October 2016
Rebecca West
On Martin Scorsese and Abel Ferrara
3, h 3:00-5:00 p.m. / h 5:00-7:00 p.m.
4, h 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sam Patti
Italian American Foodways: Food as Sustenance/Food in the Arts
4, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
5, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
6, h 1:00-3:00 p.m. / h 3:00-5:00 p.m. - film screening (Big Night) and class will take place in the BAU’s seminar room.
11, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
12, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
13, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Michele Fazio
On Working Class Studies and Italian American Studies
18, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
19, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
20, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
25, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
26, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
27, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
plus documentary screening to be scheduled
December 2016
Alan Gravano
Italian American beat poets: Gregory Corso, Diane Di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Philip Lamantia. Two classes on Quentin Tarantino
1, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
2, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
5, h 3:00-6:00 p.m.
6, h 3:00-6:00 p.m.
7, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
January 2017
Lina Insana
Italian ethnic identity in the American 1970’s: popular television, film, and children’s literature
10, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
11, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
12, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
plus a film screening to be scheduled (Rocky)
Donna Chirico
Ethnic Identity in the Italian Diaspora
17, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
18, h 3:00-5:00 p.m.
March-April 2017
Ryan Calabretta Sajer
Italian American Writing Amidst the AIDS Epidemic
Monday, h 3:00-5:00 p.m. - (aula Spezzaferro)
Tuesday, 11:00-1:00 a.m. - (aula Filol. 5)
(only in the first week of the semester)
Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 p.m. - (aula Filol. 9)