You might also be interested in a talk by Professor Graziella Parati (Dartmouth College) on 'Affective Citizenship in Igiaba Scego's Definitions of Roman Space' (UCL Italian department 7th March, 5pm). All welcome. 

For further information: f.mazzara@ucl.ac.uk

Migrant Expression in Multicultural Rome: Music and Stories

Thursday 14th March, 6pm

Speaker: Professor Sandro Portelli (University of Rome, La Sapienza)

Title: 'Migrant Expression in Multicultural Rome: Music and Stories'

Location: Christopher Ingold G21 Ramsay Lecture Theatre, UCL

Presented in conjunction with the Roman Modernities AHRC Network workshop on Trauma (UCL/Warwick)

This lecture will focus on changes in the demographics and identity of the city of Rome, and how this is reflected in the literature and music of migrants.

Alessandro Portelli has recently retired from teaching American Literature at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is the author of a numer of books and essays in oral history, music and literature (including the recent They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History). A former advisor on public memory to the Mayor of Rome, he is the founder and chairperson of the Circolo Gianni Bosio, an independent research organization on music, oral history and popular cultures.