HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY and CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMÒ, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY present a conference
DELIRIOUS NAPLES:
FOR A CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL, and URBAN HISTORY of the CITY of the SUN
CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTORS: Pellegrino D’Acierno Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies (2007-2010) Hofstra University
Stanislao Pugliese Professor of History Hofstra Cultural Center Fellow Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies (2010- -)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011, NOON-9:30 P.M., at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Conference Registration: Noon-5 p.m. Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
LEARNING FROM NAPLES/READING NAPLES AS A CULTURAL TEXT Pellegrino D’Acierno, Stanislao Pugliese, Nelson Moe, Fred Gardaphé
In memoriam Thomas V. Belmonte (1946-1995), author of The Broken Fountain
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16, 17, 18, 19, 2011 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011, 9 A.M.-10 P.M., at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Conference Registration: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY Neapolitan Philosophical and Theoretical Culture, 1799 to 2011 – Barbara Ann Naddeo, Fabio Rizi
41ST PARALLEL: NAPLES/NEW YORK – THE TRAVELING OF NEAPOLITAN MUSIC John Monteleone, John La Barbera, Joseph Sciorra, Simona Frasca
LITERATURE AND THE ARTS • Overview: Locating Neapolitan Culture: Cultural Creation From Romanticism Through Postmodernism – Patrizia La Trecchia
B. AMORE: NAPLES – NEW YORK: AN INSTALLATION B. Amore, Charles Sant’ Elia, Mary Brown, Jason Pine, Ernesto Rossi
THE LITERATURE OF THE SUN • Poetry – Luigi Fontanella • Writing Naples Now – Dan Hofstadter, Angelo Cannavacciuolo, Robert Zweig, John Domini, Charles Sant’ Elia • Theater: “Scene madri” and Performance Models From Pulcinella to De Filippo – John La Barbera • Visual Culture: Representing Naples From the School of Posillipo to the “Mountain of Salt”
VIEWING OF EXHIBITION AND RECEPTION: B. AMORE: NAPLES – NEW YORK Reception courtesy of Il Villaggio Trattoria, Malverne, NY, Antonio Bove, master chef THE GRAMOPHONE EFFECT: PERFORMING NAPLES/NEW YORK – John La Barbera
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011, 8 A.M.-10 P.M., at HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Conference Registration: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
DADAPOLIS: URBAN FORM, PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL HISTORY • Introduction: The Solar Labyrinth/The Topography of Chaos: Naples, or the City Without a Map Pellegrino D’Acierno • Regarding Architectural Naples/The Perennial Baroque Caroline Bruzelius, Robin Thomas, Nick Napoli, Paola D’Agostino, Salvatore Napolitano • Variations on the Labyrinth: Thomas Belmonte’s The Broken Fountain as a Sublime Exercise in “Slumology” – Stanislao Pugliese, Pellegrino D’Acierno • “Il Paradiso Abitato Da Diavoli”: Dangerous Naples From the Lazaronitum to Gomorra/Camorra Jason Pine, Simone Castaldi, Gregory Pell • See Naples and Die/Naples as the Other: The Outsider’s Perception From the Grand Tour Through the “Open City” to “The Talented Mr. Ripley” – Angelo Cannavacciuolo, Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar, Paola Gambarota, Nelson Moe • Naples Is a Woman/Writing Naples as a Woman: Serao, Ortese, Ramondino, et al. Andrea Baldi, Patrizia La Trecchia, Rose De Angelis • Screening of Scenes From John Turturro’s Passione Followed by Round-Table Discussion 8-10 p.m. STAGED READING OF EDUARDO DE FILIPPO’S CHRISTMAS IN NAPLES Directed by Bob Spiotto, Hofstra University Image Credit: Carosello Napoletano, 1954 Ettore Giannini, Director Movie Still
5-6:30 p.m. CONCERT OF NEAPOLITAN SONGS The Hofstra “Delirious Naples” Chorus, Hofstra University Department of Music students, conducted by Stefania Rinaldi, Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar; musical preparation by David Ramael, Hofstra University 6:30-8 p.m. DINNER 8-10 p.m. NEWPOLI: PERFORMANCE OF NEAPOLITAN MUSIC
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011, 8:45 A.M.-7 P.M.
at CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMÒ, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 24 West 12th Street, New York, NY Conference Registration: 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. • “Napoletanità” or, On Being Exorbitant: The Neapolitan Conception of the World – Pellegrino D’Acierno • A Tribute to Shirley Hazzard – Jonathan Galassi • Telling and Retelling Naples or, The Voice of the Cantastorie Also Dances a Tarantella – Gioia Timpanelli • Naples as a Cinematic City: A Round-Table Discussion – Giuliana Bruno, Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Valerio Caprara • Omaggio a Francesco Rosi – Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Gary Crowdus, Leonard Quart NAPULE CANTA/MUSICAL NAPLES • Popular Music: Carosello Napoletano: Neapolitan Songs as Cultural Texts • Opera and the Classical Tradition – Joseph Rescigno • Omaggio a Roberto Murolo: “Io, ‘Na Chitarra, E ‘A Luna” – John La Barbera • “Napul’ È”: Learning From Contemporary Naples – Angelo Cannavacciuolo, Valerio Caprara, Charles Sant’ Elia, John Domini CONCERT OF NEAPOLITAN SONGS The Hofstra “Delirious Naples” Chorus, Hofstra University Department of Music students, conducted by Stefania Rinaldi, Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar; musical preparation by David Ramael, Hofstra University RECEPTION, GIARDINO DELLA CASA ITALIANA Reception courtesy of Il Gattopardo, New York, NY, Gianfranco Sorrentino, owner, restaurateur The participation of conference scholars may be subject to their professional or academic commitments.