In order to reflect on the bi-directional exchanges characterizing the cultural relationships between Italy and the United States, graduate students, PhD candidates, faculty, and junior faculty are invited to submit papers about cultural products like books, movies, TV series (both original and as adaptations of books), comics.
The conference will take place in Rome (Italy), at Centro Studi Americani – Center for American Studies, on June 3 – 4, 2025.
The conference is organized thanks to the support of the United States Department of State – Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), in collaboration with Centro Studi Americani, with the patronage of Fulbright Italy.
Organizers: Luca Abbattista (Columbia University); Sara Antonelli (Università Roma Tre); Iuri Moscardi (The Graduate Center, City University New York – CUNY).
The papers presented by the scholars during the conference will be published at a later stage in volume.
The participants will receive a contribution for their travel and accommodation expenses.
All submissions must be sent via email in a single Word document to the email address newparadigmconference@gmail.com no later than January 31, 2025, including:
1) an abstract (250 words max)
2) a short bio (100 words max)
3) your full name, email address, and affiliation.
Presentations can be both in Italian and English.
Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
- American Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Italian Studies
- Italian and American Literatures
- Comparative Literature
- Media Studies
- Translation Studies
- Sociology of Literature
- World Literature
- Gender Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
- History of Publishing (including publishers and series of books; journals and reviews about translation and intercultural exchanges)
- Film Studies (including adaptations and cultural exchanges)
- TV and Screen Studies
- Archive Materials
- New Trends in Translations of Italian and American Books
- Redefinition of the Literary Canon
- Comics Studies
