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Laura Ferri
Personal information
b. Siena, Italy, May 12, 1943
m. Sandro Forconi
home: Via Camollia 143, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Educational and professional qualifications
1965 Laurea, in Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Pisa, thesis on North American
Literature ( "Hamlin Garland, scrittore 'veritista' del Middle Border" ).
1966 Abilitazione all’insegnamento (National Teaching Certificate for the teaching of English:
Language and Literature in High Schools.
1969 Winner in National Competion Examination for a position as teacher with security of tenure
in Italian Licei.
Current position at the University
Director of research activities and public relations at the Siena-Toronto Centre of the
University of Siena.
Coordinator of the Siena-Toronto Centre (status only) appointed by Woodsworth College,
University of Toronto for the length of the MOU between the University of Toronto and the
University of Siena, until January 2016
Previous position at the University
1996 – Appointed by the Ministry of Public Education as High School Researcher in the
Department of Anglo-American Literature of the University of Siena in Arezzo for a project
of research on the translation of writers in English.
1996-2003 – Appointed by the Ministry of Public Education as Coordinator of Siena-Toronto
Centre.
1999-2002 – Appointed by Woodsworth College Status only Coordinator of the Siena-Toronto
Centre.
2002-2005 - Appointed by Woodsworth College Status only Coordinator of the Siena-Toronto
Centre.
2005-2008 - Coordinator of the Siena-Toronto Centre as Adjunct Professor at Woodsworth College,
University of Toronto.
2008-2010 Appointed by Woodsworth College Status only Coordinator of the Siena-Toronto Centre
Previous position as High School Teacher
Senior teacher of English Literature at Liceo "Galileo Galilei", Siena; in charge of the
European cultural exchange program Socrates-Comenius in Liceo Galilei.
Teaching appointments and personal contributions at the University
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Instructor and editor as to the translations of Canadian short stories by the students of the
Master in Literary Translation and Editing - Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia. (2004)
Instructor and editor as to the translations of Canadian short stories and poetry by the
students of the Master in Literary Translation and Editing - Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia.
(from 2005 through current year 2011-2012)
Membership in Cultural and Academic Associations
Centro Siena-Toronto, University of Siena (Founding member of the Centre in 1991)
AISC - Italian Association for Canadian Studies.
AISLI - Italian Association for the Studies of Literatures in English.
LEND – Lingua e Nuova Didattica.
Honorary Fellow of Woodsworth College, University of Toronto.
PEN - Italy
Awards and Grants, Recognitions
Arbor Award 1998, University of Toronto.
Canadian Studies Faculty Research in Canada, 2001.
“Laura Ferri-Sandro Forconi Award” for UofT Summer School in Siena, offered by Alex
Waugh former Vice principal and Registar of Woodsworth College.
Mentioned in various Canadian newspapers and literary journals for the promotion and
translation of Canadian culture, and in the ‘acknowledgments’ in the books by leading
Canadian cultural and literary personalities (J.R.Saul, Sam Soleki, Michael Ondaatje among
others).
Cavaliere dell’Ordine “Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”, 2010.
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Organization of activities at the Siena-Toronto Centre and annual Development Proposals
submitted to DFAIT (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada)
as from the Centre's webpage http://www.sienatoronto.unisi.it, including the following
among the others:
Fall 1995
University of Toronto’s seminar "Adapting to Change: State and Society in Canada". Native Artists'
exhibition in Siena "Canada: the native spirit".
Fall 1996
XI Biennial Conference of the Italian Association for Canadian Studies, Siena, November 1996.
1997-1998
'Beyond the Boundaries of Towns and Cities' lecture series, including the symposium with Anne
Michaels, Robert Fulford, Caterina Ricciardi and Roberto Barzanti..
1998-1999
'Visions of Europe in Canadian Culture' lecture series, including symposium with Jane Urquhart,
Tony Urquhart, David Staines, Caterina Ricciardi, Roberto Barzanti.
Exhibition of paintings by Tony Urquhart.
Exhibition of paintings by Giuseppe Zigaina in connection with the presentation of poems by Al
Purdy.
Exhibition of paintings by Luigi Ontani in connection with the presentation of poems by Margaret
Atwood.
1999-2000
'Translating Canada' lecture series including symposia and seminars with Alistair MacLeod, Janice
Kulyk Keefer, John Moss, Dennis Lee.
2000-2001
“The Merging of Cultures,” lecture series including symposia and courses with Ann Charney, Joe
Fiorito, Branko Gorjup, Elizabeth Hay, André Alexis, Timothy Findley, Catherine Bush, David
Young.
2001-2002
Lecture series, including interview on stage between Rosemary Sullivan and Dacia Maraini, and
visit by Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada and colloquium with His
Excellency John Ralston Saul on his work On Equilibrium.
2002-2003
Humber College Writers' School in November 2003, with writers Joe Fiorito, Alistair
MacLeod,Wayson Choy, and Italian writer Lidia Ravera.
2003-2004
Short story seminars with Janice Kulyk Keefer.
Coordination of Professor Michael Marrus' presentation ''The Strange Case of Binjamin
Wilkomirski'' at the International Conference in the University of Siena campus in Arezzo, Studiare
l'Indicibile.
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International Symposium on Visions and Interpretations of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic, with writers
Anne Michaels, Genni Gunn and Gary Geddes.
2004-2005
Meeting critic David Staines on ''The Globalization of Canadian Culture'' and all other writers and
critics at the Siena Toronto Centre during this academic year, including Susan MacMaster, Jean
McNeil, Judy Thomson, Lance Henson, Karen Mulhallen.
2005-2006
Seminar Series on the Theory and Practice of Translation conducted by professor Daniel Simeoni
(York University, Toronto).
Presentation of stories of a Canadian reporter, Patrick Graham, coordinated by Marcello Flores,
Assessore alla Cultura – Comune di Siena and Director of the University of Siena Human Rights
Program.
Lecture by professor Adrienne Chambon, University of Toronto, on ‘Espace public, perspectives
and positions dans la fresque de Lorenzetti’.
2006-2007
Presentation of Leon Rooke’s ‘Fat Woman’ with editor Branko Gorjup, professor Francesca
Romana Paci (University of Torino), translator Anna Maria Chiavatti and the author.
Launch of the book ‘Canada’ by Tania Groppi (University of Siena) with H.E. Alex Himelfarb,
Canadian Ambassador in Rome, professor Silvano Focardi, Rector University of Siena, professor
Luigi Bruti Liberati, President of the Italian Association for Canadian Studies, professor Fabrizio
Ghilardi (University of Pisa).
International Conference “Alice Munro- The Art of the Short Story/L’arte del racconto”, featuring
among others David Staines, University of Ottawa, and Robert Thacker, St. Lawrence University,
New York.
2007-2008
Exhibit ‘Signs and Silence,’ paintings by Canadian writer Pascale Quiviger.
Short Course on the immigrant short story, conducted by Peter Oliva
Conference by The Hon. William Graham on “Military Interventions: a Canadian Perspective on
Lessons Learned from Ruanda, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, with the participation of
Francesco Francioni, professor of International Law at the European University and of H.E. Alex
Himelfarb, Ambassador of Canada in Italy.
Conference by Translation Studies Scholar Lawrence Venuti (Temple University)
Interview on Stage with Jane Urquhart on her book The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories,
with the participation of scholars from the universities of Roma3, Pisa, bologna, and fro College
Militaire St Jean, Montreal, University fro Foreigners, Siena, LEND
Exhibit of the works by Tony Urquhart
Reading by Michael Ondaatje of his novel Divisadero, with the participation of local authorities ,
Assessore alla Cultura Marcello Flores, Professors Claudio Gorlier, Caterina Ricciardi, Riccardo
Duranti Roberto Barzanti.
2008-2009
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Presentation of the book A Fair Country – Telling Truths about Canada by John Ralston Saul,
introduced by professors Luciano Licausi and Pier Giorgio Solina, with the participation of the
author, and Italian and Canadian leading figure Giulio Giorello and H. E. Adrienne Clarkson.
Conference “Terre Polari: Ricerca Storia e Narrazioni” with Joe Fiorito, Noah Richler, Roberto
Bargagli, Gabriella Massa, massimo Mapelli, Gianluca Frinchillucci
Presentation of Klara, Laura Ferri’s Italian translation of The Stone Carvers with the participation
of the author Jane Urquhart, in Isernia and at the Fiera del libro in Rome.
2009-2010
Lecture by the Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci on “Canada’s Response to Terrorism” with the
participation of President Giuliano Amato, former prime Minister of Italy, Professors Fabrizio
Ghilardi, tania Groppi, Francesco Francioni, Valeria Piergigli, Siena Municipality Cultural Attaché
Marcello Flores, H.E James Fox, Ambassador of canada in Rome.
Rosemary Sullivan’s presentation of the biography Villa Air-Bel World War II - Escape and a
House in Marseille, with historian Giovanni Gozzini.
Awarding of the Hon. William Graham with Siena’s Doctoral ring
Presentation by Margaret MacMillan of her book The Uses and Abuses of History, with the
participation of historians Marcello Flores and Giovanni Gozzini and H.E James A.Fox,
Ambassador of Canada in Italy.
Reading by Canadian eco-poet Don McKay with Francesca Valente, Filippo Mariano, poet Mario
Specchio and artist Marlene Creates.
Exhibition of Giuseppe Maraniello’s works inspired by Don Mackay’s poems in Palazzo Pubblico,
inagurated by the Director of the Museum Magazzini del Sale.
2010-2011
Interview on Stage and following lessons with Janice Kulyk Keefer on “Translating Displacement
and Foreign Relations”
Michael Keefer’s lecture on “Desperate Imaginings- Rethoric and Ideology of the New
Antisemitism”
Ken Balderson’s presentation of “ Canada’s Eastern Arctic: A Psychiatrist’s View,” introduced by
professor Michele Zappella
Theodore Friedgut’s lecture on “Populating Canada’s Prairies: How Jewish Settlers contributed to
the Country’s Development.
Mary Lawson’s reading from her novel Crow Lake, introduced by Mary Condé (U of London) and
Jon Redfern (Centennial College, Toronto)
2011-2012
Joint symposium “Continuing to talk about the Canadian North in Siena” with Charlotte Gray (Gold
Diggers, Panning for History in the Canadian North), Cristina Capineri (Sustainability from the
North: Canada's Environmental Performance), Fabrizio Ghilardi (The Magnetic North' e l'identità
canadese: aspetti, considerazioni e prospettive politiche), René Maury (Il Canada alla conquista del
suo Nord: cambiamento climatico, progetti e problemi), Roberto Bargagli (Effetti dei cambiamenti
climatici e degli inquinanti persistenti negli ecosistemi delle regioni polari), Antoni G. Lewkowicz,
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(Thawing Landscapes, Collapsing Buildings: Permafrost and Climate Change in Northern Canada),
Aritha Van Herk (Reading in the North), Robert J. Sharp (Canada's Arctic: A Visual Journey)
In collaboration with Institute of Canadian Studies, Ottawa.
Itesh Sachdev’s lecture on “Ethnolinguistic Identity”, introduced by Valeria Piergigli.
Mary Melfi’s reading of Italy Revisited. Conversations with My Mother and interview with the
author by Annalisa Coppolaro.
Jon Redfern’s Seminars “Landscapes, City and the Natural World: Margaret Atwood and the Group
of Seven”, for Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Galilei”, Siena.
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Publications
1. Stephen Crane, Racconti del West (Western Stories), translation, Palermo, Sellerio
Editore, 1992, 151.
2. Jessie L. Weston, Indagine sul Santo Graal (From Ritual to Romance), translation,
Palermo, Sellerio Editore, Palermo, 1994, 223.
3. Raymond Souster, "Lagoons, Hanlan's Point," translation, Parole sull'Acqua: poesie
dal Canada anglofono e francofono, edited by L. Nissim e C. Ricciardi translation,
Roma, Empirìa, 1996, 86-89.
4. The Love of A Good Woman, by Alice Munro, Il Tolomeo II, Venezia,
Edistampa,1997, 85.
5. La Grande Carestia: privazione e anelito al ritrovamento. Pagine da Away di Jane
Urquhart, translation and review, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, 10, Bari, Schena, 1997,
127-135.
6. John Moss, Enduring Dreams. An Exploration of the Arctic Landscape, review and
translation of poems, Il Tolomeo, III, Venezia, Edistampa,1997, 94-95.
7. Anne Michaels a Siena, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, 11, Bari, Schena, 1998, 33-47.
8. Anne Michaels a Siena, interview, Rivista di Studi Canadesi n. 11, Bari, Schena, 1998,
49-53.
9. Al Purdy: In Etruscan Tombs, translation, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, n. 11, Bari,
Schena, 1998, 21-24.
10. Una Poesia e un Ricordo di Al Purdy, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, n.11, Bari, Schena,
1998, 25-31.
11. Floods in Alice Munro’s Rural Ontario, L’Acqua nella Cultura Canadese, Roma,
Semar, 1998, 155-161.
12. Ritratti di Toronto: Robert Fulford's Accidental City and The Invention of
Toronto, Il Tolomeo, III, Venezia, Edistampa, 1997, 97-98.
13. L'Acqua nella Cultura Canadese. Realtà e Metafora, co-editor with Caterina Ricciardi,
Fabio Mugnaini, Roma, Semar, 1998, 687.
14. Stephen Crane, Billie Atkins va a Omaha, (Billie Atkins went to Omaha), Linea
d'Ombra, 137, 1998, 42-48.
15. Journeys of Rebellion in Alice Munro's Fiction, Englishes, vol VIII, Anno III, Roma,
Pagine, 1999, 3-20.
16. Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Il Tolomeo, IV, Venezia, Edischena,1998-99, 93-94
17. Al Purdy, Pronuncia i Nomi-Say the Names , translation, Ravenna, Longo, 1999, 207.
18. Atmosphere: An Interview with Jane Urquhart in Siena, Descant, Toronto, Canada,
Descant Arts and Letters, 2000, 146-156.
19. Margaret Atwood, Giochi di Specchi/Tricks with Mirrors, translation, Ravenna,
Longo, 2000, 226.
20. Across the North, between Texts and Contexts, Il Canada e le Culture della
Globalizzazione (A. Rizzardi, G.Dotoli edts), Fasano, Schena 2001, 215-29.
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21. Representations: Italy the Malevolent, Italy the Beautiful, Italy and Canadian
Culture, Nationalism and the New Millennium, (Anna Pia De Luca & Debora Saidero
edts) Udine, Editrice Universitaria Udinese, 2001, 113-124.
22. A Detailed World: an Interview with Alistair MacLeod, Arachne, vol. 7, Sudbury,
Laurentian University, 2001, 21-26.
23. Odysseys: Quests of the Self and Returns to the Other, Merope, Anno XII, N. 33-34
Settembre Maggio 2001, Pescara, 27-43.
24. Translating Canada: Cultures Across the Ocean. An interview with Jane Urquhart,
Englishes, vol. 14, Anno 5°, Roma, Pagine, 2001, 107-121.
25. C. Bush, M.C.A. Farrand, Dennis Lee, Dionne Brand, translation of passages and
poems from their works in ‘Oceano Canada’, Nuovi Argomenti, Roma, Carocci, 2001,
85-91, 155-177.
26. Nel Buio silenzio delle Doline - Un ricordo di Anne Michaels a Siena, Quaderni del
Premio Letterario Giuseppe Acerbi, Mantova, Tipografia Grassi, 2002, 173-74.
27. Canadian Literature Observed in November 2001, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, n.15,
Bari, Schena, 2002, 107-119.
28. Projecting Katherine Mansfield: Interview with Janice Kulyk Keefer, Books in
Canada, vol.31, No 9, Toronto, The Canadian Review of Books, 2002, 23-25.
29. Talking with John Moss and Anne Michaels, Englishes, vol. 17, Anno VI, Roma,
Pagine, 2002, 75-89.
30. Andrè Alexis, /Infanzia (Childhood) (translation), Napoli, Pironti, 2002.
31. An Interview with Dennis Lee, Il Tolomeo, Venezia, Grafiche Biesse, n.7, 2002-2003,
23-25.
32. An Interview with Catherine Bush in Siena, Il Tolomeo, Venezia, Grafiche Biesse,
n.7, 2002-2003, 12-15.
33. Being Fiction, by John Moss, Il Tolomeo, Venezia, Grafiche Biesse, n. 7, 2002-2003,
68.
34. Memoriam, di Anne Michaels (translation) e Memorie di Donne di S.Lillian Kremer
(translation), Oltre La Persecuzione, Donne, ebraismo, memoria (Roberta Ascarelli
editor) Roma, Carocci, 2004, 137- 38 e 151-177.
35. Talking with Joe Fiorito at his Place in Toronto, Englishes, n.20, Anno VII, Roma,
Pagine, 2003, 65-68.
36. Ron Smith, Tre Poesie, Rivista di Studi Canadesi, n. 16, Bari, Schena Editore, 73-78,
2003.
37. Mothers and Other Secrets, Open Letter, University of Western Ontario,Winter 2004,
137-49.
38. Private View: A Conversation with Canadian Author Jean McNeil, Books in
Canada, vol.33, No 6, 2004, pp. 10-12.
39. Talking about Private View at the Poetry Cafè in London, Englishes, n.23, 2004, pp.
91-108.
40. Jane Urquhart, Essays on Her Works, (Edited by Laura Ferri), Toronto - Buffalo Chicago - Lancaster (U.K), Guernica Editions, 151, 2005.
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41. An Interview with Jane Urquhart in Toronto, in Jane Urquhart, Essays on Her
Works, Toronto - Buffalo - Chicago - Lancaster (U.K), Guernica Editions, 151, 2005.
42. Isabella Valancy Crawford, Fiabe, (Edited by Laura Ferri and Giovanna Mochi),
Arezzo, Helicon, 69, 2006.
43. From Canada to London: how Wide Is the Atlantic Ocean?, Rivista di Studi
Canadesi, n.17/2004, Fasano, Schena, 155-163.
44. An Interview with Joe Fiorito before ‘The Song beneath the Ice,’ Toronto, Italian
Canadiana, vol. XVI, The Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian Canadian Studies,Toronto,
2002.
44. Crossing Borders in Alice Munro’s Short Stories, Englishes, Roma, Casa Editrice Le
Pagine n.26, annoIX, 2005, 67-75.
45. Donne in viaggio – voci femminili del Canada (edited by Giovanna Mochi and Laura
Ferri), Firenze, Le Lettere, 2007.
46. Dennis Lee, Dimora del Cuore / Heart Residence, eds Branko Gorjup and Francesca
Valente, (Translation), Ravenna, Longo, 2005.
47. Jane Urquhart, Qualche altro giardino/Some Other Garden, (translation) Roma, Del
Vecchio Editore, 2007.
48. Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrots (ed. and translation), Roma, Del
Vecchio Editore, 2008.
49. “Sotto la neve” translation of February by Jane Urquhart, Calendario 2009, Biblioteca
Nazionale Centrale di Roma, 2009.
50. Visioni e Interpretazioni del Nord Artico e Subartico, (Edited by Laura Ferri and
Luciano Giannelli), Siena, Stampa MC2, 2006.
51. English Speaking Writers in and around Siena: from the Grand Tour to the Postmodern Traveller , Strange Peregrination, Toronto, The Frank Iacobucci Centre for
Italian Canadian Studies, 2007, 125-136.
52. Child’s Play on-line http://www.alaaddin.it/Munro/Terrosu.html#Laura_Ferri
53. Crossing Borders in Alice Munro’s Short Stories, The Short Story in English:
Crossing Boundaries (edited by Gema Soledad Castillo Garcìa, Marìa Rosa Cabellos
Castilla, Juan Antonio Sánchez Jiménez, Vincent Carlisle Espínola), electronic files,
Madrid, Servicio de Publicaciones – Universidad de Alcalà, 2006.
54. How Some Canadian Writers Travel to Italy: Translating Toronto to Siena, Italian
Canadiana, The Frank Iacobucci Centre for Italian Canadian Studies, Vol. 1, 2007.
55. Canada at Home: The Places of Home – What is Home?, in Canada, Text and
Territory, edited by Màire Aine Nì Mhainnìn and Elizabeth Tilley, ACSI Conference in
Galway Proceedings 2006, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.
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56. Reading Alice Munro in Italy (Edited by Laura Ferri, Gianfranca Balestra, Caterina
Ricciardi - Proceedings of the Conference organized by Centro Siena-Toronto,
Università di Siena, Siena 4-5 maggio 2007), Toronto, Iacobucci Centre, 2008, pp.123
57. Klara, (translation of Jane Urquhart, The Stone Carvers) Isernia, Cosmo Iannone 2009,
pp 355.
58. Jane Urquhart in Tuscany: a Lover of Landscape and Art, in Bringing Landscape
Home in the Writings of Jane Urquhart, ed. Dorota Filipczak, and Hagata Handley,
Lodz, Lodz University Press, 2010, pp. 27-29
59. Interview on Stage with Jane Urquhart 2008, ed. Laura Ferri, Roma, Englishes, 2010
pp.67-117.
60. Discussant’s Comment in Transcultural Pedagogy, Cultural Crossings: the Case
Studies of Canada and Italy, eds B.Rizzardi, V. Tchernichova, Pisa, Edizioni ETS,
2011, 219-220
61. Ritorno in Italia – Conversazioni con mia madre ( translation of Mary Melfi, Italy
Revisited – Conversations with My Mother) Isernia, Cosmo Iannone 2012, pp.325.
62. Poesia di Chicago (translation and introduction of Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems)
Borgomanero, Novara, Giuliano Ladolfi Editore, pp.153
63. Memory on The Guthrie Road (forthcoming, Toronto, Frank Iacobucci Centre)
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Presentations in conferences and seminars
“Reading Literary Texts in Italian High Schools” - Teachers of English Seminars in
Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, 8-9
December 1994.
“Floods in Alice Munro’s Rural Ontario” - XI Biennial Conference of Italian Association
for Canadian Studies, Siena, Italy, 6-11 November 1996.
“The ‘Beauteous Forms’ of Nature in Alice Munro’s Landscapes” - 22nd BACS Annual
Conference, University of Wales, Swansea, 24-27 March, 1997.
“The Beggar Maid, Stories of Flo and Rose”, Seminar at Dipartimento di Filologia e Critica
della Letteratura, Università di Siena, 1997.
“Journeys of Rebellion in Alice Munro’s Fiction”, IACS Biennial Conference, University of
Cork, Ireland, 1998.
“The Teaching of Canadian Literature in reference to EFL curricula,” Centennial College
Symposium, Toronto 1998.
“Quests and Re-visitations at the End of the Millennium,” BACS International Conference,
University of London, 1999.
“Themes and Translations of ‘Fugitive Pieces,’” seminar at Dipartimento di Studi
Americani, Università di Roma 3, April 1999.
“Across the North: between Texts and Contexts," International Conference of the Italian
Association for Canadian Studies, Bologna, September 1999.
"Representations: Italy the Malevolent, Italy the Beautiful," Convegno Internazionale,
Università di Udine, Udine, May 2000.
“Odysseys: Quests of the Self and Returns to the Other,” BACS International Conference,
University of York, April 2001.
Examples of Literary Translation, as part of Corso sulla Traduzione at the Università per
Stranieri, Siena, May 2001.
Living in Hyphenated Situations: The Immigrant Experience in Choy's and Fiorito's
Memoirs, lecture at OISE, University of Toronto, Novembre 2001.
Mothers and Other Secrets, Alice Munro Conference: Writing Secrets, Université des
Lettres, Orléans, May 2003 Canadians in London: Jean McNeil's "Private View'' and Catherine Bush's "The Rules of
Engagement," XIIth Biennial International Conference of the Association of Canadian
Studies in Ireland, University College, Cork, May 2004.
Crossing Borders in Alice Munro’s Short Stories, Short Story International Conference,
Universidad de Alcalà de Henares, Madrid, October 2004.
Canada at Home. The Places of Home, Irish Association for Canadian Studies, Galway,
Ireland, April 2006.
English-speaking Writers in and around Siena: from the Grand Tour to the Post-modern
Traveller, (Key Lecture) Association of Italian Canadian Writers, Vancouver, May 2006.
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Homecoming and “Child’s Play”. Alice Munro – The Art of the Short Story / L’arte del
racconto, Centro Siena-Toronto, Università di Siena, Siena 4-5 May 2007.
Pittura e paesaggi italiani nell’immaginazione degli scrittori canadesi. Dipartimento di
Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna) in
collaborazione con Fondazione Flaminia, Ravenna, 15-16 Maggio 2007.
How some Canadian Writers Travel to Siena, ACSUS Conference, Toronto, 14-18
November 2007.
An Introduction to Italian Culture for University of Alberta Alumni, University of Alberta
School in Cortona, 23 October 2007.
Discussant’s Comment in Transcultural Pedagogy, Cultural Crossings: the Case Studies of
Canada and Italy Pisa, 2008
Sogno, Storia, Memoria nella Letteratura Canadese: The Stone Carvers /Klara in Spazi
Canadesi della Memoria, organized by Carla Comellini, Ravenna, U of Bologna, Nov. 2009
Jane Urquhart’s Visiting Italy, AISC Conference, Atri, 2010
A Memoir by Rosemary Sullivan in Memory and Forgetting, organized by Carla Comellini,
Ravenna, U of Bologna, Nov. 2010
Memory On The Guthrie Road ACSUS Conference, Ottawa November 16-20, 2011
Presentation of Mary Melfi and her memoir at Ravenna, Fondazione Flamini, invited by
Prof. Carla Comellini (Centro di Studi Canadesi “Alfredo Rizzardi” U of Bologna), 5 Nov.
2012
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Courses and seminars attended in Canada
1985 English and Canadian Literature courses at Innis College and Victoria College, University of
Toronto, Fall term.
1985 TESL Conference, Toronto, ON.
1986 TESL Canada Summer Institute, Vancouver, BC.
1994 Centennial College Seminar for Teachers of English, Scarborough, ON.
1998 Centennial College Symposium, Toronto.
2001
Joanne Saul's course on Post-colonial authors at UofT.
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Courses and conferences attended as researcher and invited guest in Europe
1966 Midland School of English, Course in Spoken and Written English Nottingham, England,
organized by professor R. Anzilotti from the University of Pisa.
1966 Associazione Italo-Americana C.I.S.A (Italian Centre for American Studies), Roma.
1973 British Council Course for Teachers of English - Modern English Drama, Poetry and the
Novel. Durham, England (Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione and British Council Grant).
1977 Convegno Nazionale sui problemi dell'insegnamento della Letteratura di Lingua Straniera
nella Scuola Secondaria (Italian Conference on the Teaching of Literature), Bologna.
1979 Bell School Course for Teachers of English, International Centre for English Language,
International Studies and the Arts. Saffron Walden, England.
1982 British Council Course for Teachers of English - Linguistics and the Teaching of English Reading, G B (Ministero della Pubblica istruzione and British Council Grant).
1982 British Council Conference. ELT - New Ideas from Britain. Bologna.
1983 British Council Conference. ELT - Focus on the Learner. Bologna.
1984 British Council Conference. EFL - Teaching and the Teacher. Bologna.
1985 British Council Conference. Techniques of Teaching - From Theory to Practice. Bologna.
1989 Tesol-Italy Conference . Roma.
1990 British Council Conference. Development and Resources for the 199Os. Sorrento.
1991 British Council Conference. Ten Years on the Teaching of the Arts. Bologna.
1991 Longman Teacher Training Seminar, Siena.
1992 Conference on La Traduzione Letteraria dall'Inglese (Literary Translations from English).
(Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti e Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Venezia.
1992 Tesol-Italy Conference: The Communicative Approach. Where are we now? Roma.
1994 British Council Conference. Bologna.
1994 X Convegno Biennale dell'Associazione Italiana di Studi Canadesi, "Memoria e Sogno:
Quale Canada Domani?" Monastier di Treviso e Venezia (Dipartimento di Letterature e
Civiltà Anglo-Germaniche).
1997 The British Council National Conference for Teachers of English, Bologna, 1997.
1997 22nd BACS Annual Conference, University of Wales, Swansea.
1998 Biennial International Conference, IACS, University of Cork, Ireland.
1999 International Conference of The Italian Association for Canadian Studies, Bologna.
2000 Italy and Canadian Culture – Nationalism in the New Millennium - International Conference
- Centro di Cultura Canadese - Università di Udine, 18-19-20 May 2000.
2000 The Mediation of Cultures, International Conference at Università di Roma 3.
2001 The British Council International Conference for Teachers of English, Firenze.
2003 Tesol International Conference, Rome.
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2003
Step Across This Line: Come Si Interroga il Testo Postcoloniale, III Convegno AISLI,
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, November 2003.
2004 The Colours of Canada, The Italian Association for Canadian Studies, (invited guest) Pescara,
April 2004.
2005
Canada, Le Rotte della Libertà, The Italian Association for Canadian Studies, Chair of
Session b: comunicazioni di letteratura anglo-canadese, Monopoli, 5-9 October 2005.
2007 L’editoria di qualità in Italia. Il ruolo delle piccole e medie case editrici, Università di
Ferrara in collaboration with Provincia di Ferrara and Regione Emilia Romagna, (invited
guest), Ferrara, 4-6 May 2007.
2007
La casa di parole – Alice Munro. Convegno Internazionale – Forum Lou Salomé,
(invited guest) Firenze 10 November 2007.
2012 –Seminar on Canadian Studies: Current Issues- Procida May31-June 1
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