Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 06:09:27 -0800 (PST) From: Hannu Salmi <hansalmi@utu.fi> To: H-VERKKO@sara.cc.utu.fi Subject: UConn Conference on Italy and America (Day 3: Cinema) (fwd)
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From: IN%"NOEADM01@UConnVM.UConn.Edu" "John A. Davis, Department of History, UConn" ITALY AND AMERICA 1943-44: ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCES OF THE LIBERATION OF THE MEZZOGIORNO April 21-23, 1995 Marriott Hotel - Farmington, CT
A three day international research conference to evaluate in multi-disciplinary perspectives the political, social and cultural significance of the Liberation of Southern Italy, 1943. The program will explore the ways in which Southern Italy established wider precedents for allied military and political objectives, and will focus on the significance of the Liberation as a moment of intense cultural creativity and exchange that shaped subsequent relations between Italians and Americans and marked a decisive turning point in the history of Italian Americans.
FRIDAY, 4/21/95 12:00 Registration 1:00 Opening Session 1:30-3:00 p.m. Keynote Speakers Chair - Charles Delzell, Vanderbilt University * Nicola Gallerano, University of Siena, Italy "The Liberation of the Mezzogiorno: A Research Agenda" * Carlo D'Este, US Military Historian "The Italian Campaign: A Fifty Year Perspective" * John Gatt-Rutter, La Trobe University, Australia "Naples 1944: Liberation and Literature" 3:15-4:45 p.m. Politics of the Liberation Chair and Discussant - Zyg Baranski, University of Reading, UK *Paolo De Marco, University of Naples, Italy "The Allied Military Government and the Trade Union Movement in Naples, 1943-45" * Salvatore Lupo, University of Catania, Italy "The Allies and the Mafia" * Filippo Mazzonis, University of Teramo, Italy "Religion and Politics of the Liberation in Southern Italy" 5:00-6:30 p.m. Italian American Experiences:A Round Table Chair - Paolo Frascani, Istituto Universitario Orientale * Gary Mormino, University of South Florida "The Liberation of Southern Italy: Italian American Perceptions" * Richard Jones, University of Connecticut "The Italian American Experience of World War II in Connecticut" 7:00 Reception & Dinner 9:00 Evening Program - Film Session SATURDAY, 4/22/95 8:15-10:15 The War in the Mezzogiorno Chair and Discussant - Alexander De Grand, North Carolina State University * Nino Recupero, University of Trieste, Italy "The War in Sicily" * Paul Ginsborg, University of Florence, Italy "The Gullo Decree and Agrarian Reform in the Mezzogiorno" * Leandra D'Antone, University of Rome, Italy "American Economic Planning in Southern Italy, 1943-44" * Maria Teresa Di Paolo, University of Messina, Italy "The Allies and the Trade Unions in Sicily" 10:45-12:45 Human Experiences of War in the Mezzogiorno Chair and Discussant, Margherita Repetto Alaia, Italian Cultural Institute, DC * Ivan Tognarini, University of Siena, Italy "The Civilian Experience of War: Italy 1943-1945" * Suzanne Branciforte, College of the Holy Cross "Memories of War in the Mezzogiorno 1943-44" * Gabriella Gribaudi, University of Naples, Italy "Naples '44: Anthropological Perspectives" 12:45-2:00 Lunch 2:00-4:00 The Literature of the Liberation Chair - Frank Rosengarten, CUNY * Dante Della Terza, Harvard University "Echoes of the Resistance in the Multicultural Journals Mercurio and Aretusa" * David Ward, Wellesley College "From North to South: Creativity and Resistance in Carlo Levi's L'Orologio" * Nelson Moe, University of Michigan "Naples '44: A Cultural Crossroads" Discussant - Joseph Buttigieg, Notre Dame 4:30-6:00 Italy and America Chair and Discussant, Alice Kelikian, Brandeis University * Steven F. White, Mount Saint Mary's College "Liberal Antipodes: Contrasting Italian and American Liberal Philosophies of the Liberation" * Michela Nacci, University of L'Aquila, Italy "The Liberation and Images of America in the Mezzogiorno" * Ruth Ben-Ghiat, University of North Carolina "Liberation: The Flight from the Past in Italian Cinema, 1943-47" 7:00 Dinner 9:00 Evening Program - Film Session SUNDAY, 4/23/95 8:30 Bus to Trinity College, Cinestudio 9:00-10:15 The Liberation and the Italian Cinema Chair and Discussant, Patrick Rumble, University of Wisconsin * Valerio Caprara, Oriental University Institute, Italy "Naples, the Allies and the Cinema" * Christopher Wagstaff, University of Reading,UK "The Representation of the Resistance and the Liberation in Post-War Italian Cinema" 10:30-11:45 The Liberation and the Italian Cinema Chair and Discussant, Manuela Gieri, University of Toronto * Millicent Marcus, University of Texas "Liberating the Garden: Eden and the Fall from Paisa to Maccheroni" * Jennifer Stone, University of Massachusetts "Europa '43-44: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Rossellini" 12:00-12:45 Finale - Borden Painter 1:00-2:30 Lunch 2:00 JMIS Editorial Board Meeting 2:45 Transport to Train Station
Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Research Foundation, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, College of Fine Arts and the Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History; the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Barbieri Foundation at Trinity College; the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples; the Istituto per la Storia della Resistenza in Naples; the Istituto Italiano per gli studi Filosofici in Naples; and the Aldo De Dominicis Foundation.
For further information contact: Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair University of Connecticut 241 Glenbrook Road Storrs, CT 06269-2103 (203) 486-2752 noeadm01@uconnvm.uconn.edu NEH stipends are available for graduate students or junior faculty wishing to attend. Inquire at above address for details.