EVENTS ORGANIZED

Organized Events (Selection)

•  Amir Issaaa’s concert and lecture (2022)

• Presentation by novelist Maaza Mengiste (NY Times, Time, NPR selection of Best Book of the Year), organized as part of the Dean of Arts and Sciences Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series, in collaboration with the D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (2021).

•  Diversity and Decolonization in Italian Studies. Global Roundtable Series, Co-Organizer (2021). Programme.

• Dean’s Lecture Series - History and its Discontents: The Futures and the Pasts of Science Fiction. Seminar Series at the Humanities Institute, Co-Organizer (2017). Programme.

• Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters: The Horn of Africa and Italy. Seminar Series at the Humanities Institute, Co-Organizer (2016). Programme.

• 'How Race is Made in Italy'. Research Seminar at the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, Nov. 18, 2014. Programme.

• Italian Film Festival at Stony Brook University. 2014. Director and Organiser. Website.

• 'Representing Migrant Subjectivities in Contemporary Italian Literature and Cinema'. Conference Panel at the American Association of Italian Studies 2014 Conference, University of Zurich, May 23-25, 2014.

• 'Narrating Rome'. Seminar at Associazione Culturale 001, Rome, March 29-30, 2014. Programme.

• ‘Crossing Borders: Femininity, Visuality and Narrative on the Move'. Research Seminar, Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing, University of London, Dec. 11, 2013. Programme.

• ʻMigration, Discrimination and Belonging: Trans-national Spaces in Post-colonial Europeʼ. Research Seminar, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick, Mar. 6, 2013. Programme. Website. Podcast.

• Wu Ming 2, ʻThe Historical Novel as a Means of Investigation: In Search of Narrative Truthʼ. Research Seminar, Italian Department, University of Warwick, Mar. 5, 2013. Programme.

• ʻThe Italian Trusteeship in Somalia (AFIS) and Beyondʼ. Research Seminar, Italian Department, University of Warwick, Jan. 18, 2012. Programme.

• ʻUrban Spaces and Migrant Writingsʼ. Research seminar, Italian Department, University of Warwick, Nov. 14th, 2011. Program. Programme.

• ʻKaleidoscope: New Perspectives on the Humanitiesʼ. Co-organised interdisciplinary and interdepartmental conference, University of Warwick. May 28-29, 2011. Programme.

• ʻMigrant Cinema and Writing in Post-colonial Italyʼ. Interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research seminars and pedagogic interventions, University of Warwick. Funded by the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning. Feb.-Mar. 2011. Programme. Podcast. Website.

• Arts Faculty Seminar Series 2010-2011. Co-organiser.

• ʻOLTREilMARginE: Festival di letteratura e migrazioneʼ, Brescia, Italy. Funded by Fondazione della Comunità Bresciana, CGIL, ANPI, Comune di Castenedolo, Comune di Borgosatollo. Curator, Director and Organiser, Nov. 10-14, 2010. Article in La Repubblica. Programme.