Event Details
Wed, October 03, 2018
9:30 – 6:30
Villa Sassetti
Villa La Pietra
Via Bolognese, 120
50139 Firenze, Italia
2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the Italian anti-Jewish Racial laws of 1938; we consider this dramatic event as a starting point to investigate on the languages, practices, representations, and memories of race and racisms in Italy in the 20th century. In this workshop we will look at the ways, the means and at the languages in which racism has found expression and agency in Italy in different geographical and historical contexts.
Program
9:30 am Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Ellyn Toscano, Executive Director, NYU Florence
Marcella Simoni, NYU Florence and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Davide Lombardo, NYU Florence
10:00 am Racism in Italy During Fascism and Beyond?
Chair: Marcella Simoni, NYU Florence and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Panelists: Arturo Marzano, University of Pisa, The Racial Laws in Italy: Short and Long-term Implications
Annalisa Capristo, Center for American Studies in Rome, “Gather What You Can and Flee”: Mussolini’s Race Laws and the Jewish Intellectual Emigration from Fascist Italy
Toshio Miyake, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, The ‘Japanese Race’ in “La Difesa Della Razza” (1938-43): Whiteness and Yellowness in Fascist Italy
Vito Zagarrio, Roma Tre University, “Harlem’s” Ghost: Racism in Fascist Cinema and the Representation of Rascism in Italian Cinema
12:00 pm Lunch on Campus
2:15 pm Migrations and Diasporas
Chair: Debora Spini, NYU Florence
Laura De Giorgi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Notions of Race and Civilization in Italian Travel Literature about China from Facism to the Cold War
Anna Marsden, Independent Scholar, Impact of Discrimination and Ethnic Labeling on Second Generation Chinese in Italy
Kathryn Lum, University of Nottingham, Racism and the Indian Communities in Italy
Monica Gonzalez Correa, European University Institute, www.monitoracism.eu
4:15 Coffe-Break
4:30 pm The Evolving Italian Context
Chair: Davide Lombardo, NYU Florence
Eva Garau, University of Cagliari, From Strangers to Enemies: A Historical Account of Italian Legislation on Immigration and Citizenship
Angelica Pesarini, NYU Florence, La Difesa Della Razza: The Resurgence of the Language of Race in the Italian Political Discourse
Gaia Giuliani, University of Coimbra, Race, Gender and the Nation in Contemporary Italy
Debora Spini, NYU Florence, The Racialization of Religion in Italy
6:30 pm Conclusions and Future Perspectives
Marcella Simoni, NYU Florence and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice