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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Hi everyone, I am delighted to invite those who are currently conductingresearch and living in Rome and Lazio, to take part in the following two-day conference: Emigration/Immigration in South Italy(1880/2015). The conference willtake place at the beautiful medieval castle of Minturno (nine stops by trainfrom Roma Termini) on October 16-17 (5: 30 pm). The event is open to everyone, and is free of charge. The conference will include an award ceremony for thecategories of poetry/essay/ writing and painting focused on the subject of Emigration/Immigration,and scholars, journalists and politicians willpresent papers to a wide audience. My own talk (“Departures”:Italian intellectuals and mass emigration, 1880/2015) looks at Italianemigration to the US and Britain from 1880 to today, with particular emphasison Fascism in Italian communities abroad. Existing volumes have explored the immigrationof uneducated Italians, their professional involvements and political attitude towardsItaly from the end of nineteenth century to the outbreak World War II. Somesecondary literature together with my PhD, also offer information about thepresence of Italian intellectuals in Britain during those years. Mypresentation offers a systematic historical survey of both Italian intellectualand mass-emigration to Britain, starting with the anarchist emigration at theend of the 1800s and continuing up to the recent so-called ‘fuga di cervelli’(‘brain drain’). It will include: 1) an outline of the features and differencesof Italian intellectual and mass-emigration; 2) an emphasis on emigrants’ disappointment towardsItalian economic and cultural policies as reasons for leaving the motherland,and 3) connections between immigrants in the British economy and local culturalcircuits, between idealisation and reality. I look forward to seeing you at the castle! Best wishes, Tamara Dr Tamara Colacicco,Dottore di Ricerca in Italian StudieDepartment of Modern Languages and European StudiesUniversity of Reading (United Kingdom) Whiteknights RG6 6AAemail: [log in to unmask] / [log in to unmask] follow Tamara Colacicco on Academia.edu and find out her books, academicarticles, talks in conferences and much more https://reading.academia.edu/TamaraColaciccoSelected publications“” Pecore bianche epecore nere (Roma: Il mio libro, 2014);“” Scoprì una notte laluna (Napoli: Monetti e Ragusa Editori, 2015);“” L’emigrazioneitaliana in Inghilterra (The Italianist, 35, 1, 2015: 157-170) ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies