Week of Italian Studies - I Edition
Milan, 3-8 February 2020
CULTURAL MEMORY
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Centro di Studi Italiani/Center of Italian Studies (CSI/CIS) – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Italian culture is the subject of lively interest in the world both for the various and rich traditions that characterize it and for its important contribution to the construction of the sensitivity of modern man. What Dante already defined as the "beautiful country where 'l sì suona" (Inf., XXXIII 80) in fact preserves an inextinguishable heritage of masterpieces of literature and art that have their roots in an animated context of stories and ideas, endowed with its own cultural code handed down continuously through the centuries.
A precious treasure that deserves to be safeguarded and preserved as much as communicated and shared. In this scenario, the Week of Italian Studies, organized by the Center for Italian Studies (CSI/CIS) of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in collaboration with the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, offers students an interdisciplinary in-depth study of Italian culture and civilization, dedicated, year after year, to to a different key theme. The first edition intends to explore the themes of cultural memory, making different disciplines and fields of study interact with each other, with particular attention to the literary, historical-political, artistic and performative panorama.
The deadline for sending applications for the Study Week is extended to 10 January 2020
The program is divided into lectures, discussions, guided tours of museums, exhibitions and cultural institutions in Milan, a city at the forefront of the promotion of Italian culture and artistic expressions at an international level. On the one hand, it offers participants the opportunity for a stimulating immersion in an excellent Italian academic environment – which ensures a highly qualified training – and on the other hand a valuable opportunity for contact with an international context, capable of stimulating a fruitful exchange of study and research experiences.
In collaboration with:
Katholieke Universitet Leuven
Our partners:
Villa Vigoni, German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue
Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan
Under the patronage of:
Society of Philologists of Italian Literature
The Week of Italian Studies is divided into four thematic days, each dedicated to an aspect related to the theme of Cultural Memory; these are followed by a final day of reworking the contents, discussion and comparison among the participants in the Week. The lesson modules consist of a total of 22 hours, supplemented by 11 hours of alternative activities (visits to museums, exhibitions and cultural institutions; a thematic walk; a concert; a 'meeting with an author') and 4 hours of exposure and reworking of the contents by the participants. Lectures and visits will be held entirely in Italian.
Monday, February 3
Thematic strand 1: Cultural memory and performing arts
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus
- 8.45-9.00: Institutional greetings
- 9.00-10.30: Prof. Stefano Locatelli, Traces of actor's writing in the theatrical text. The case of Scipione Maffei's "Merope"
- 11.00-12.30: Prof. Roberta Carpani, The cultural memory of the theatre in the epistolaries of the spectators. The Verri brothers in the theaters of Milan and Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century
- 14.00-15.30: Prof. Roberto Della Torre, Cultural memory in Fellini's cinematography
- 16.00-19.30: guided tour of the Federico Fellini exhibition at Palazzo Reale, Milan. The Federico Fellini exhibition at Palazzo Reale has been postponed to autumn 2020; the program is therefore modified with the guided tour, from 4.30 pm, at the MIC - Interactive Museum of Cinema
Tuesday, February 4
Thematic strand 2: Cultural memory and recovery of antiquity between Humanism and the Renaissance
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus
- 9.00-10.30: Prof. Carla Maria Monti, «Apes imitari non pudeat». Petrarch and the relationship with the classics
- 11.00-12.30: Prof. Mauro Pavesi, Raphael: a great master of the Renaissance and the memory of antiquity.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
- 14.30-16.00: Prof. Simona Brambilla – Dr. Cecilia Sideri, Writing as a tool of cultural memory: humanistic graphic reform and recovery of the ancient (lesson in the Library with viewing of manuscripts)
- 16.00-18.00: visit to the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Wednesday, February 5
Thematic strand 3: Cultural memory and history
Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio
- 9.30-11.00: Prof. Angelo Bianchi, The forms of academic festivities
- 11.30-13.00: Dr. Riccardo Benzoni, The political "party" and its historical celebration
- 14.30-16.00: Dr. Alice Cati – Prof. Mariagrazia Fanchi, Cinema and memory. The traces of the present and transcultural memory in contemporary Italian audiovisual production
- 16.30-18.00: meeting with the writer Elena Rausa about her latest novel, "Everyone recognizes his own", Neri Pozza, 2018
Thursday, February 6
Thematic strand 4: Cultural memory and industrial activity
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus
- 9.00-10.30: Prof. Giuseppe Lupo, The debate on industrial modernity in the twentieth century
- 11.00-12.30: Dr. Silvia Cavalli, Literature and industry in Elio Vittorini's "menabò"
Campari Company Headquarters, Sesto San Giovanni
- 14.00-18.00: guided tour of the Campari Gallery
Friday, February 7
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus
- 9.00-10.30:
Oral presentation and discussion of a short paper by the participants in the Study Week*: Block 1 - 11.00-12.30:
Oral presentation and discussion of a short paper by the participants in the Study Week: Block 2
*indications about the oral presentation and related materials will be provided to participants before the beginning of the Week and at the start of the course - 15.30-17.00: Virtual tour You are Leo
Auditorium Largo Mahler 1, Milan
- 6.30 p.m.-10.30 p.m.: happy hour and, to follow, concert by the LaVerdi orchestra. "Frozen in time" evening, program: Franz Liszt "Orpheus", Symphonic Poem No. 4; Avner Dorman "Frozen in time"; Richard Wagner Tristan and Isolde, symphonic version. Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, conductor John Axerold.
Saturday 8 February
- 9.00-11.00: optional test to obtain 1 CFU for interested students
Dr Riccardo Benzoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Prof. Angelo Bianchi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Simona Brambilla, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Roberta Carpani, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Dr. Alice Cati, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Dr. Silvia Cavalli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Roberto Della Torre, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Mariagrazia Fanchi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Stefano Locatelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Giuseppe Lupo, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Carla Maria Monti, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Prof. Mauro Pavesi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Dr. Cecilia Sideri, Ca' Foscari University, Venice – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The Week of Italian Studies is open to all those who, Italians or foreigners with a good knowledge of the Italian language, wish to deepen the characterizing aspects of Italian culture, with particular reference to the theme of Cultural Memory. It is aimed in particular at: enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree courses, graduates, doctoral students and PhDs. It is also open to lower and upper secondary school teachers interested in keeping up to date on the theme to which the Study Week is dedicated. The School has a maximum number of 20 participants.
ECTS
Participation in the Week of Italian Studies is recognized by the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart with 1 University Educational Credit (CFU); Those who wish to acquire this credit will have to take a final exam aimed at verifying the acquisition of the contents addressed during the course, which will be held on the morning of Saturday 8 February 2020.
Certificate
At the end of the Study Week, a certificate of attendance will be issued.
Recognition for school teachers
The Week of Italian Studies is included in the training and updating courses for school staff organised by Università Cattolica, as a qualified body by MIUR pursuant to Directive no. 170 of 21/03/2016. Participation gives rise to the legal and economic effects provided for by the regulations in force (MIUR note no. 2915 of 15/09/2016). Participation in the Study Week can be financed through the 'Teacher's Charter' provided for by Law 107/2015 so-called "Good School".
Scientific Committee:
- Prof. Angelo Bianchi, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy and Full Professor of Modern History at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Prof. Simona Brambilla, Associate Professor of Italian Philology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Prof. Giuseppe Frasso, former full professor of Italian Philology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Prof. Bart Van den Bossche, Full Professor of Italian Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Institute for European Culture and Society, KU Leuven
Organization and coordination:
- Prof. Simona Brambilla, Scientific Director of the Week, Associate Professor of Italian Philology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Dr. Cecilia Sideri, tutor, Ca' Foscari University, Venice – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Most of the School's activities will take place at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan Campus (L.go A. Gemelli, 1). There will also be lectures at the Ambrosiana Library in Milan (Piazza Pio XI, 2) and at Villa Vigoni, Italian-German Center for European Excellence (Via Giulio Vigoni, 1, Loveno di Menaggio).
COSTS AND BENEFITS
- The cost of registration for the Week of Italian Studies is Euro 550.00 including VAT. The amount includes participation in the School's activities, teaching materials and extracurricular activities, including the cost of admission to museums and exhibitions. It also includes the cost of the bus transfer from Milan to Villa Vigoni (round trip) and meal vouchers for lunches and dinners from Monday noon to Friday evening; Accommodation costs are excluded from the amount, to be paid by the participants. On request, the Secretariat can send the list of facilities in Milan where it is possible to stay.
- For the entire week, there is a reduction of € 450.00 including VAT for graduates of Università Cattolica enrolled in the premium services of the UCSC Community Alumni, for members of the Friends of Università Cattolica Association, for students enrolled in other universities.
- For students enrolled at Università Cattolica and KU Leuven the participation fee for the whole week is Euro 300.00 including VAT
- For Secondary School teachers, it is possible to register for one or more days (consecutive or not), from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 February, at a cost of Euro 100.00 including VAT per day (also with the Teacher's Card).
The registration fee is non-refundable. The Management reserves the right to revoke the initiative if the minimum number of participants is not reached, notifying the participants within fifteen days of the registration deadline. Furthermore, Università Cattolica reserves the right to cancel the course at its sole discretion by notifying the interested parties by email within 3 days before the start date. Only in the latter two circumstances will the registration fees be refunded in full and any further obligation or charge borne by the University will be excluded.
REGISTRATION AND ADMISSION
To participate in the entire Week, it is necessary to send your application to the csi@unicatt.it address , attaching the following documents:
- curriculum vitae
- short cover letter
The deadline for submitting an application is 31 December 2019. The selection of students will take place on the basis of the evaluation of the curriculum and the cover letter. Admitted candidates will receive a response shortly and must complete their registration by paying the participation fee by 15 January 2020. The receipt of the payment must be sent by email to the address csi@unicatt.it.
For secondary school teachers who wish to take part in the individual days, it is not necessary to send CV and cover letter; simply make the payment by 15 January 2020 and send the application for admission to the csi@unicatt.it address by the same date, specifying the day(s) you wish to attend; at the same time, the receipt of payment must be sent to the same address and to the daniela.veritierovitulano1@unicatt.it address .
The deadline for sending applications for the Study Week is extended to 10 January 2020.
General information about the programme and the teaching structure:
Centre for Italian Studies
Administrative information, registration procedure and payments:
International Office