Seminar

The Long Path of Italo-Iberian Studies
and American studies between CNR and UniMi
More than thirty years after the foundation of the Milan branch

19 November 2024 10 a.m.

University of Milan
CNR-ISMed Library Hall
Piazza Sant’Alessandro 1
Milan

Poster

A seminar has been organised on 19 November 2024, during which the disciplinary areas and projects carried out by the Milanese research group, which for more than thirty years has occupied a place of excellence in the study of Iberian and Spanish-American literature, from the pre-Columbian era to the present day, and in Italo-Iberian and Ibero-American historical studies of the medieval, modern and contemporary ages, will be presented.

After the institutional greetings, which will be addressed by Gabriella Corona, Director of CNR ISMed, Salvatore Capasso, Director of the Department of Human and Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage – CNR, Marco Castellari, Director of the Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Mediations of the University of Milan, Laura Scarabelli, Professor of Hispanic-American Language and Literature – UniMi, we will have the pleasure of the presence of illustrious diplomats in the person of Ana Teresa Lecaros, Cónsul general Consulado General del Perú en Milán, Georgina Marina, Cónsul adscrita Consulado General del México en Milán, Ana Vázquez-Barrado, Directora Instituto Cervantes en Milán, as evidence of the consolidated relations that over the decades have facilitated dialogue between different cultures.

Pier Luigi Crovetto, former Full Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Genoa, will also participate as a speaker on the celebration day. He will give a plenary lecture on the foundation and scientific development of the centre, followed by speeches by researchers and technicians from the Milan office, Patrizia Spinato, Alessandra Cioppi, Alberto Guasco, Maria Elena Seu, Stefano Carotenuto, Emilia del Giudice and Martina Mattiazzi, who will talk about their contribution to the historic Milan office from different perspectives. On the day, the opportunity will be taken to present the premises and the prestigious library housed in them, which forms an integral and fundamental part of it.

The meeting will be closed by ISMed Director Dr. Gabriella Corona.

Programme

INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS

Salvatore Capasso
Director Department of Human and Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage, CNR-DSU

Gabriella Corona
Director, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, CNR-ISMed

Marco Castellari
Director Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Media – UniMi

Laura Scarabelli
Full Professor
University of Milan

INTERVENORS

Ana Teresa Lecaros
Cónsul general
Consulado General del Perú en Milán

Georgina Marina
Cónsul adscrita
Consulado General del México en Milán

Ana Vázquez-Barrado
Directora Instituto Cervantes en Milán

RELATORS

Pier Luigi Crovetto
University of Genoa
Networking before ‘networking’. Homage to Giuseppe Bellini

Patrizia Spinato
CNR-ISMed
Literary Studies between Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America

Alessandra Cioppi
CNR-ISMed
Italo-Iberian historical studies and the Mediterranean

Alberto Guasco
CNR-ISMed
Historical-religious studies

Maria Elena Seu
CNR-ISMed
A case study: the ‘Mediterranean Islands: Asinara’ project

Stefano Carotenuto, Emilia del Giudice, Martina Mattiazzi
CNR-ISMed
Communication, dissemination and heritage conservation

CONCLUSIONS

Gabriella Corona
Director CNR-ISMed

Introduced and coordinated by Patrizia Spinato (CNR-ISMed)

ORGANISED BY
CNR-ISMed and University of Milan

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Alessandra Cioppi and Patrizia Spinato (CNR-ISMed)

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITTEE
Emilia del Giudice and Martina Mattiazzi (CNR-ISMed)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The conference is open to the public, subject to availability of places.
It is possible to participate remotely, on TEAMS platform

INFO AND CONTACTS
Emilia del Giudice (emilia.delgiudice@ismed.cnr.it)
Martina Mattiazzi (martina.mattiazzi@ismed.cnr.it)
www.ismed.cnr.it