Association of Italian Canadian Writers

AssociationofItalianCanadianWriters(AICW)
Italian-CanadianLiterature:Departures,
Journeys,Destinations
th
16 BiennialConference
DedicatedtoAnthonyM.Pignataro(1949-2016)
Padula(Salerno)11–14August2016
AICWOrganizingCommittee
DomenicBeneventi,President
LiciaCanton,ConferenceDirector/Past-President
VeneraFazio,Past-President
GiuliaDeGasperi,Vice-President
JosephPivato,FoundingPresident
MariaCristinaSeccia,Secretary
PadulaOrganizingCommittee
EnricoPadula,Diplomatico
GianfrancoCataldo,Co-ordinator
CooperativaNovaCivitas
CarminePinto,UniversityofSalerno
GermanoTorresi,AlfonsoTufano,EmilioSarli,
FrancescoGallo,FelicianoGrippo
MEDIAINQUIRIES
LiciaCanton:(+39)3465739538•514-826-9290
[email protected]
GianfrancoCataldo:
(+39)3480903932
[email protected]
Bookswillbeavailableforpurchaseduringthe
conference.Supportwriters,buybooks!
THURSDAY11AUGUST
9:15–9:50RegistrationandBookSales
9:50–10:50OFFICIALWELCOME
Chair:GianfrancoCataldo(PresidenteNovaCivitas)
PaoloImparato(SindacodellaCittàPadula)
FilomenaChiappardo(AssessoreallaCultura)
CarminePinto(DirettoreMuseoCivicoMultimediale)
SebastianoMartelli(UniversitàdegliStudidiSalerno)
EnricoPadula(Diplomatico)
DomenicBeneventi(AICWPresident)
LiciaCanton(ConferenceDirector/Past-Pres.AICW)
11:00–12:00ITALIAN-CANADIANLITERATURE:30
YEARSOFLITERARY&CULTURALREPRESENTATIONS
OFANEXISTENCEINTRANSIT
(Criticalpapers)
Chair:LianneMoyes(U.deMontréal)
JimZUCCHERO(King’sU.College):30YearsofItalianCanadianWriting
DomenicBENEVENTI(U.deSherbrooke):Queer
TransgressionsinItalian-CanadianLiterature
12:00–13:00TRAVEL&TRANSCULTURALIDENTITY
(Literaryreadings)
Chair:LiciaCanton(Montréal)
EufemiaFANTETTI(Toronto):SomethingIsLostand
Can’tBeFound
RosettaROSATI(Pavia):MysooRoots
LiciaCANTON(Montréal):SelectedPoemsby
AnthonyM.PIGNATARO(1949-2016)
13:00–14:45LunchatLaSpezieria
15:00–16:00REPRESENTATIONSOFITALY(I)
(Criticalpapers)
Chair:DomenicBeneventi(U.deSherbrooke)
MariaGiuseppinaCESARI(SanBenedettodel
Tronto/Rome):TheRepresentationofItalyinCaterina
Edwards’TheSicilianWifeLauraRORATO(U.ofHull):UnmaskingMotherhood:
andRitaCiresi’sSometimesIdreaminItalian
JourneysofSelf-DiscoveryinMaryMelfi’sItaly
AngelaBUONO(U.degliStudidiNapoli“L’Orientale”):
RevisitedandGenniGunn’sTracingIris
L’ItaliedeHédiBouraoui:unvoyagetranspoétique
MariaCristinaSECCIA(IMLR,U.ofLondon):
TranslatingItalian-CanadianLiterature:
16:00–17:10REPRESENTATIONSOFITALY(II)
TheCaseofAntonioD’AlfonsointoItalian
(Literaryreadings)
Chair:MariaLisella(LongIsland)
11:00–12:10WOMEN’SSTORIES
(LiteraryReadings)
CristinaPEPE(Vancouver):WarToys
Chair:LianneMoyes(U.deMontréal)
DavidBELLUSCI(Burnaby,BC):RomeatDusk
SilviaFALSAPERLA(TO):Siren’sSong(PoemforSicily) ConnieGUZZO-MCPARLAND(Montréal):
PietroCORSI(Valencia,California):L’Amapoladella
TheWomenofSaturn
SierraMadre
VeneraFAZIO(Bright’sGrove):TheFabricofMySoul
DeliaDESANTIS(Bright’sGrove,ON):TheSmellof
17:10–17:30CoffeeBreakandBookSales
RosesatNight
LiciaCANTON(Montréal):TheMotorcycle
17:30–18:30TRANSCULTURALIDENTITYINITALIAN
AMERICANLITERATURE
12:10–13:10TRANSLATINGPLACE&CULTURE
(Criticalpapers)
(CriticalPapers)
Chair:JimZucchero(King’sU.College)
Chair:MariaCristinaSeccia(IMLR,U.ofLondon)
GilFAGIANI&MariaLISELLA(LongIsland):Creatinga
MariaPiaARPIONI(U.diVenezia“Ca’Foscari”):
ProgressiveItalianAmericanIdentityinWhite
SenseofPlaceinLiciaCanton'sShortStories
America:ExpressionsinMemoir,ProseandPoetry
LuisaMARINO(U.degliStudidiNapoli“L’Orientale”):
EvaSAÑUDOPELAYO(U.deOviedo):Multicultural
TradurreMigrazioni,(rap)presentareculturein
LittleItaly:aliterarycomparisonofCanadian&US
transito:ilcasodi‘TheMotorcycle’diLiciaCanton urbanenclaves
13:10–15:00LunchatLaSpezieria
19:30BusleavesHotelCertosa
MedievalfeastinTeggiano(SA),AllaTavoladella
15:00–16:30GENDERINGCULTURALMEMORY(I)
PrincipessaCostanza(organizedbyProLocoTeggiano,
(CriticalPapers)
hostedbyComunediTeggiano)
Chair:LauraRorato(U.ofHull)
LianneMOYES(U.deMtl):GenderingDislocationand
***
CulturalMemory:MarydiMichele’s‘TheJudiths’
FRIDAY12AUGUST
AstridM.FELLNER(U.desSaarlandes):‘ACageMade
ofFleshandBlood’:Memory,Desire,andDiasporic
9:30–10:00BookSales
IdentitiesintheWorksofMaryMelfi
ElisabethTUTSCHECK(U.deMtl):AttheIntersection
10:00–11:00ITALIAN-CANADIANNOVELS:
ofNationalismandSexuality
TRANSCULTURALIDENTITY&TRANSLATION
(CriticalPapers)
16:30–16:45CoffeeBreakandBookSales
Chair:AstridFellner(U.desSaarlandes)
16:45–17:25GENDERINGCULTURALMEMORY(II)
(LiteraryReadings)
Chair:ConnieGuzzo-McParland(Montréal)
TheresaCARILLI(OakPark,Illinois):FlyingSaucers
CarmelaCIRCELLI(Toronto):WindLover
17:25–18:05FAMILYTIES
(LiteraryReadings)
Chair:EufemiaFantetti(Toronto)
DomenicCUSMANO(Montréal):HomecomingII
NicBATTIGELLI(Sudbury,ON):AFamilySecret
19:00BusfromHotelCertosaforMonteSanGiacomo:
welcome,presentations(19:30)anddinner(21:30),
organizedbyCentroStudiPalazzoMarone
***
SATURDAY13AUGUST
9:30–10:00BookSales
10:00–11:00ITALIAN-QUÉBÉCUOISARTS
(CriticalPapers)
Chair:DomenicBeneventi(U.deSherbrooke)
LuigiMONTEFERRANTE(Vasto):
AMontrealArtistinVasto
LuigiBRUTI-LIBERATI(U.degliStudidiMilano):
LaStoriadegliitalo-montrealesi:‘IlDuceCanadese’
e‘CaffèItalia’
11:00–12:05STORIESABOUTWOMEN
(LiteraryReadings)
Chair:DeliaDeSantis(Bright’sGrove,ON)
RosannaBATTIGELLIMICELOTTA(Sudbury,ON):
Labrigantessa
PietroVITELLI(Latina):Fiorina
AldoCOLANGELO(Toronto):Sole,senzasole
12:05–13:05LAUNCHOFEXPLORINGVOICE
WithEditorsVeneraFAZIOandDeliaDESANTIS
Chair:LiciaCanton(Montréal)
13:05–14:55LunchatLaSpezieria
15:00–16:00LAFAMIGLIA(Episodes1and5)
(Documentaryscreening)
AdrianaMONTI(Toronto)
Chair:GilFagiani(LongIsland)
16:00–16:15CoffeeBreakandBookSales
16:15–17:45REPRESENTATIONSOFPLACE,SPACE
&(DIS)LOCATIONS
(CriticalPapers)
Chair:MariaPiaArpioni(U.diVenezia“Ca’Foscari”)
EleonoraRAO(U.diSalerno):MarydiMichele's
‘SomewhereIHaveNeverTravelled’andOther
Departures
ManuelaCIPRI(U.LaSapienza,Roma):Fermenti
universalinellaletteraturaanglofonadelCanada
EmilioSARLI(Padula):"MariadeCardonaeGiulio
CesareLagalla:viaggiedesideridiviaggipercorti,
accademie,università,stelle"
19:15BusleavesHotelCertosa
19:30WelcomeatCasaPadula
20:15PresentationsanddinnerinChiostro
Sant’Agostino,hostedbyComunediPadula
***
SUNDAY14AUGUST
9:00BusleavesHotelCertosa
9:15–13:00TourofhistoricalPadulaandmuseums
13:00–13:30ClosingRemarksatCityHall
13:30–15:30Lunchatnearbyrestaurant
16:00–17:00VisittoBattisteroSanGiovanniinFonte
TheAICWisgratefultoEnricoPadulaforhisinitiative,
collaborationandhospitality.ThankstoGianfranco
CataldoandthePadulaorganizingcommittee,
CarminePintoandtheUniversityofSalerno,Milena
GuarinoPadula,DomenicCusmano.
IncollaborationwiththecitiesofPadula,Teggiano,
MonteSanGiacomo,UniversitàdegliStudidiSalerno
-DipartimentodiStudiUmanistici,CentroStudi
PalazzoMaronediMonteSanGiacomo,Comitato
scientificoMuseoCivicoMultimedialediPadula.
Sponsors:BancadiCreditoCooperativoMontepruno
diRoscignoeLaurino,DocciaBox,Tubifor,Vipnet,
LaRisoluzione,LongbridgeBooks,VersUS
ResearchGroup-UniversitédeSherbrooke.
CittàdiPadula
CittàdiTeggiano
DipartimentodiStudiUmanistici
LiveTweetabout#AICW2016with
@AICWCanada!
ShareyourFacebookpostswith
AssociationofItalianCanadianWriters!