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“National Identity, Historical Memory, and the Humanities” |
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| The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) of Italy and The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
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| Friday, April 11, 2008 Florence, Italy |
| Please note: Single copies of the published proceedings for this conference are available for free from NEH, while supplies last. Please submit your request via e-mail to info@neh.gov with the name of the conference and your name and full mailing address. Please allow up to six weeks for delivery. |
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| Roberto de Mattei, Vice President, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | |
| Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| Session One (9:45–11:15 a.m.): Italy and Washington, D.C.: An Artistic Influence Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities | |
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| Archeology and Foreign Policy in the Relations between Italy and the United States at the Beginning of the 20th Century Massimo Cultrano, archaeologist and researcher with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali, Catania (IBAM) |
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| The Italian Influence on American Classical Architecture Ingrid Rowland, Professor, based in Rome, at the University of Notre Dame School |
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of Architecture |
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| Session Two (11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.): The Americanization of Machiavelli: A Study in Cultural Transmission Wilfred McClay, SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in the Humanities and Professor of History |
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at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
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| Italian Foreign Policy after the Cold War: The Difficult Rediscovery of National Interest Massimo de Leonardis, Professor of History of International Relations and Institutions and of
History of Treaties and International Politics at the Catholic University of Milan |
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| An Account of the Outlook on Fascism in American Historiography Francesco Perfetti, Professor of Contemporary History and of History of International Relations
at the Luiss University of Rome |
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| Politics, Religion, and Reason: American Communitarism and the European Experience Angelo Maria Petroni, Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University
of Bologna |
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| Session Three (3:00–5:00 p.m.): American Writers and the Democratization of Italian Literature Alfonso Berardinelli, essayist and literary critic, is a former Professor of Contemporary Literature |
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at Ca' Foscari University in Venice |
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| The End of Arcadia: American Writers in Italy, 1915–1965 Michael McDonald, Assistant Chairman for Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities |
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| The Role of Religious Missions in the Formation of American Identity Luca Codignola, Director of CNR’s Institute of History of Mediterranean Europe, and Professor |
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of North American History at the University of Genoa |
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| Cultural Identity and Civic Religion. The American Exception and the Italian Exception:
A Comparison Pietro De Marco, a philosopher and a history of religions scholar, is Professor at the Faculty |
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of Education Sciences at Florence University |
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