Italian American Studies Association Presents 'Queering the Italian Diaspora'

Nov. 18, 2020

Italian American Studies Association Presents 'Queering the Italian Diaspora'

The Italian American Studies Association will present "Queering the Italian Diaspora" at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, via Zoom.

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, assistant professor of Italian in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the U of A will lecture on "The Celluloid Closet: Sex, Power, and Coming Out Repression of the Italian American Closet."

Domenico Beneventi, associate professor in the Department of Arts, Languages and Literatures, University of Sherbrooke, will lecture on "Creative Spaces: Queer and Italian Canadian."

Join the webinar: Passcode: 585553

Contacts

Ryan Calabretta Sajder, assistant professor
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
479-575-5939, calabret@uark.edu

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