Il programma in pdf: SPECTERS OF THE GREAT WAR: FRANCE, ITALY, AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
SPECTERS OF THE GREAT WAR: FRANCE, ITALY, AND WORLD WAR I
An international and interdisciplinary conferene at Dartmouth College
May 15 th – May 17th 2014
All presentation in Haldeman 041
Wednesday May 14, 7:00 pm, 105 Dartmouth Hall
Gran Serata Futurista
The performance celebrates the birth of the Futurist Movement. Readings from a number of “explosive” manifestos will underscore the major developments in futurism. This effervescent monologue will highlight the impact of futurism on the arts, everyday life, and ideas about the acquisition of knowledge.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
10:30 visit to the WWI exhibit in Baker Library with Morgan Swan, Special Collections Education and Outreach Librarian at Dartmouth College
12:45 Coffee
1:15 Opening remarks: Graziella Parati, Chair of the Department of French and Italian
Philip Hanlon, President of Dartmouth College
Adrian Randolph, Dean of the Humanities
2:00-3:45 MODERNISM AND WWI
CHAIR: KATHERINE HORNSTEIN, Art History Department, Dartmouth College
Cinzia Blum “Masculine Exploits: Marinetti’s Futurist Performance on the Stage of the Great War”
Abigail Susik “War Games: Surrealist Automatism and the Great War.”
Michael Syrimis “War, Laughter, and the Mechanized Body in Italian Silent Film”
3:45-4:15pm
Coffee Break
4:15-5:45pm Keynote Address:
INTRODUCED BY MARGARET DARROW, History Department, Dartmouth College
Mark Thompson National Unity or Shared Suffering? – Dilemmas of Commemoration in Italy
6:00pm
Reception
Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center
6:45 Dinner: Faculty Lounge—Hopkins Center (by invitation only)
Friday, May 16, 2014
8:30-9:00am
Breakfast
9:00-10:45 am CULTURAL POLITICS
CHAIR: LUCAS HOLLISTER, French and Italian Department, Dartmouth College
Allison Scardino Belzer “Nurses, Spies, and Sacrifice: Female Citizenship and Patriotism in Italy
Diego Lazzarich “War on war!” The Italian Socialists and WWI
Andrew Sobanet “Pacifism and the Rise of Stalinism in France: A Legacy of World War I”
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