Florence University of the Arts, Stony Brook University (NY) and CCIS – Center for Contemporary Italian Studies announce the International Conference:
Florence, October 16-17, 2009
Co-hosted by
Stony Brook University”s Office for International Programs
Florence University of the Arts
CCIS Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Thursday, October 15th
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception and Art Exhibition at
Ganzo, 85/r Via de’ Macci, Florence.
Friday, October 16th
CCIS – Center for Contemporary Italian Studies, 43 Via dell”Oriuolo, Florence – Aula Cinema
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Welcome
Representatives from FUA Dean, International Academic Programs Dr. William Arens, Stony Brook University
Chairs: Dr. William Arens, Stony Brook University
Professor Mario B. Mignone, Stony Brook University and Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session I:
Guest Speakers
Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY
– Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: The Artist and His Politics
Elisa Sai, University of Bristol
– Reassessing Futurism: A Contemporary Artistic Perspective
Luigi Fontanella, Stony Brook University
– A Re-Reading of the Manifestoes of Futurism and Surrealism: Affinities and Polarities
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Session II:
Guest Speakers
Giovanni Bove, Università di Roma, La Sapienza
– Visual Rhetoric and Graphic Prosody in the Parole in Liberta” and the Tavole Parolibere: A Case Study of L”Italia Futurista (1916-18)
Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi
– Futurismo: Semantic Reflections and Potentials of Neologisms
Peter Carravetta, Stony Brook University
– Poetics and Linguistics. Marinetti and Gertrude Stein as Theoreticians of Language
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Session III:
Guest Speakers
Ernesto Livorni, University of Wisconsin
– The Machine as the Rebirth of Humankind
Christa Erickson, Stony Brook University
– Speed Machines
Deirdre O”Grady, University College, Dublin
– Invention, Industry and the Superpower: the Artificial Human Being and Its Consequences for the “Future”
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Session IV:
Guest Speakers
Christian Filstrup, Stony Brook University
– “Cemeteries of wasted effort”: Do research libraries have a Futurist future?
Andrew V. Uroskie, Stony Brook University
– A Matter of Time: Bergsonian Temporality and the Futurist Image in Motion
Clodina Gubbiotti, University of Edinburgh
– The Influence of Futuristic Aesthetics:The Specific Case The Italian Neo-avantgarde
Evening, Friday October 16th
Fondazione Primo Conti, 18 Via G. Dupré, Fiesole (FI).
8:00 p.m. Private Reception and guided tour of the museum
8:30 p.m. Dinner is served
Saturday, October 17th
CCIS – Center for Contemporary Italian Studies, 43 Via dell’Oriuolo, Florence – Aula Cinema
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session I:
Guest Speakers
Zabet Patterson, Stony Brook University
– The Wireless Imagination
Vera Castiglione, University of Bristol
– The War Against Love: A Contemporary Polemic
Ursula Fanning, University College Dublin
– Futurism and the Abjection of the Feminine
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Session II:
Guest Speakers
Kevin Clouther, Stony Brook University
– Sant”Elia”s Invisible Cities
Ricarda Vidal, School of Advanced Study, London
– Sant”Elia on the Thames: London”s Docklands as Futurist Developments
Antonella Valoroso, The Umbra Institute, Perugia
– Futurist Theater: Theories, Experiments, Legacy
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Session III:
Guest Speakers
Nicholas Rzhevsky, Stony Brook University
– Regaining Futurism: Russian Theater 2003-2005
Margaret Schedel, Stony Brook University
– Neo-Futurist Sound: Re-embodying Noise
Giuseppe Gazzola,Stony Brook University
– Prolegomena on a New Edition of Marinetti”s Versi e Prose
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Session IV:
Guest Speakers
Mariana Aguirre, Middle Tennessee State University
– Futurism and Ardengo Soffici in the pages of Lacerba (1913-1915)
Mario Moroni, SUNY/Binghamton
– Beyond Matter: Futurism and Occultist Practices
Nick Ceramella, LUMSA Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta Perugia
– “But I like the futurists. Only I don”t believe in them.”
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Break
Evening, Saturday, October 17th
FAST – School of Fashion Accessory Studies and Technology, 21 Corso Tintori, Florence – Sala Rosa
7:30 p.m. Special Poetry Readings
Dr. Fabio Massimo Faggi A selection of poems
8:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
For Information and registration please contact: CCISS Center for Contemporary Italian Studies
At: Via dell”Oriuolo, 43 – Tel. +39 055 0332424 – Fax +39 055 0332425 – info@squolafirenze.it
REGISTRATION FEES: (include 2 coffee breaks & a buffet lunch)
1 Day: €25 – 2 Days: €40
* For Faculty, Staff and Students 50 % discount
Reservation for Dinner at Fondazione Primo Conti: info@squolafirenze.it or +39 055 033727
I love how there’s a restaurant in Florence called “Ganzo”…
Dear James,
Actually it is not only a restaurant, it is a cultural association of students attending both Apicius International School of Hospitality and Florence University of the Arts.
It is an ACLI association, and yearly membership is available for everybody.
For more information, pls contact: info@ganzoflorence.it or visit the website: http://www.ganzoflorence.it
Tnx and pass by if you wish – Molecular Cuisine is quite an experience… 😀