THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ITALIAN STUDIES ANNUAL2018 CONFERENCE SORRENTO, ITALY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ITALIAN STUDIES ANNUAL2018 CONFERENCE SORRENTO, ITALY The American Association for Italian Studies ANNUAL CONFERENCE 14-17 JUNE 2018 Sant’Anna Institute Sorrento, Italy PLENARY SPEAKER John Foot, University of Bristol SPECIAL GUESTS August Watters, Professor Emeritus, Berklee College of Music CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Cristiana Panicco, Sant’Anna Institute Olga Stinga, Sant’Anna Institute Marco Marino, Sant’Anna Institute Licia Amura, Sant’Anna Institute Valeria Formicola, Sant’Anna Institute Graduate Students Colleen Grant, Wayne State University Jessica Henderson, The Ohio State University Dan Paul, The Ohio State University Eleanor Payntor, The Ohio State University Cylia Queen, The Ohio State University OFFICERS OF THE AAIS Valerio Ferme, Northern Arizona University, President Dana Renga, The Ohio State University, Vice-President Monica Seger, William & Mary, Secretary Elena Past, Wayne State University, Treasurer Joseph Francese, Michigan State University, Senior Editor Italian Culture Special Thanks for Cover Design and Image: Lauren De Camilla, The Ohio State University 3 June 14, 2018 Dear Esteemed Attendee, Welcome to Sant’Anna Institute for the annual conference of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS). I am confident you will find your time here both inspiring and rejuvenating. On behalf of the Sant’Anna Institute, I thank you for making the journey to this special corner of the world. In 1998, when I founded Sant’Anna my mission was clear—to create a home for dialogue and innovation in the field of global education. I also recognized an exciting opportunity to share and celebrate the unique splendor of southern Italy. Hosting the 2018 conference represents the culmination of 20 years of hard work and the actualization of a professional aspiration. Together on the historical grounds of Sant’Anna, we will create a community fostering cultural exchange and meaningful engagement. It is my honor and pleasure to share the intellectual and aesthetic richness of this land. I thank you for attending, and for bringing your expertise to the proverbial table. Very Truly Yours, Cristiana Panicco Founder and President Sant’Anna Institute Sorrento, Italy 4 AAIS SPECIAL EVENTS THURSDAY JUNE 14 CONCERT, “THE ITALIAN MANDOLIN IN AMERICA” August Watters, Professor Emeritus, Berklee College of Music 6:15p.m.-7:00p.m., AULA 15, piano terra WELCOME RECEPTION 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m., Sant’Anna Institute Courtyard FRIDAY JUNE 15 PLENARY SPEAKER John Foot, Professor of Modern Italian History, University of Bristol, “Revolution, Reform and Nostalgia. Reflections on Italy’s 1968 Fifty Years On” This lecture will discuss the legacy and historical understanding of Italy’s “long 1968”. It will examine the ways that 1968 has been remembered, forgotten and narrated, and the connections between institutional change, “concrete utopias”, violence and extremism and national reform in the 1970s. Particular focus will be dedicated to changes in the psychiatric hospital system, prisons, schools and the family. 6:45p.m.-8:15p.m., Teatro Tasso - Piazza Sant'Antonino, 25, 80067 Sorrento POST-PLENARY RECEPTION 8:15p.m.-9:30p.m., Teatro Tasso - Piazza Sant'Antonino, 25, 80067 Sorrento SATURDAY JUNE 16 BANQUET 7:30p.m., Ristorante Zi’Ntonio Mare; 50,00 paid in advance 5 Schedule at a Glance Thursday June 14th Friday June 15th Saturday June 16th Sunday June 17th 10:45a.m.-12:15p.m. 9:00a.m.-10:30a.m. 9:00a.m.-10:30a.m. 9:00a.m.-10:30a.m. Session 1 (A-J) Session 5 (A-J) Session 10 (A-J) Session 15 (A-J) 12:15p.m.-1:15p.m. 10:45a.m.-12:15p.m. 10:45a.m.-12:15p.m. 10:45a.m.-12:15p.m. Lunch Session 6 (A-J) Session 11 (A-J) Session 16 (A-J) Women’s Studies 1:15p.m.-2:45p.m. 12:15p.m.-1:15p.m. Caucus Meeting 12:30p.m.-2:00p.m. Session 2 (A-J) Lunch Session 17 (A-J) 12:15p.m.-1:15p.m. 3:00p.m.-4:30p.m. 1:15p.m.-2:45p.m. Lunch Session 3 (A-J) Session 7 (A-J) AAIS Membership Meeting 4:45p.m.-6:15p.m. 3:00p.m.-4:30p.m. Session 4 (A-J) Session 8 (A-J) 1:15p.m.-2:45p.m. Session 12 (A-J) 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m. 4:45p.m.-6:15p.m. Welcome Reception Session 9 (A-J) 3:00p.m.-4:30p.m. Session 13 (A-J) 6:45p.m.-8:15p.m. Plenary Lecture, 4:45p.m.-6:15p.m. John Foot Session 14 (A-J) 8:15p.m.-9:15p.m. 7:30p.m. Reception Banquet, Ristorante Zi’Ntonio Mare BOOK EXHIBIT The exhibit hall will be open throughout the conference, starting half an hour before the sessions begin each day. Please visit the exhibit located in AULA 14, piano terra, where exhibitors include Babilonia, Edilingua, Taylor & Francis, and the Sant’Anna Institute. AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS ACCESS Each room is equipped with a Smartboard and PC, as well as a Data Projector. Participants should bring their presentations on a USB flash drive. There is wireless network access throughout the school. The Network Name is SorrentoLingue and the WiFi Password is SorrentoLingue2015. Please note that the conference does not provide adapters. It is the responsibility of AV users to familiarize themselves with equipment before all sessions begin or during the lunch break. 6 THURSDAY 14 JUNE 1C: AULA 14, piano terra “TRANSNATIONALISING THE POPULAR”: AN ITALIAN SESSION 1 PERSPECTIVE I 10:45a.m.-12:15p.m. (Thursday) Organizer: Rachel Haworth, University of Hull 1A: AULA 6-7, secondo piano Chair: Simone Brioni, Stony Brook ROUNDTABLE: REFRAMING University LUCHINO VISCONTI: FILM AND ART 1. Laura Rorato, University of Hull, Organizer: Ivo Blom, Vrije Universiteit “Michelangelo Merisi da Chair: Ivo Blom, Vrije Universiteit Caravaggio: a pop(ular) icon?” 1. Ivo Blom, Vrije Universiteit 2. Rachel Haworth, University of 2. Francesco Pitassio, Università Hull, “Persistences of the Past in degli Studi di Udine the Marketing of Italian Icons: 3. Marco Pistoia, Università degli Mina, Celentano, and Le Migliori” Studi di Salerno 1D: AULA 1, secondo piano 1B: AULA 15, piano terra NO SESSION REPRESENTATIONS AND PERFORMANCES OF OTHERNESS 1E: AULA 2, secondo piano Organizer: AAIS EROTICISM IN ITALIAN CINEMA I Chair: Dan Paul, The Ohio State Organizer: Angela Fabris, Alpen-Adria- University Universität Klagenfurt 1. Marianna Griffini, Kings College Chair: Jörg Helbig, Alpen-Adria- London, “The immigrant Other: Universität Klagenfurt postcolonial echoes in the Italian 1. Catherine Ramsey-Portolano, The Far Right’s discourse” American University of Rome, 2. Giulia Fabbri, Sapienza Università “The diva and the seduction of di Roma, “Nerezza in vetrina. La female sickness in early Italian rappresentazione delle donne nere cinema” nelle pubblicità italiane 2. Angela Fabris, Alpen-Adria- contemporanee” Universität Klagenfurt, “Venetian 3. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Deakin Seductions in the Seventies: Aldo University, “Colonialism, Lado’s Chi l’ha vista morire? and Postcolonialism and/or Related Movies” Decolonisation: Italian Migrants and Indigenous Mobs in Australia” 7 1F: AULA 3, secondo piano 1G: AULA 4, secondo piano REVIVALS OF THE ITALIAN MIDDLE AB UNDIS AD ASTRA VENEZIANI E AGES GENOVESI NELLA PUGLIA STORICA Organizers: Brandon Essary, Elon TRA XV E XVII SECOLO: University, and Filippo Fonio, Université DINAMICHE ARTISTICHE E Grenoble Alpes STRATEGIE DI POTERE Chair: Andrea Privitera, University of Organizer: Giuseppe De Sandi, Università Western Ontario and Università di Padova degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro 1. Chiara Piola Caselli, Università di Chair: Andrea Leonardi, Università degli Perugia, “Dante castigato. La Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Commedia e la censura nel Sette e 1. Giuseppe De Sandi, Università Ottocento” degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, 2. Filippo Fonio, Université Grenoble “Genova-Venezia-Terra di Bari Alpes, “La Commedia e la fan A/R: tra Paolo Veronese e fiction” Vincenzo Giustiniani, Coordinate 3. Brandon Essary, Elon University, per una nuova cultura artistica” “Dante’s Inferno, Pop Culture, and 2. Caterina Alma Iudice, Università Video Games” degli Studi di Udine, “Ludovico 4. Emanuela Nanni, Université Caucho e Bartolomeo Vivarini, Grenoble Alpes, “Delle sillogi Veneti in Puglia. Tra Indagini Moses e Antimateria di Piero archivistiche e analisi diagnostiche Bigongiari: visbile ed enigma alla non invasive” maniera medioevale” 3. Francesco Dragoni, Università degli Studi di Napoli Suor Orsola Buonincasa, “Dal Ponente Ligure alla Valle del Vulture: strategie e committenze artistiche dei principi Doria per il Castello di Melfi” 4. Nicola Montenegro, Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Gioia del Colle – NOVA APULIA, “Mare vidit et fugit: i de mari, principi di Acquaviva” 8 1H: AULA 5, secondo piano 1I: AULA 10, primo piano OER PROJECTS IN ITALIAN: PAESAGGIO IN TRANSIZIONE: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR A TRASFORMAZIONE; SHARED, LOW-COST, AND RIORDINAMENTO E CONTINUITÀ CUSTOMIZABLE ITALIAN NELL’ARCHITETTURA DELLA CITTÀ CURRICULUM ITALIANA TRA LE DUE GUERRE I: Organizers: Daniela Bartalesi-Graf, CONCETTI E CONCRETIZZAZIONI Wellesley College, and Camilla Zamboni, Organizers: Carmen M. Enss, Universität Wesleyan University Bamberg, and Luigi Monzo, Universität Chair: Camilla Zamboni, Wesleyan Innsbruck University Chair: Luigi Monzo, Universität Innsbruck 1. Vera Abbate, Virginia 1. Cettina Lenza, Università della Commonwealth University, Campania, “Il concetto di “Italian Curation Project at VCU: tradizione nel dibattito teorico ed An Open Educational Resource estetico dal Ventennio al secondo Student Project at an Urban Public dopoguerra” University” 2. Angela Pecorario Martucci, 2. Daniela Bartalesi-Graf, Wellesley Università della Campania, College, “Free and Open Italian “Autarchia e tradizione Online Courses on edX: A nell’architettura del ventennio” Resource for Students, Teachers 3. Cecilia De Carli, Università and Institutions” Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, 3. Camilla Zamboni, Wesleyan “Declinazione della cultura University, “Exploring Open architettonica e urbanistica Educational Resources: The nell’area milanese di S. Ambrogio TILCA Peer-reviewed Teaching fra le due guerre” Modules Online Project” 4.