre oceano, edited by Antonio Vitti. Pesaro, Metauro Press, 2008. Reviews Simona Bondavalli, Fictions of Youth. , Adolescence, Fascisms. University of Toronto Press in Luci e Ombre, Vol. 3,3 (2015). Philip Balma and Giovanni Spani, eds.: L'Italia letteraria e cinematografica dal secondo Novecento ai giorni nostri. Nerosubianco in Italica Vol. 90,3 (2013).

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE Editorial Assistant, Luci e ombre (online journal) Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2016 Editorial Assistant, Italica Aug. 2013 – Aug. 2014 Assistant editor, Quaderni del ‘900 (U.S. editorial board) Aug. 2011 - May 2012

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE Indiana University – Bloomington, Indiana Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2014 Lab Assistant, Center for Language Technology and Instructional Enrichment Provided support to language instructors with the use of camcorders, digital audio recorders, video conversion, and editing software in the multimedia lab. Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana Aug. 2010 – June 2012 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of French & Italian Assisted Italian film professor for a total of eight courses for undergraduates and graduates on the following topics: Films of (graduate); Comedy Italian Style; Filmic Representations of Italian History; Mafia and Anti-Mafia on the Screen (graduate and undergraduate); Contemporary Italian Cinema (3 sections). I prepared materials, led discussions on readings, and I taught a one-credit supplementary course in Italian on contemporary cinema. Middlebury College - Middlebury, Vermont Summer 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Program Assistant, Italian Summer Language Program Beyond office duties and event preparation, I served as a teaching assistant to guest professors, including filmmakers Tonino Valerii and Claudio Bondì, and writer Dacia Maraini. Università degli Studi di Siena. Siena, Italy Sept. 2007 – Feb. 2008 English Lab Assistant Conversation in English with the undergraduates and with employees of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Cataloguing of new language materials. Preparation of course packets for students. University of Michigan, Villa Corsi-Salviati, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy Sept. 2005 – May 2006 House Fellow, Study Abroad Program Assistant Assistant to the program director and villa director. Worked as resident assistant, accompanied students on field trips, maintained library and organized various events. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Co-organizer International Symposium, “The Cinema of Ettore Scola,” Casa Artom, Wake Forest University, Venice, Italy, October 22-23, 2016. Presenter Symposium, “The Cinema of Ettore Scola,” Casa Artom, Venice, Italy, October 22, 2016 “Scola’s Legacy: A Statesman for Italian Cinema” SCMS, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1, 2016 “Film Culture at a Roman Cinema Palace during Fascism.” SCMLA, Nashville, Tennessee, November 1, 2015 “The Cinema America Occupation in Rome: Resonance of Protest Frames.” New Terrain - Landscape, Space, and Place Graduate Student Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, February 27-28, 2014 “Reconstructing a Cinema and its History: Louis Vuitton’s Conversion of the Cinema Etoile in Rome.” SAMLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 2013 “The Fate of Former Red Light Cinemas near Rome's Termini Station.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. February 22, 2013 “The Occupation of the Cinema Palazzo in Rome: Elements of a Social Movement.” Symposium on Contemporary Italian Cinema, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana “Tracking the ‘King of Cinema’: The Practices of Exhibitor Giovanni Amati and the Growth of His Cinema Circuit.” April 21, 2018. “From Cinema Palace to Maison Louis Vuitton: Marketing the Conversion of the Cinema Etoile in Rome.” April 25, 2014. “‘Hands off the Met!’: Responses to the Closure of the Cinema Metropolitan in Rome.” April 17-20, 2013 “‘This is the last Italian film you will see’: The Rhetoric of Recent Protests in Defense of the Nation’s Film Industry and Cultural Patrimony.” April 11-14, 2012 “Transnational Reception of ’s Gomorrah.” April 13-16, 2011 “West Side Story, Barona Style: The Cult Film Fame Chimica, Its Soundtrack and the Social Problems of Contemporary Italy.” April 7-11, 2010. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Italian Cultural Institute, New York, New York. Presentation of Sergio Basso’s documentary Giallo a Milano: Made in Chinatown and moderator of discussion. November 11, 2010. SUNY – Stony Brook, New York. “The Vibrant City of Rome in Contemporary Italian Cinema.” November 11, 2010. Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. Presentation of Vincenzo De Cecco and Riccardo Cremona’s documentary Miss Little China. November 10, 2010. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Presentation of Agostino Ferrente’s documentary L’orchestra di Piazza Vittorio and moderator of discussion. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C., October 30, 2008. Italian Workmen’s Club, Madison, Wisconsin. “Beyond Life is Beautiful: Recent Italian Films and their Soundtracks.” November 8, 2006. FILM SHOWCASE CURATOR Italy’s Young Talent: A Showcase of Italian Short Films, July 2008 – Feb 2010 I founded and curated a traveling film showcase that featured over 80 short films by up-and coming Italian directors. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, July 16, 2008 George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Sept. 2, 2008 The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Sept 4, 2008 James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Sept. 18, 2008 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 2008 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14, 2008 Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2009 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Feb. 5, 2009 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Mar. 18, 2009 Global Migration Film Festival, Williamsburg, Virginia, Mar. 20, 2009 Colby College, Waterville, Maine, Apr. 1, 2009 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Apr. 2, 2009 Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, Apr. 7, 2009 Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Apr. 20, 2009 Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, Apr. 22, 2009 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Apr. 24, 2009 Istituto di Cultura Italiana, New York, New York, Aug. 7, 2009 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Nov. 2, 2009 Wesleyan University, Connecticut, Nov. 3, 2009 Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, Nov. 4, 2009 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Feb. 9, 2010

FILMMAKING EXPERIENCE (DIRECTOR) Residence Roma: 10 anni dopo (documentary, 2011) 11 min. Co-directed with Ram Pace. Un semestre a Firenze: consigli utili per studenti americani, (A Semester in Florence: Useful Advice for American Students, documentary, 2009) 26 min.

Noi siamo italo-americani, (We Are Italian-Americans, documentary, 2008) 20 min. La penna, (The Pen, short, 2008) 11 min. Co-directed with P.A. Megna - DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2008 - Cortofiction Festival, Chianciano-Terme, Italy, Sept. 2008 (Social Theme Award) STUDY ABROAD AND LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS Co-Director, University of Kansas Italian Summer Language Institute in Florence, Florence, Italy, August 2016 – present. Exchange student, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy, September 2007-February 2008

Student, Scuola di Cinema Immagina, Florence, Italy, October 2005-April 2006

FLAS recipient, Dante Alighieri School, Siena, Italy, May-July 2005.

Student, Intensive language program, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, Summer 2002 Student, Study Abroad, British Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy, Summer 1997

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS Degree-Level Assessment Award (co-winner for drafting top assessment report), Office of the Provost, The University of Kansas, 2019. College of Arts and Humanities Institute, Graduate Research Travel Award, Indiana University, Fall 2014 Olga Ragusa Award for Academic Achievement in Modern Italian Studies, Indiana University, AY 2013-2014 Indiana University Travel Grant, Department of French and Italian, Fall 2013 Indiana University Doctoral Fellowship, AY 2009-2010 FLAS (Foreign Language Area Studies) scholarship, Siena, Italy. Summer 2005 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Best Practices Institute, Center for Teaching Excellence, The University of Kansas, May 20-23, 2019 New Faculty Teaching Community Workshop, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, September-November 2015 New Faculty in the Forest Professional Development Workshop, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, August-November 2015. Teaching Practicum, Italian, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Fall 2012

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) UNIVERSITY SERVICE Student Academic Services Faculty Mentor, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, January 2017 – present. Organizer of Italian Film Series and regular participant at the Italian Conversation Table, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, August 2016-present. Discussion Panelist, “Global Citizenship in 2017,” International Programs, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, April 18, 2017. Study Abroad Scholarship Committee Member, Department of French and Italian, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, March 2017. Italian Club, Conversation Hour Coordinator for Italian Minors, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, August 2015 – May 2016. Italian Club Film Series, “Recent Italian Documentaries,” Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, January 2015 – present. Language Series Presentation, “Cinema Reuse and Neighborhood Revitalization in Rome,” Bennington College, Bennington, VT, May 14, 2015. Italian Conversion Table Organizer, Bennington College, Bennington, VT, February 2015 – June 2015. Co-coordinator and Presenter, Circolo Italiano Film Series, Indiana University – Bloomington, September 2009 – May 2010. Coordinator and Presenter, Cineteca Italiana, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2004 – May 2005; September 2006 – May 2007. LANGUAGES Italian (fluent) French (reading knowledge) Spanish (reading knowledge)