italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER AND SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2002
CULTURE, CENSORSHIP AND THE STATE IN
TWENTIETH CENTURY ITALY
Sponsored by the British Academy, the Society for Italian Studies, the Association for the Study of Modern Italy, and the Italian Departments, University of Cambridge and Royal Holloway London
PROGRAMME
Friday 25 October (Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1)
10.00
REGISTRATION
11.00
WELCOME
Emilio Gentile (La Sapienza, University of Rome)
The Fascist State as 'Pedagogo'
David Forgacs (University College London)
The Structure and Practices of Censorship: Continuities and Discontinuities
12.30
LUNCH (OWN ARRANGEMENTS)
14.00
SESSION 1: NEGOTIATING THE PAST: FACTS, MEMORIES AND MYTHS
Ruth Ben Ghiat (New York University)
Rough Cuts: The Justice and the Problem of the Past in Italian Films (1945-1950)
Elizabeth Leake (Rutdgers University)
Ignazio Silone and the Politics of 'Archive Malice'
Phil Cooke (University of Strathclyde)
The Italian State and the Resistance Legacy
16.00
TEA AND COFFEE
17.00
ROUND TABLE: STATE, MEDIA AND CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY ITALY
Chair: Stephen Gundle (Royal Holloway London)
Alberto Abruzzese (La Sapienza, University of Rome)
David Forgacs (University College London)
Other participants to be confirmed
19.00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Saturday 26 October (Institute of Romance Studies)
9.30
REGISTRATION
10.00
SESSION 2: IN SEARCH OF A CULTURAL IDENTITY
Giorgio Bertellini (University of Michigan)
Geopolitical Censorship in Early Italian Cinema: State Ideology, National Culture and Southernist Realism around 'Sperduti nel buio''
Simona Storchi (University of Exeter)
Artists and the State in the 'Inchiesta sull' Arte Fascista' ('Critica Fascista', 1926-1927)
Dana Renga (University of California, Los Angeles)
Feminist Anti-Fascism: Political Ideology and Gender Subversion
12.00
COFFEE
12.15
SESSION 3: FASCISM AND CENSORSHIP
Albertina Vittoria (University of Sassari and Istituto Gramsci)
La Censura Fascista e I Circoli Letterari Non-fascisti
George Talbot (University of Hull)
The Case of Henry Furst
C.E. Griffiths (University of Manchester)
Theatrical Censorship in Fascist Italy
13.45
LUNCH
14.30
PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 4: DEFINING AND DEFYING FASCIST CULTURE
Philip Cannistraro (Queens College and City University of New York)
Mussolini and Italian Intellectuals
Debbie Holmes (University of Oxford)
Dante e' con noi: The State in Anti-Fascist Exile Writing
Lucia Re (University of California, Los Angeles)
Paola Masino: A Woman Writer in Fascist Italy
SESSION 5: CINEMA AS CULTURAL MEDIUM
Stephen Gundle (Royal Holloway London)
Hollywood, Italy and the First World War: Italian Responses to the 1932 and 1957 versions of 'Farewell to Arms'
Rachele Tardi (University College London)
Political Violence in Italian Post-war Cinema
Gaetana Marrone-Puglia (Princeton University)
The Language of Censorship: The Case of Liliana Cavani
16.15
TEA AND COFFEE
16.45
PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 6: THE POLITICS OF LITERATURE IN POST-WAR ITALY
Ann Lawson-Lucas (University of Hull)
Emilio Salgari: Fascist Patronage and the Distortion of Reputation
Jane Dunnett (Royal Holloway London)
Revisiting the 'Mito Americano'
Claudia Nocentini (University of Edinburgh)
Italo Calvino: Between Moscow and New York
SESSION 7: TELEVISION, CINEMA AND THE STATE
Vanessa Roghi (University of Cagliari)
Cultura e Censura alla RAI: Gli Anni 50
Luciana D'Arcangeli (University of Strathclyde)
Dario Fo, Franca Rame and the Italian Censors
Alberto Abruzzese (La Sapienza, University of Rome)
Title to be confirmed
18.30
END OF CONFERENCE (APPROXIMATE)
Organisers: Guido Bonsaver (Royal Holloway London) and Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Italian Cultural Insitute., 39 Belgrave Square, SW1, and Institute of Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU (No-smoking building)
Registration forms (see Institute's website http://www.sas.ac.uk/irs) should be sent to the Administrative Secretary at the Institute of Romance Studies.
Conference website: www.rhul.ac.uk/Italian/conferencehomepage.html
Enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7862 8677
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7862 8672
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