Columbia University Seminar in Modern Italian Studies
2016-2017 Season
All meetings take place in the Italian Academy of Columbia University (1161 Amsterdam Ave, NYC), 5th Floor Conference Room, beginning at 6:15 pm. All inquiries can be directed to the Chair of the Seminar, Dr. Ernest Ialongo at eialongo@hostos.cuny.edu .
September 9, 2016
Carl Ipsen, Indiana University, “Fumo: Italy’s Love Affair with the Cigarette.”
Respondent: Molly Tambor, Long Island University, Post
October 14, 2016
Meriel Tulante, Philadelphia University, “Fashion in the commedia all’italiana: An Uncomfortable Aspiration.”
Respondent: Stefania Benini, Philadelphia University
November 11, 2016
Lucia Re, University of California, Los Angeles, “Immigrant Writing and the Power of Fear.”
Respondent: Teresa Fiore, Montclair State University
December 9, 2016
Giorgio Bertellini, University of Michigan, “The Divo and the Duce: Illusions of Direct Democracy in 1920s Celebrity Culture.”
Respondent: Eugenia Paulicelli, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
February 3, 2017
Nina Valbousquet, Center for Jewish History, NYC, “The Catholic Church, Jewish Identity, and the Forging of Antisemitism in Fascist Italy (1922-1943).”
Respondent: Natalia Indrimi, Primo Levi Center
March 3, 2017
Jonathan Mekinda, University of Illinois at Chicago, “Building the ‘House of Man’:
Design and the Modern Home in Milan, 1933-1957.”
Respondent: Emily Braun, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
April 7, 2017
Lilith Mahmud, University of California, Irvine, “Freemasonry’s Secret: Gender, Nationalism, and Conspiracy Theorizing in Italy.”
Respondent: Jane Schneider, The Graduate Center, CUNY
May 12, 2017
Alessandro Saluppo, Fordham University, “Paramilitary Violence and Fascism: Violent Imaginaries and Violent Practices of Squadrismo, 1921-1925.”
Respondent: Stanislao Pugliese, Hofstra University