Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues Conference in Honour of Michael Lettieri

Zoom link for registration:

https://utoronto.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sO4hD-pfQH69I6LpKv8DaQ

Program:

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023

9:00 – Coffee
9:15 – 10:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Salvatore Bancheri, Chair, Department of Language Studies, UTM
Andreas Bendlin, Vice-Dean, Academic Experience, UTM
Giulia Romani, Italian Consul, General Consulate of Italy in Toronto
Veronica Manson, Director, Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto
Luca Somigli, Chair, Department of Italian Studies, UofT
10:15-11:20 (Hybrid Session)
Chair: Salvatore Bancheri, University of Toronto Mississauga
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, L’approccio glottodidattico di Michele Lettieri:
dalla filologia alla linguistica applicata
Anthony Mollica, Brock University, Publish. Don’t perish! A Guide for Seasoned and
Young Authors
Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville, Michael Lettieri’s Remarkable Achievements
During His Two Terms as Editor of Italica (2014-2021) (Online)
11:20-11:35 – Coffee Break
11:35-13:35
Chair: Simone Casini, University of Toronto Mississauga
Giovanni Fiorentino, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, L’Italia d’argento.
Genealogia visuale di un paese immaginario
Monica Barni, Università per Stranieri di Siena, La condizione dell’italiano nel
mondo nel contesto economico, politico e culturale contemporaneo. Testimonianze e
prospettive
Massimo Vedovelli, Università per Stranieri di Siena, “Cor Magis Tibi Sena Pandit”:
gli altri, Siena e le altre
Rita Librandi, Università “L’Orientale” di Napoli, Visitare la storia della lingua
italiana in un museo virtuale
13:35-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-16:30
Chair: Simone Casini, University of Toronto Mississauga
Silvana Ferreri, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Linguistica educativa e
formazione degli insegnanti
Maria Emanuela Piemontese, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, La difficile
semplificazione del linguaggio burocratico in Italia. A trent’anni dal Codice di stile
(1993)
Katherine Rehner, Ivan Lašán, University of Toronto Mississauga, Aligning
Language Instructors’ Classroom Practices with Learners’ Target Language
Sociolinguistic Needs
Jeffrey Steele, University of Toronto Mississauga, Individual Differences in Second
and Third Language Acquisition: Empirical Findings and Implications for Pedagogy
Mihaela Pirvulescu, University of Toronto Mississauga, The Study of Languages in
Action: Heritage Language Development and Maintenance in Multilingual Children
16:30-16:45 – Coffee Break
16:45-18:30
Chair: Tatiana Selepiuc, University of Toronto Mississauga
Graziano Serragiotto, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Giuseppe Maugeri,
Università di Urbino, Lo sviluppo della competenza interculturale nell’insegnamento
delle lingue attraverso la letteratura
Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, University of Toronto Mississauga, Exploring the Syntax of
Iranian Languages: A Community-based Approach
Diana Iuele Colilli, Christine Sansalone, Laurentian University, A Community on
Stage: Italian Canadian Theatre in Sudbury, Ontario
Azita Hojatollah Taleghani, University of Toronto Mississauga, Cross-Disciplinary
Dialogue at UTM: Promoting Less Commonly Taught Languages

FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2023

9:00 – Coffee
9:30-11:10 (Hybrid Session)
Chair: Paola Bernardini, University of Toronto Mississauga
Charles Elkabas, University of Toronto Mississauga, Understanding the Cultural
OTHER: Contributions of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Mark Pietralunga, Florida State University, A View from the Bridge: Arturo Loria and
the Italian Immigrant Community of New York
Gino Tellini, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Scritture della migrazione (Online)
Hermann Haller, City University of New York (CUNY), Studying ‘senza maestro’:
Italian-English Conversation Manuals for Immigrants During the Mass Migration
(Online)
11:10-11:20 – Coffee Break
11:20-13:25 (Hybrid Session)
Chair: Adriana Grimaldi, University of Toronto Mississauga
Domenico Pietropaolo, University of Toronto, The Philology of Fraudulence
Rocco Morano, University of Toronto Mississauga and Editor of Campi
immaginabili, La Città del Sole di Tommaso Campanella: genesi, struttura, fonti e
proposte esegetiche (Online)
Donato Santeramo, Queen’s University, Recovering Tragedy. The Poetics of the
‘Melancomic’. (From C. Baudelaire to R. Benigni)
Antonio Nicaso, Middlebury College, Il Padrino: cinquant’anni dopo
Gabriel Niccoli, University of Waterloo, Gaspara Stampa e lo specchio della
scrittura
13:25-14:15 – Lunch
14:15 – 16:10 (Hybrid Session)
Chair: Tatiana Selepiuc, University of Toronto Mississauga
Olga Zorzi Pugliese, University of Toronto, Palaeographical Methodology and
Archival Research in Tracing Italian Ancestry
Francesco Guardiani, University of Toronto, Giovanni Antonio Andreoni, S.J.
(1649-1716): La cultura italiana in Brasile tra opulenza e utopia
Pascal Michelucci, University of Toronto Mississauga, French Political Readings
(and Rewriting) of the Horatii
Giulia Tellini, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Filippa, o il potere della parola
(Decameron VI, 7) (Online)
Andrea Ciccarelli, Indiana University, Classici, tradizione e innovazione
16:10-17:50
Chair: Teresa Lobalsamo, University of Toronto Mississauga
Rena Banwait, Lucy Gaspini, Adriano Pasquali, University of Toronto
Mississauga, Centralized Support for Experiential Learning at UTM: 5 Years Later
Elizabeth Coulson, Adriana Grimaldi, University of Toronto Mississauga, The
Global Scholar: Mapping New Frontiers in Experiential Learning
Stuart Kamenetsky, University of Toronto Mississauga, New Directions in
Experiential Learning: The Importance of Providing an International Focus in
Undergraduate Teaching on Disability.
Lina Riccobene, Independent Scholar, Teatro in classe: un esempio di experiential
learning
17:50-18:00 – Break
18:00-18:30
Chair: Teresa Lobalsamo, University of Toronto Mississauga
Enza Antenos, Montclair State University, Beyond the Curriculum: New Horizons for
the Student of Italian
Ricardo Marroquin, Redeemer University and Hamilton-Wentworth District School
Board (HWDSB), The Good Teacher: Being Prepared and Preparing a Welcoming
Environment
18:30-19:15 – Closing Remarks
Salvatore Bancheri
Michael Lettieri
20.00 – Dinner
Trattoria Timone, 2091 Winston Park Drive, Oakville
Organizing Committee and Convenors:
Salvatore Bancheri, Paola Bernardini, Simone Casini, Danielle Drescher,
Tatiana Jennifer Fimognari, Adriana Grimaldi, Teresa Lobalsamo,
Elisa Schembre, Tatiana Selepiuc, Matteo Ugolini
Acknowledgment
Rosa Ciantar, Susan Cash, Varun Malik, Jester Manansala,
Eugenia Suh, Joanna Szewczyk

This conference would not have been possible without the support of the following sponsors:
Office of the Vice-President and Principal, UTM Office of the Vice-Principal
Academic and Dean, UTM Office of the Vice-Principal, Research, UTM
Department of English & Drama, UTM Department of Historical Studies, UTM
Department of Philosophy, UTM Department of Visual Studies, UTM
Department of Italian Studies, UofT Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of
Iranian Studies, UofT Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto