COLUMBIA SEMINAR IN MODERN ITALY

2010/2011 Program

All events take place at 6:30 in the 5^th floor conference room of the Italian Academy unless otherwise indicated.

October 15, 2010. Francesco Benigno, Universita di Teramo. “Dangerous classes in the Mezzogiorno. Camorra, mafia and the Unification of Italy (1860-1876)”

November 12, 2010. Simonetta Chiappini, Florence, Italy. “’Il popolo cantante.’ Italianita’ and the melodrama”

December 10, 2010. Silvana Patriarca, Fordham University, New York. “A Political Emotion: Shame and the Risorgimento”

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February 11, 2011. Michele Alacevich, Center for European Studies, Harvard University. “The Postwar Global Quest for Development and the Italian Mezzogiorno: Ideas, People, and Institutions, 1946-1965”

March 11, 2011. Allison A. Cooper, Colby College, Waterville, ME. "Three Monumental Answers to the Questione Romana"

April 8, 2011. Maurizio Isabella, Queen Mary, University of London. “Risorgimento, political emigration, and the rise of liberalism between Europe and Latin America : 1815-1835”

NB: May 6, 2011. 4:00-8:00 pm. Gramsci Conference in memory of John Cammett

Marta Petrusewicz, Chair