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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Working with Visual Documents of Italian Colonial Heritage Date 05 Dec 2016, 15:00 to 05 Dec 2016, 19:00 Institute of Modern Languages Research, Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory and Friends of Italian seminar Venue Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Presentations, short-film screenings and Q&A with: Alessandra Ferrini, Gianmarco Mancosu, Martina Melilli and Jacopo Rinaldi This Salon brings together artists, filmmakers and historians in order to discuss methodological approaches to the exploration and activation of colonial archival material. Given the recent interest in the Italian colonial past, the salon aims to shed light onto a previously marginalised historical period. The first part of the salon will introduce the fascist imperial project and its legacy through Gianmarco Mancosu's research based on the newsreels on the Ethiopian War of 1935-36, and Alessandra Ferrini's essay film and pedagogic project Negotiating Amnesia (2015), which is based on archival photographs and propaganda postcards from the same period. The second part of the salon will kick off with Martina Melilli's presentation of an ongoing body of work stemming from her family's history in the Libyan colony and in Italy, after the expulsion of Italians from Libya in 1970. It will be followed by Jacopo Rinaldi's problematisation of the truthfulness of archival material, through his research in the Pirelli Historic Archive (Milan), and the production of works exploring the rubber industry. To conclude, the four researchers will be in conversation and will open up the debate to the public. Free and open to all. Dr Katia Pizzi Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study University of London Senate House Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Tel. n. 020 7862 8962 Fax. n. 020 7862 8672 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales. We have cut carbon emissions from University buildings by 32% and are committed to cutting emissions by 43% by 2020. Please think before you print. ********************************************************************** 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