2011 Conference

UPDATES:
Conference Program in .pdf file. (updated 10/7/2011)

Conference Program in .doc file. (updated 10/7/2011)

Conference Fundraising:
This year, to build support for the AIHA conference and to help us with outreach, we are asking AIHA members and others who care about the association to take ads in this year's conference program or simply to make contributions. We are in the midst of an effort to expand AIHA membership, to improve our communication with members through our Web site, revamped newsletter and other means, and to expand Italian American studies by connecting with other organizations and by publishing a peer-reviewed annual volume. Please make and encourage others to make whatever contribution you and they can, to sustain AIHA's work in preserving and enriching Italian American culture.

Conference Fundraising Form now available. (posted 8/1/2011)

Registration Form now available (posted 6/12/2011)

Pay Conference and Membership Fees via PayPal.com (posted 6/12, updated 8/30/2011)

Hotel Information for Tampa AIHA Conference
Please book your rooms early for October 20th-22nd at the Tampa Waterside Marriott. Here is the information to simplify the reservation process:

Reservations may be made by visiting:
https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3321127
or by calling 800-266-9432.

To receive the discounted group rate, reservations
must be made by September 26.


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44th Annual Conference
of
The American Italian Historical Association

Tampa, Florida
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Tampa Convention Center

October 20-22, 2011

Italian American Body Politics:
Private Lives and Public Sphere

For its 44th annual conference, the American Italian Historical Association seeks one-page panel, roundtable and individual presentation proposals, from scholars, writers, artists and other thinkers across the disciplines. AIHA welcomes proposals on all topics, and suggests the following possibilities:

  • The History of Gender and Sexual Politics in Italian (American) Life
  • Public Images of Italian American Bodies
  • The In-Group and Out-Group Politics of Italian American Culture
  • The Language of the Italian American Body and Soul
  • Italian American Public and Private Discourse
  • Italian American Political Bodies
  • Italian American Body Images
  • Bella Figura in Public and Private Life
  • Queering Italian America
  • The Public Performance of Private Italian (American) Lives
  • The History of Legal and Illegal Bodies
  • The Bodies of Christ and Other Deities of Italian American Culture
  • Bodies Inside Bodies: The Private and Public Lives of Italian American Enclaves
  • The Birth, Death and Rebirth of Italian American Bodies
  • Italian American Bodies in Music and the Visual Arts
  • Writing and Speaking Italian American Bodies

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: JULY 15, 2011
Please address proposals to gguida@citytech.cuny.edu
In the subject line, please write: “AIHA Tampa Proposal.” Please use the proposal forms provided below. Confirmation of proposals will be by email. Those not having access to email should send proposals to The Calandra Institute (address below).

Proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual presentations should have titles and be no more than one typed page in length. Proposals for panels and roundtables should include titles and be no more than two typed pages; and should include brief biography of each presenter and participant with his/her affiliation, address, telephone number and email address.

Presenters can engage in one scholarly and one creative writing event at the same conference: not more than one of either type. Presenters may, however, chair or serve as respondents for additional events.

Presenters who will require computer, video or audio equipment, should request it as part of the proposal. We ask that only those who know they will need such equipment request it, as resources are limited. We cannot guarantee equipment if requests are made after the deadline for proposals.

Those interested in serving as chair or respondent for a panel or roundtable should notify the program chair, George Guida (gguida@citytech.cuny.edu), by July 15.

Limited travel subsidies are available for graduate students giving presentations; send inquiries to Roseanne Quinn: quinnroseanne@deanza.edu.

All presenters must be members of the American Italian Historical Association, by July 15, 2011. For membership details, see the AIHA website at www.aihaweb.org. Membership dues should be sent to The Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY, 25 W. 43rd, 17th Floor, New York, New York, 10036.

CLICK HERE for complete information in a .doc file.

Information Sheet for Individual Presenters

Information Sheet for Panels


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