Dear Colleagues,

In conjunction with the publication of Annali d’Italianistica 36 (2018)

The New Italy and the Jews: From Massimo D’Azeglio to Primo Levi

edited by Jonathan Druker and L. Scott Lerner

http://www.ibiblio.org/annali/

http://www.ibiblio.org/annali/toc/2018.html

we are pleased to announce:

A two-day symposium:

Seton Hall University--Thursday, February 28, 2019

Beck Rooms, Walsh Library

400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange NJ 07079

2:00-5:00 pm: Roundtable on Jews in 19^th-century Italy

Participants: Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti (University College London), Alessandro Grazi (Leibniz Institute for European History, Mainz), Daniel Leisawitz (Muhlenberg College), Scott Lerner (Franklin & Marshall College), Elèna Mortara (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Gabriella Romani (Seton Hall University), Michael Sherberg (Washington University).

6:00 pm: Lecture (open to the general public):

Patriots and Jews in Italy. Navigating the challenge of equality and integration

by Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti (University College London)

The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University--

Friday, March 1, 2019

1161 Amsterdam Ave, 5^th Floor Conference Room, New York City, 10027

10:00-10:15 am: Welcome--Ernest Ialongo (Hostos Community College, CUNY).

Introduction--The New Italy and the Jews, by the co-editors, L. Scott Lerner (F & M) and Jonathan Druker (Illinois State University).

10:15-11:45 am: Presentations by Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti (UCL), Elèna Mortara (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Gabriella Romani (Seton Hall), Michael Sherberg (Washington University), Francesco Spagnolo (University of California, Berkeley).

Respondent: Silvana Patriarca (Fordham University).

11:45-12:15: Coffee Break

12:15-1:45 pm: Presentations by Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan), Jonathan Druker (Illinois State), Alessandro Grazi (Leibniz Institute), Ernest Ialongo (Hostos), Scott Lerner (F & M).

Respondent: Stanislao Pugliese (Hofstra University).