Contemporary Rome  Conference program  Contemporary Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City Bilingual Conference (English and Italian) The American University of Rome The Auditorium Via Pietro Roselli, 16 Rome 26-27 November 2010 Keynote Speakers Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University & Alessandro Portelli, Università degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza The city of Rome, the Caput Mundi of Antiquity, has been studied predominantly as a historical monument. But what of contemporary Rome; its people, its politics and economy, its environment, the challenges of globalization? Both within and outside Rome’s historic centre, a variety of transformations are currently underway. Recent decades have seen the arrival of large numbers of immigrants, many of whom are becoming permanent residents and are changing the outlook of the city. This new multicultural reality is affecting the arts, Rome’s nightlife, its economy, and neighborhoods. It has also become a highly contested issue in local politics. Mobility is not restricted to Rome’s newcomers and the city is undergoing gentrification, labor market transformations, geographic expansion. Conditions in its peripheries are now the subject of intense study and urban planners are seeking new approaches to developing the city for a sustainable future. The issues of pollution, congestion and calls for decentralization are more urgent than ever. Rome’s identity as national capital is also an issue for debate as moves for increased regional autonomy and questions concerning the role of the nation state itself develop. The fast-changing urban realities of Italy’s biggest city and capital are the focus of this two-day conference which will bring together Italian and English-speaking scholars from a variety of disciplines.

Conference organizers: Isabella Clough-Marinaro, Cristina Lombardi-Diop, Bjørn Thomassen With support from: Center for Global and Cultural Studies, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME

With Patrocinio from: Comune di Roma Regione di Lazio

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Contemporary Rome  Conference program 

PROGRAM DAY 1 9:00-9:30AM - Conference Registration and welcome coffee at The American University of Rome – Auditorium, Via Pietro Roselli 16, Rome 9:30– 9:50AM Welcome addresses by Provost of the American University of Rome, Andrew Thompson, and by conference organizers, Isabella Clough-Marinaro, Cristina Lombardi-Diop, Bjørn Thomassen PANEL 1 - 10:00 - 11:30AM Global Politics, Local Realities Chair: Bjørn Thomassen, AUR Pierluigi Cervelli, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) “Rome as a Global City: Mapping New Cultural and Political Boundaries” Adriana Goni Mazzitelli, (Università degli Studi "Roma Tre") “‘Se ci sei battiti:’ Cultural Urban Movements of Resistance in a City for Sale” Piero Vereni, (l'Università di Roma Tor Vergata) “Diversly Globalized Rome”

PANEL 2 - 11: 45AM – 1:15PM Eternal Antiquity, Fragmented Modernity Chair: Paul Gwynne, AUR Paolo Carusi, (Università degli Studi "Roma Tre") “L'immagine di Roma nella cultura e nell'opinione pubblica italiana: dal mito della terza Roma a "Roma ladrona"” Valerie Higgins, (The American University of Rome) “The Contemporary Ancient City” John Zissovici, (Cornell University) “Skin City: Rome’s Contemporary Eternal Faces” 1:15 – 2:15PM Buffet lunch, AUR garden, Via Pietro Roselli 4. 2:30 – 3:30PM Keynote address: Michael Herzfeld. “The Liberal, the Neoliberal and the Illiberal: Dynamics of Diversity and Politics of Identity in Contemporary Rome”. PANEL 3 - 3:45PM – 5:15PM Politics of Space, Practices of Place Chair: James Walston, AUR Ferruccio Trabalzi, (Iowa State University) “Vague Spaces and Uncertain Citizenships: the Violent Spatial Policies of Campidoglio in the XXI Century” Cristina Lombardi-Diop (The American University of Rome) “Roma Residence: “Transnationalism and the Making of Place in Contemporary Rome” The American University of Rome 

Contemporary Rome  Conference program  Leslie Korrick, (York University) “Rome Outside the Walls: Staging Contemporary Culture in the City’s Quartieri” Carlo Cellamare, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) “Senses of Appropriation and Everyday Practices”

PANEL 4 - 5:30 – 7:00PM Minorities and Civil Society Chair: Andrew Thompson, AUR Marco Solimene, (University of Iceland) "1987, 2007. Roma and Rome between Change and Continuity" Pierpaolo Mudu, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) “Housing, Squatting, and Homelessness in Contemporary Rome” Isabella Clough Marinaro, (The American University of Rome) “Creeping Incarceration: The Politics of Rome’s ‘Campi nomadi’ Ulderico Daniele, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) “La mobilitazione Romanes nell’emergenza; l’identità politica di una minoranza e la sua rappresentazione pubblica” 7:00 – 8:00PM Reception/refreshments, Auditorium, Via Pietro Roselli, 16 Rome 8:15PM

Dinner at “Il Vascello”, via G. Massari 8/10. Price per person: 30 euro (to be paid at registration).

DAY 2 9:00-9:30AM Registration and coffee at The American University of Rome – Auditorium, Via Pietro Roselli, 16 Rome PANEL 1 - 9:30 – 11:00AM The Built Environment Chair: Maurizio Marmorstein, AUR Tom Rankin, (AUR, Iowa State, Northeastern University; Coordinator Cal Poly Rome Program, Founder: Studio Rome) “Rome as a Laboratory for Sustainable Urban Design” Joshua Arthurs, (West Virginia University) “Modern Ruins: Mussolini’s Rome after Fascism” Giovanna Piga, (Philadelphia University) "Roma contemporanea: l'architettura quasi possibile" PANEL 2 - 11: 15 – 12:45PM Localities, Sites, and Tours Chair: Isabella Clough-Marinaro, AUR Stephanie Malia Hom, (University of Oklahoma & American Academy in Rome) “Roma in Autobus: Touristic Mobilities, Historical Representation, and the Hop-on, Hop-off Bus Tour” Marina Vargau, (Università di Montreal) “Girovagando nella città eterna. La flânerie nelle rappresentazioni letterarie e cinematografiche della Roma contemporanea” Cecilia Scoppetta, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) “Frammenti di storie e di campagne urbane” The American University of Rome 

Contemporary Rome  Conference program  Pier Luigi Taffon, (Università di Roma la Sapienza) "Eventi per fare politica nel luogo simbolo di Roma multiculturale"

1:00 – 2:00PM Buffet lunch, AUR garden, Via Pietro Roselli 4.

2:00 – 3:00PM Keynote address: Alessandro Portelli. “Roma Forestiera: un progetto di ricerca sulla musica dei migranti” PANEL 3- 3:15 – 4:45PM Memories, Images, and Sounds Chair: Cristina Lombardi-Diop Lisa Colletta, (The American University of Rome) “The Myth of Rome from the Grand Tour to HBO” Michael Meadows, (Yale University) "From Post-card to Periphery: Practices of Space and Place in Mario Bonnard's Avanti c'e' posto and Roberto Rossellini's Roma citta' aperta" Stefania Lucamante (The Catholic University of America) and Filippo Laporta, “Il viaggio interno” Patricia Adkins Chiti, (Fondazione Adkins Chiti: Donne in Musica) “Immigrant Musicians in an Urban Context - Journey into Uncharted Territory”

PANEL 4 - 5:00 – 6:30PM Changing Faces, Changing Identities Chair: Bjørn Thomassen Nick Dines, (Università di Roma Tre) “Populist Drift or Much of the Same? Archi-stars, Megaevents and the Urban Vision of the Alemanno Administration” Lorenzo Alunni, (l'Università degli Studi di Perugia) "Istituzioni sanitarie e Rom. Una ricerca etnografica a Roma" Monica Postiglione, (Università La Sapienza Roma) “Il Pigneto, storia dello sviluppo culturale di un quartiere di Roma” Alessandra Broccolini, (Università La Sapienza Roma) “La gentrificazione ‘inversa’ dei bangladesi. Politiche della diaspora e retoriche della località nella banglatown di Torpignattara”

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