Description: Scholars of Italian studies with expertise in emigration, migration, and colonialism discuss the challenges and opportunities that accompany working transnationally and the possibilities that this model offers for future growth of the field, for new approaches to language studies, and for renewing interest in Italian (and modern languages more broadly) in academia.

Speakers

Emma Bond, U of St. Andrews

Lina N. Insana, U of Pittsburgh

Cristina Lombardi-Diop, Loyola U, Chicago

Giulia Riccò, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Presider

Giulia Riccò, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor