italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
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 19th-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, 5th 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).