Presentations

  • Provoking, Invoking History PosterInvited lecture entitled "A Powerful Alliance: Artemisia Gentileschi and Anna Banti" as part of the interdisciplinary symposium "Invoking History/ Provoking History: Encounters of Fiction, Art and History" at Pennsylvania State University, November 5, 2011.

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  • Presentation entitled "The View From Africa: Edmondo De Amicis and the Formation of a National Identity in Post-Unification Italy" in the session "Italy from the Muslim World," at the "Italy From Without" conference organized by the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook, Oct. 14-15, 2011.
  • Presented "Folk Music and Dance Traditions of Val Resia, Italy" at the Folk Arts Center of New England, Arlington, MA, February 11, 2011.
  • Presented in round table entitled “Blended and Online Models for the Teaching of Italian,” for the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Annual Convention, Rutgers University, February 2011.
  • Organized and Chaired session entitled “The Theme of the Journey in Italian Literature before 1900,” at the Southeast Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Annual Convention, November 2010.
  • Presented “Edmondo de Amicis: Special Reporter in Post-Unification Italy” at the Southeast Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Annual Convention, November 2010.
  • Invited lecture entitled "Social contexts in Giuliana Morandini's novels Caffè Specchi, I cristalli di Vienna and Angelo a Berlino" at Bishops University, Sherbrooke, QC, October 12, 2010.
  • Co-Organized and Co-Chaired "Literature and Cinema of the Fascist Period," a combined session with Prof. Cristiana Furlan at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA), in Montreal, Canada, April 7 - 10, 2010.
  • Presented "19th Century Naples: Customs and Literary Voices." Ladies Lodge of the Sons of Italy, Woburn, MA, November 16, 2009.
  • Presented "Thelma and Luigi: Redefining Geography and National Identity in Davide Ferrario's New Cinema." at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Atlanta, GA, November 5- 8, 2009.
  • Presented "Cooking and Conviviality in Nineteenth Century Italian Literature." Organized by Dr. Anna Quadri, Director. Dante Alighieri Society of Boston, Cambridge, MA, March 20, 2009
  • "A Neapolitan Food Extravaganza in the works of Matilde Serao: Cultural Tastes and Customs" at the Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, February 26-March 1, 2009.
  • "Experimentation with Art and Food during Fascism in Italy" at the College Art Association National Conference, Dallas TX, February 20-23, 2008.
  • Organized and Chaired Session entitled "Voices in Contemporary Italian Fiction" at the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NEMLA); Cambridge, MA, March 31-April 1, 2005.
  • Organized and Chaired Session entitled "Insights into the Lesser Known Works by Anna Banti" at the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS); Ottawa, CA, March 31-April 2, 2004.
  • Organized and Chaired Session entitled "Letteratura degli anni novanta" at the American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS); Washington, DC, March 11-14, 2003.
  • "The Reliance on Female Friendship in Anna Banti's Fiction" presented as part of a conference entitled "Women in Italy: 1946-1960;" University of Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 18-20, 2002.
  • "Myth, Identity and Womanhood in Maria Teresa DiLascia," at the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NEMLA); Hartford, March 29-31, 2001.