Italian Diaspora and the Representation(s) of Italian AmericansDate: June 27-30, 2024
Georgetown University Villa Le Balze, Fiesole, Italy
This year’s Italian American Studies Association’s international symposium theme explores the Italian Diaspora and the representation of Italian Americans in film, literature, and various media forms. As part of such a multidimensional field, Italian Americanness and Italian Diasporic identities should be approached more broadly, considering the complexity of the variegated frameworks to which they belong. Hence, the 2024 IASA symposium encourages proposals in one or more of the following categories.
The Portrayal of Italian Americans on the Page, Screen, Stage
Italian American Values in Transnational Context
The Urban Experience of Italian Americans and Other Diasporic Italians
Italian Heritage and Cultural Change
Italian American Identity Politics
Theorizing the Italian Diaspora
Italian American Studies Today
The Conflicts of Immigration Past and Present Migrations
Diversity in Italian American Studies
Race, Gender, and Sex in Uncertain Times
Celebrating/revisiting anniversaries of numerous texts: The Godfather Part II (1974); Happy Days (1974-1984); The Sopranos (1999-2007); Do the Right Thing (1989); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); Italianamerican (1974); True Love (1989); Louise DeSalvo’s On Moving (1999) and The Art of Slow Writing (2014); Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s Things My Mother Told Me (1999); Mario Puzo’s The Godfather (1969) and The Sicilian (1984).
The Symposium Committee welcomes proposals from scholars from any discipline, inter-discipline, or scholarly field, including creative artists (filmmakers, artists, writers) within and outside the university. We will consider proposals that complement this year’s theme. We prefer fully formed sessions, although we encourage prospective participants to submit individual presentations. The preferred language of the symposium is English; however, presentations may be in English or Italian.
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Event Venue
Villa Le Balze, Fiesole, Italy