HOFSTRA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

and the

PROGRAM IN ITALIAN STUDIES AND ITALIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

in honor of the

UNICO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP

present

"For a Rosary of Memories:
Italian American Women Writers and
Artists and Memory-Work"

Tuesday, March 31, 5-7 p.m.

A discussion of women's role as bearers of memory - personal and collective.

Moderator:

Pellegrino D'Acierno, Professor of Comparative Literature and Languages
UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies and Italian American Studies

Speakers:

Helen Barolini, prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist; author of Umbertina, a canonical narrative of the Italian American Studies.

Gioia Timpanelli, master storyteller (cantastorie) and novelist; author of Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily

B. Amore, celebrated sculptor, visual artist, and writer; Lifeline - filo della vita, her  multi-media, six-room exhibit, premiered at Ellis Island and has traveled in the U.S. and Italy

Edvige Giunta, distinguished memoiriste and professor of writing; author of Writing With an Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Writers

Location:

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Admission is free.

For more information please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at (516) 463-5669, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.