february, 2019
7feb6:00 pm- 8:00 pmItaly's Eventful Decolonization: Multidirectional Memories of Empire's End
Event Details
Featuring: Pamela Ballinger (University of Michigan) Presenter Victoria De Grazia (Columbia University) Respondent Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University)
Event Details
Featuring: Pamela Ballinger (University of Michigan) Presenter
Victoria De Grazia (Columbia University) Respondent
Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) Moderator
Pamela Ballinger reexamines Italy’s decolonization by demonstrating the visible and deeply felt impacts of repatriation by Italian settlers to the metropole and the continued visibility of these experiences in public debates during succeeding decades. She argues that films, novels, and other cultural artefacts can be seen as encoding multidirectional memories: of fascism, of Italian colonialism, of the experience of Italians in other powers’ colonies.
To RSVP, email kz2269@columbia.edu
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Location
Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room