Migrazioni: words, images, and translations with Medhin Paolos and Alessandra di Maio

Date: 

Monday, October 16, 2017, 11:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center

Hosted by Sarah Axelrod and the students of Italian 145, and sponsored by Lorgia Garcia Peña, Roy G. Clouse Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures.

 

Please join us for a conversation with Medhin Paolos, filmmaker, musican, and activist for citizenship rights, and Alessandra Di Maio, Assoc. Prof. of English and Postcolonial Studies at Università degli studi di Palermo. Medhin Paolos is the co-director of the 2015 documentary, Asmarina, and Alessandra Di Maio is the editor of a new volume of images and poetry titled Migrazioni/Migrations (66thand2nd, 2016).

 

N.B. The discussion will be conducted in Italian, and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Sarah Axelrod (slaxelrod@fas.harvard.edu) by 10/15/17 if you plan to attend.