FRIDAY APRIL 15, 2011
8:00-12:00 REGISTRATION [UMC 2nd floor, landing area]
9:00-9:30 Coffee and Tea [UMC 245]
9:30-11:00 SESSION I: Historical Perspectives on the Mediterranean [UMC 382]
Chair: Michela Ardizzoni (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Céline Dauverd (University of Colorado – Boulder) “The Mediterranean Moment: Mehmed II and the Genoese in Constantinople post-1453"
- Elizabeth Frierson (University of Cincinnati) “Imagining Istanbul, Reconceiving Constantinople”
11:00-11:15 Coffee and Snacks [UMC 382]
11:15-12:45 SESSION II: Spaces and Narratives of the Mediterranean [UMC 382]
Chair: Nabil Echchaibi (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Cathal Kilcline (National University of Ireland) “Characterizing Contemporary ‘Mediterraneity’: Representation of Toulon in Popular Culture”
- Federica Frediani (Università della Svizzera Italiana) “Mediterranean Narratives: Literary and Mythical Tunis”
- George Papakis (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) “The Neoliberalization of Urban Space in a Mediterranean Metropolis: The Case of the Former Elliniko Airport in Athens, Greece”
12:45-2:00 Lunch on your own
2:00-3:30 SESSION III: Moroccan Cityscapes [UMC 382]
Chair: Mohammed Hirchi (Colorado State University)
- Mohammed Hirchi (Colorado State University) “Tangiers and the Cinematographic Gaze in Rachid Benhadj’s Le pain nu (2005)”
- Valérie Orlando (University of Maryland, College Park) “Mean Streets, Bad Boys, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll: Morocco’s Cityscapes as Dystopias of the 21st Century”
- Mary Vogl (Colorado State University) “Depth of Perception: Yto Barrada’s Photographs of Tangiers”
3:30-3:45 Coffee and Snacks [UMC 382]
SATURDAY APRIL 16, 2011
8:00-12:00 REGISTRATION [UMC 2nd floor, landing area]
9:00-9:30 Coffee and Tea [UMC 245]
9:30-11:00 SESSION V: Imagining Italy and the South [UMC 247]
Chair: Michela Ardizzoni (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Gloria Pastorino (Fairleigh Dickinson University) “Dreamed Cityscapes: Carmine Amoroso’s Cover Boy”
- Vetri Nathan (University of Denver) “Invisible Cities: The Migrant Topographies of Italy”
- Sonia Massari (University of Siena) “Simply MED: Italian Cities, Food, Culture, and the Mediterranean Lifestyle”
11:00-11:15 Coffee and Snacks [UMC 245]
11:15-12:45 SESSION VI: Music and Cinema of the Mediterranean [UMC 247]
Chair: Valerio Ferme (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Lorenzo Rinelli (University of Hawaii) “A Symphony of Rome: Listening to the Rhythms of the Eternal City”
- Valerio Ferme (University of Colorado-Boulder) “Where Has It Gone?: The Absence of the City in the Mediterranean Perspectives of Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), Troisi (Il Postino) and Salvatores (Mediterraneo)”
- David Bond (Ohio State University) “Quicker than the Human Heart: The Changing Forms of Tunis”
2:00-3:30 SESSION VII: Exploring Italy and the South [UMC 247]
Chair: Michela Ardizzoni (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Chiara Ferrari (California State University, Chico) “South in Narration: Genre Conventions in the Representation of Southern Italy”
- Giovanni Migliara (University of Madrid) “ ‘On the Road’ Italian-Style: Bildungsroman Narratives between the Global and the Local”
- Fulvio Orsitto (California State University, Chico) “Loose Identities: Ferzan Ozpetek and the Mediterranean City”
3:30-3:45 Coffee and Snacks [UMC 245]
3:45-5:15 SESSION VIII: Neapolitan Cultures [UMC 247]
Chair: Nabil Echchaibi (University of Colorado – Boulder)
- Guillaume Bernardi (York University) “Naples as Hybrid: John Turturro’s Depiction of Neapolitan Music Tradition in Passione”
- Valentina Fulginiti (University of Toronto) “ ‘Il Regno del Quasi’: Chinese Icons of Naples in Contemporary Italian Culture”
- Roberta Morosini (Wake Forest University) “Bodies of Nostalgia Shipwrecked in Mediterranean Waters to Naples”
