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Dear all,
We are pleased to publish the conference programme for for the BIRTHA
funded Third Annual Postgraduate Conference of the Association for the
Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) to be held at the University of Bristol on
Wednesday 15 June 2011.
Anyone wishing to attend the conference should email the conference
organisers in advance at [log in to unmask]
Conference attendance is free for ASMI members.
Best regards,
Caroline Lynch, Claire Thomas and Tamzin Simmons
BIRTHA funded
ASMI POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE
The University of Bristol
15 June 2011
Conference Programme
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8.45 - 9.15 am Registration/Tea and Coffee
SML Common Room
Introduction and Welcome
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9.15 – 10.15 PARALLEL SESSIONS
1a). Film Studies G77a
Chair: Tamzin Simmons
Dominic Holdaway (Warwick)
'Observations on the rhetoric of Gomorra'
Silvio Carta (Birmingham)
Visual anthropology in contemporary Sardinia: David MacDougall's Tempus de
Baristas (1993)'
1b). Italy: The Uses of the Past G77
Chair: Caroline Lynch
Christopher Holland (Bristol)
'Etruscan Reflections: A Tradition of Social Practice in Modern Italy'
Federico Casari (Durham)
'A case of reaction between historiography and history of culture:
'Geografia e storia della letteratura italiana' in the Italian Ottocento'
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10.20 – 11.10 Mafia G99a
Chair: Dr. Catherine O'Rawe
2. Rossella Merlino (Strathclyde)
'The devout godfathers: case studies on the religious performative
behaviours of three mafia bosses'
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11.10 -11.25 Tea and Coffee
SML Common Room
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11.25 – 12.25 PARALLEL SESSION
3a) The Ventennio G77
Chair: Pamela Schievenin
Matteo Milan (Padova)
'"Signed squadrista": The fascist regime analyzed through the old
black-shirts sentenced to the confine'
Claire Thomas (Bristol)
'Ungaretti in France: Il popolo d'italia and the Paris Peace Conference
3b) Italian Revolutions and the Risorgimento G77a
Chair: Dr. George Ferzoco
Giampaolo Salice (Cagliari)
'Contro il Risorgimento: Le radici economiche della critica meridionalista'
Andrea del Cornò (The London Library)
'Le influenze del costituzionalismo napoletano del 1820-21 viste
attraverso la stampa inglese dell'epoca'
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12.25 – 1.25 Lunch
SML Common Room
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1.25 – 2.25 PARALLEL SESSIONS
4a) Translation and Linguistics G77A
Chair: Claudia Domenici
Maria Cristina Seccia (Bangor)
'Translating Caterina Edwards: the overlapping of two cultures'
Naomi Wells (Leeds)
'Multilingualism in the Nation-State: The Italian State and the
Sardinian-Speaking Minority, 1992-2010'
4b) Industrial Italy G77
Chair: Claire Thomas
Luca Bufarale (Padova)
'The nationalization of the electric industry in Italy: the contribution of
Riccardo Lombardi (1962-1963)'
Giulio Marchisio (Durham)
'Battleships and dividends. The rise of private armaments manufacturers in
Italy and Great Britain (1860-1914)'
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2.30 - 4.00 PLENARY SESSION
5. The Left and Gender Roles in Post-War Italy G99a
Chair: Caroline Lynch
Leo Goretti (Reading)
'Partisans, saints and beauty queens: Gender role models for Communist
girls in Italy (1945-1956)'
Pamela Schievenin (Queen Mary)
'Putting the child at the centre: women politicians and the struggle for
municipal crèches in Italy (1962-1971)'
Luigina Toscano Davies (Cardiff)
'Women's employment policy in Italy: the case of the Department of Equal
Opportunities'
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4.00 - 4.15 Tea/Coffee
SML Common Room
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4.15 - 5.45 PLENARY SESSION
6. The Italian 1970s G99a
Chair: Dominic Holdaway
Simone Varriale (Warwick)
'Music journalists as political intermediaries: methodological challenges
in studying 1970s Italian music magazines'
Paolo Heywood (Cambridge)
'The two burials of Aldo Moro: sovereignty and govermentality in Italy's
anni di piombo'
Andrea Ambrogetti (Bristol)
'Aldo Moro and the Seventies in Italy'
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5.45 - 6.45 Wine Reception
**Graduate School of Arts and Humanities Common Room **
7 Woodland Road
7pm Conference Dinner
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Caroline Lynch
PhD Candidate and Tutor
Italian
School of Modern Languages
Bristol University
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