Dr. Pacchioni delivers a keynote speech at Casa Italiana in Los Angeles for the Italian American Lawyers Association
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Italian Studies minor Marco Saglimbeni is awarded 2014 Casola Prize
Marco Saglimbeni from San Jose, Calif., has been awarded the 2014 Casola Prize from the Patrons of Italian Culture. Saglimbeni is a University Honors Program student pursuing a degree in biological sciences with a minor in Italian studies. He hopes to attend medical school in the future. A dedicated Chapman soccer player of Italian descent, he also plans to study abroad in Italy.
The Casola Prize is a prestigiuos scholarship that supports the study of the Italian language and culture at the university level. The Patrons of Italian Culture is a nonprofit California Corporation that sponsors extensive programs and activities emphasizing the many aspects of Italian culture and heritage.
In the photograph Marco with Professor Francesca Paduano at the award ceremony in San Marino, California.
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Dr. Pacchioni is interviewed by Simply Charly on Fellini
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Simply Charly (www.SimplyCharly.com) is an educational website that features a series of exciting, interactive sites dedicated to some of the world’s leading historical figures. Some of these sites also include interviews with well-known academic experts, who offer their unique insight into the lives and works of the historical figures.
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Dr. Pacchioni presents a paper at the symposium “Intersections: Italy in Music, Art, Literature, and Cinema” in Turin, Italy
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Dr. Pacchioni presents a paper at the annual conference of the American Association of Italian Studies in Zurich Switzerland
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Identity and Community in the Mediterranean
During a well-attended lecture (80 guests), Italian Islands: A Cinematic Journey, professor Fulvio Orsitto from CSU at Chico, offered an analysis of the most famous cinematic portrayals of the Italian islands, focusing on the contemporary film Respiro.
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Italian Islands: A Cinematic Journey, April 17
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Italian Studies Program present, Italian Islands: A Cinematic Journey, on Thursday, April 17, 7:30 – 9 p.m. in Argyros Forum, 209C with Fulvio Orsitto, Associate Professor of Italian, California State University, Chico.
The first part of this lecture will offer a chronological overview of the most famous cinematic portrayals of the Italian islands, highlighting stylemes and stereotypes that recur in most Italian films and television productions.
The second part of the talk will focus on a case study: Grazia’s Island, a film directed by Emanuele Crialese in 2002. The islander community depicted in this film will be used as a tool to explore Italian identity and its relationship to the Mediterranean.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Dr. Pacchioni presented a paper at the annual conference of the Northeast Modern Language Association in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Dr. Pacchioni’s full-length poetry collection is released in Italy
La paura dell’amore (The Fear of Love)
Rimini: Raffaelli Editore, 2014.
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Rediscovering Fellini
The Leatherby Libraries kindly organized a book-signing event in March for my book Inspiring Fellini: Literary Collaborations behind the Scenes (University of Toronto Press, 2014). I was delighted to share my research with many friends there.
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