On the occasion of the“XVII Settimana della lingua Italiana nel mondo”, dedicated to the theme “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema” and under the High Patronage of President Sergio Mattarella, the Institute, in collaboration with the McGill University’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to present the conference on The Fascist War on Screen: Gender, Generation and Trauma in Post-WWII Italy (1945-1965) by Lidia Santarelli.
Thursday October 26,2017 – 2:30pm -4pm
McGill University
MacDonald Engeering Building, Room 276
Free admission – Conference in English
The conference by Lidia Santarelli is a scholary presentation to the movie Le Soldatesse, scheduled at Cinémathèque Québécoise (October 26, 7pm). The Soldatesse is a work by Valerio Zurlini dedicated to the years of fascism and war. Both this film and Zurlini’s cinema evoke a world of hopes, fleeting joys and despair, thanks to its natural introspective power.
The legacy of Zurlini as a teacher as a forgotten master of historical criticism and psychological research is largely based on his rediscovery and revaluation.
Lidia Santarelli is a modern historical. She achieved a doctorate in history at the European University Institute in Florence and she has been a researcher at Columbia University and Assistant Professor at European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University. There are several areas of her scientific research: Italian fascism, employment systems, history and memory of war crimes in post-1945 Europe. She currently runs Metadata Librarian at Princeton University Library.
Reservation no longer available