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Date: 19 November 2004 10:15 -0600
From: Dominic Candeloro <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: CFP:Speaking Memory:Oral History/Culture & Italians in  Am, LA 
Nov. 3-6, 05]]



American Italian Historical Association 38th Annual Conference
Speaking Memory:  Oral History, Oral Culture and Italians in America
"AIHA in LA - 2005" - 38th annual conference of the AIHA - American Italian
Historical Association     Los Angeles, California, November 3-6, 2005

This conference will focus on research in the fields of oral history
("spoken memory"), local history, ethnography, oral and folk tradition, as
they pertain to Italians in America, and will consider:  research
methodologies, applications, and their sites (academia, community, public
sector). Check www.iohi.org and www.aiha.fau.edu for further details and
updates.
Doubletree Hotel Westwood, 10740 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024,
Tel. (310) 475-8711, Fax: (310) 475-5220 [log in to unmask];
www.doubletreelawestwood.com. Special conference rate:  $129/room.  In the
heart of LA's Westside (Century City,  Beverly Hills, Getty Museum,
beaches).  Walking distance to historic Westwood Village (restaurants,
banks, shops and theaters), UCLA, the Ist. Italiano di Cultura.
"AIHA in LA 2005" program highlights:  - Plenary speaker:  Alessandro
Portelli, Università La Sapienza, Rome: "What Makes Oral History
Different?" -  UCLA programs: presentation of the Repertorium Colombianum
- Oral history research workshop by the UCLA Oral History Program  - Sound
and visual archives presentation by the Italian Oral History Institute and
the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archives - receptions, concerts, exhibitions,
traditional Italian frame drum and dance workshops  - historic and cultural
tours of Italian Los Angeles
Sponsoring Institutions: Italian Oral History Institute, Istituto Italiano
di Cultura, George L. Graziadio Chair in Italian Studies (California State
University Long Beach), National Italian American Foundation; UCLA Center
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA
Oral History Program; with the support of the Historic Italian Hall
Foundation.  Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los
Angeles.
Call for Papers:  Send name, affiliation, and a one-page paper proposal to
conference chair.  Panel submissions encouraged.  Digital submissions
preferred.  Deadline:  June 1, 2005.  In addition to conference theme, we
encourage submissions on ALL topics which touch on Italian American
culture.  All participants must be paid up members of AIHA for 2005.  Join
online at:  www.aiha.fau.edu
"AIHA in LA 2005" Conference Chair, Luisa Del Giudice, Director, IOHI --
Italian Oral History Institute, P.O. Box 241553, Los Angeles, CA
90024-1553; Tel:  (310) 474-1698, Fax:  (310) 474-3188, E-mail:
[log in to unmask], Web site: www.iohi.org
Conference Program Co-Chair:  Teresa Fiore, Romance, German, Russian
Languages and Literatures Department, California State University Long
Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840-2406; Tel:  (562)
985-4630, E-mail:   [log in to unmask]

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