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The Department of Italian Studies at McGill University is holding a one-day conference on Saturday, October 13, 2001, on the theme "Sicily: Myth, Metaphor, Reality". Its purpose is to present to a general public some lesser-known aspects of Sicilian culture, through the examination of representations of Sicily in literature, cinema and other forms of cultural expression.. Often stereotyped, the image of Sicily should emerge from these explorations considerably enriched historically, psychologically and socially. The conference is not meant to be a conversation amongst specialists, but is addressed to anyone interested in Italian culture who would like to know more about Sicily and its power to fascinate, in the contemporary world as much as in the past. Our speakers are drawn from the local academic community as well as from abroad, and will speak in English, French or Italian.
Saturday October 13, 2001 9:00 A.M.- 5: 00 P.M.
McGill University, 688 Sherbrooke W. (corner University)
Room 1041 (10th floor) Free of Charge and open to the public
Program:
1. Prof. Eric Ormsby, Islamic Studies, McGill University "Siqilliyah: Sicily through Muslim Eyes".
2. Prof. Elena Lombardi, Italian Studies, McGill University "Imitation and Originality in the Sicilian School of Poetry"
3. Prof. Maria Predelli, Italian Studies, McGill University " The Ceiling Paintings of the Chiaromonte Palace in Palermo and Sicilian Multiculturalism."
4. Prof. Joseph Farell, Modern Languages, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow "The Things that make Sicily Sicily" (Keynote Speech)
5. Prof. Filippo Sabetti, Political Science, McGill University Sicily as a Laboratory of Political Experiments.
6. Prof. Silvestra Mariniello, Cinema and Art History, Université de Montréal " Gianni Amelio's Sicily: Between Myth and History""
7. Prof. Filippo Salvatore, Modern Languages, Concordia University "Sicily in the Films of Luchino Visconti "
8. Prof. Fred Gardaphé, Italian-American Studies, SUNY (Stony Brook) "Reinventing Sicily in Italian American Novels and Films"
Lucienne Kroha
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Italian Studies
McGill University
688 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, Quebec
CANADA H3A 2M7

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