On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s death (March 1, 1938), the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal and the Istitut d’Études Méditerranéennes are pleased to present the conference of Prof. Claudia Polledri, “Gabriele d’Annunzio: the tells of the East”.
March 13, 2018, 6pm
Édifice du Pensionnat Saint-Nom-De-Marie
Salle Marie-Stéphane
628, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Outremont
Conference in French
Info: brusyl@videotron.ca
The conference will attempt to understand the role of the “East” in the work of Gabriele d’Annunzio. Intellectual curious and sensitive to cultural influences, D’Annunzio has developed its own reading of Orientalism, ranging from the Mediterranean to Japan. Following the plot of his prolific literary activity, the conference will go in search of traces of this path to understand how the exchange with other cultures has significantly contributed to shape the aesthetics of D’Annunzio.
Claudia Polledri, postdoctoral and in charge of courses at the Département d’histoire de l’art et d’études cinématographiques de l’Université de Montréal, she also scientifically coordinates the CRIalt (Center of Recherches Intermediate on the Arts, the Letters and the Techniques, UdeM). A graduate in comparative literature at the Université de Montréal with a research on Beirut’s photographic representations (1982-2011), her interests in scientific research are oriented towards photography and contemporary art in the Middle East and the Maghreb, as well as the many relationships between image and history.