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Ombretta Frau. 鈥淭rauma and Resilience in Pirandello鈥檚 L鈥檃ltro figlio,鈥 NEMLA Conference, March 23-26, 2023.


Delivered the following 2 talks:

鈥 鈥淐atabasi e anabasi in Una fra tante di Emma,鈥 American Association for Italian Studies Conference Bologna, May 29-1June 2022

鈥 鈥淟o sguardo di Anna. La vacanza di Dacia Maraini sessant鈥檃nni dopo,鈥 Molestias textuales. Escritoras contra la violencia conference, Universidad de Sevilla, 19-21 May, 2022


Discussed her work on material culture and literature at a round table on Lettrici italiane tra arte e letteratura dall'Ottocento al modernismo at the Society for Italian Studies conference, Warwick University, UK, 20-22 April, 2022.


Gave a talk at the NEMLA conference: 鈥淎 鈥榙ouble鈥 class conflict in Tanino e Tanotto鈥 NEMLA Conference, March, 10, 2022.


Invited to lecture on 鈥淩egulating Prostitution in Nineteenth Century Italy: the Cavour Law,鈥 University of Rhode Island鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Day Celebration with author Dacia Maraini, March 9, 2022


Invited to lecture on 鈥淩egulating Prostitution in Nineteenth Century Italy: the Cavour Law,鈥 University of Rhode Island鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Day Celebration with author Dacia Maraini, March 9, 2022


Was selected to be Visiting Professor at Sapienza University of Rome in early Spring 2022.


Was invited to deliver the following two lectures in Italy: 1. 鈥淎merican Dante: The Divine Comedy Revisited鈥, Centro Studi Americani, Rome, 13 September 2021 2. 鈥淯na congiura di buoni. L鈥檈silio dell鈥檃nima in Una fra tante鈥, University of Rome La Sapienza, 15 September 2021 She also delivered a paper on 鈥淎rchaeological Recollections in Pirandello鈥檚 Sicilian short-stories鈥 at The Tales of Archaeology. Towards a Literary 'Memory Map' of the Mediterranean Space Conference at the Academia Belgica in Rome on 16-18 September 2021.

 

Was invited to speak at an event to 鈥淐elebrate Dacia Maraini on International Women鈥檚 Day鈥 at the University of Rhode Island on March 5, 2021.


Was invited to speak at a Career Panel at Harvard University鈥檚 Department of Romance languages on April 19, 2021.