FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER AND
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER 2002
CULTURE, CENSORSHIP AND THE
STATE IN
TWENTIETH CENTURY
ITALY
PROGRAMME
Friday 25
October (Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London
SW1)
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10.00 |
REGISTRATION |
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11.00 |
WELCOME |
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Emilio Gentile (La Sapienza, University of Rome) |
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The Fascist State
as ‘Pedagogo’ |
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David Forgacs
(University College London) |
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The Structure and Practices of Censorship: Continuities and Discontinuities |
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12.30 |
LUNCH (OWN ARRANGEMENTS)
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14.00 |
SESSION 1: NEGOTIATING THE
PAST: FACTS, MEMORIES AND MYTHS |
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Ruth Ben
Ghiat (New York University) |
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Rough Cuts:
The Justice and the Problem of the Past in Italian Films (1945-1950) |
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Elizabeth
Leake (Rutdgers University) |
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Ignazio
Silone and the Politics of ‘Archive Malice’ |
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Phil Cooke (University of
Strathclyde) |
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The Italian State and the Resistance
Legacy |
|
16.00 |
TEA AND
COFFEE |
|
17.00 |
ROUND
TABLE: STATE, MEDIA AND CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY
ITALY |
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Chair: Stephen Gundle (Royal Holloway London) |
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Alberto Abruzzese (La Sapienza, University
of Rome) |
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David Forgacs
(University College
London) |
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Other participants to
be confirmed |
|
19.00 |
CONFERENCE DINNER |
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Saturday 26
October (Institute of Romance Studies)
|
9.30 |
REGISTRATION |
|
10.00 |
SESSION 2: IN SEARCH OF A
CULTURAL IDENTITY |
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Giorgio Bertellini (University of Michigan)
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Geopolitical Censorship in Early Italian
Cinema: State Ideology, National Culture and Southernist Realism around
‘Sperduti nel
buio’’ |
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Simona Storchi (University of
Exeter) |
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Artists and the State in the
‘Inchiesta sull’
Arte Fascista’ (‘Critica
Fascista’,
1926-1927) |
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Dana Renga (University of California, Los
Angeles) |
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Feminist
Anti-Fascism: Political Ideology and Gender
Subversion |
|
12.00 |
COFFEE |
|
12.15 |
SESSION 3:
FASCISM AND CENSORSHIP |
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Albertina Vittoria (University of Sassari and Istituto Gramsci) |
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La Censura Fascista e I Circoli Letterari
Non-fascisti |
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George Talbot (University of Hull)
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The Case of Henry
Furst |
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C.E. Griffiths (University of
Manchester) |
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Theatrical Censorship in Fascist
Italy |
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13.45 |
LUNCH |
|
14.30 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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SESSION 4:
DEFINING AND DEFYING FASCIST CULTURE |
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Philip Cannistraro (Queens College and City University of New
York) |
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Mussolini and Italian
Intellectuals |
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Debbie Holmes (University of
Oxford) |
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Dante e’ con noi: The State in Anti-Fascist Exile
Writing |
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Lucia Re (University of California, Los
Angeles) |
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Paola Masino: A Woman Writer in Fascist
Italy |
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SESSION
5: CINEMA AS CULTURAL MEDIUM |
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Stephen Gundle (Royal Holloway
London) |
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Hollywood, Italy and the First World War:
Italian Responses to the 1932 and 1957 versions of ‘Farewell to Arms’ |
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Rachele Tardi (University College
London) |
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Political Violence in Italian Post-war
Cinema |
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Gaetana Marrone-Puglia (Princeton
University) |
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The Language of Censorship: The Case of
Liliana Cavani |
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16.15 |
TEA AND
COFFEE |
|
16.45 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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SESSION 6:
THE POLITICS OF LITERATURE IN POST-WAR ITALY |
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Ann Lawson-Lucas (University of
Hull) |
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Emilio Salgari: Fascist Patronage and the
Distortion of Reputation |
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Jane Dunnett (Royal Holloway
London) |
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Revisiting the ‘Mito
Americano’ |
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Claudia Nocentini (University of
Edinburgh) |
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Italo Calvino: Between Moscow and New
York |
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SESSION
7: TELEVISION, CINEMA AND THE
STATE |
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Vanessa Roghi (University of
Cagliari) |
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Cultura e Censura alla RAI: Gli Anni
50 |
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Luciana D’Arcangeli (University of
Strathclyde) |
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Dario Fo, Franca Rame and the Italian
Censors |
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Alberto Abruzzese (La Sapienza, University of Rome) |
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Title to be confirmed |
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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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