18th Biennial Conference of the Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW)
The Traces We Leave: Italian-Canadians and Their Works

Università degli Studi di Torino (Via S. Ottavio 18)
Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne
Sezione di Anglistica e Americanistica
Wednesday 28th September – Saturday 1st October 2022
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER
Auditorium Aldo Moro

09:30 REGISTRATION

10:00 WELCOMING REMARKS
Prof. Chiara Simonigh (Visual Studies, Rector’s Delegate for Communication)
Prof. Virginia Pulcini (English Linguistics, Vice Director for Research and Coordinator of the English
and American Studies group)
Prof. Carmen Concilio, Dr Licia Canton, Dr Maria Cristina Seccia, Prof Domenic Beneventi
(Conference organizers)

SESSION 1: Keynote speech (Chair: Carmen Concilio)
10:15 Oriana Palusci (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale): The Aesthetics of Wood: Italian
Past, Canadian Experiences
11:00 Discussion

11:20 Coffee break

SESSION 2: Readings (Chair: John Calabro)
11:50 Diane Pacitti: From the novel Between Two States
12:10 Domenic Cusmano: From the short story “Sacred Cows”
12:30 Anna Romano Milne: From the poetry and prose collection Sette bello
12:50 Discussion

13:10 BREAK (free time)

SESSION 3: Migration and Trans-cultural Identity: Socio-linguistic and Literary Perspectives
(Chair: Licia Canton)
15:00 Mirko Casagranda (Università della Calabria):
The Linguistic Functions of Dialect in Italian-Canadian Writing
15:20 Rosina Martucci (Università degli Studi di Salerno): Pietro Corsi e il Canada
15:40 Discussion

SESSION 4: Exhibition Inauguration (Chair: Vincenzo Pietropaolo) – Main Hall
16:00 Domenic Cusmano: Other Places, Other Lives: Traces of Hope in a Troubled World
Discussion

20:00 WELCOME DINNER