The making of colonialism through law and other fictions
“I Pomeriggi” series
H16:30-19:00
“I Pomeriggi” series
H16:30-19:00
The making of colonialism through law and other fictions
The conference will be held in English at the Istituto Svizzero, Via Liguria 20, Roma and online.
Curated by Veronica Pecile (Fellow Roma Calling, Law, Social sciences).
‘I Pomeriggi’ series
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Istituto Svizzero
Via Liguria 20, Rome
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In the creation of colonies, different discourses and techniques were used to turn fantasies of domination and dispossession into a distinct socio-economic reality. In the Italian case, such fantasies included the utopia of transforming the Southern landless peasants into property owners and regaining the conquests of the Roman empire as a basis for the new national imagination. This conference offers a multidisciplinary perspective to interrogate the colonial roots of Western modernity through the lenses of legal history, postcolonial theory and cultural studies.
PROGRAM:
H16:30 ― Institutional greetings and introduction
Maria Böhmer, Istituto Svizzero
Veronica Pecile, Istituto Svizzero
H16:40-17:00 ― What do we do with Garibaldi’s statues? Italian colonialism and the Southern Question, between public history and competitive memory
Carla Panico, University of Coimbra
17:00-17:20 ― Narratives of the Crossroads: For a Collaborative Global History of Switzerland
Izabel Barros, Université de Lausanne
17:20-17:40 ― Isolated but not Forgotten? Memories of Colonial Deportations from Libya to Italy
Galadriel Ravelli, University of Bath
H17:40 ― Short break
18:00-18:20 ― Aliens at Home: Ex-colonizers’ Attempts to Illegally Return to Libya
Erica Moretti, State University of New York
18:20-18:40 ― Forging a “New Virility”: The 1935-36 Invasion of Ethiopia in Italian Print Cultures
Neelam Srivastava, University of Newcastle
H18:40 ― Discussion and Q&A
H19:00 ― Aperitif
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A village for Italian settlers, photo by Florestano di Fausto in Mia Fuller, Moderns Abroad: Architecture, Cities, and Italian Imperialism (Routledge, 2007).