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April 22, 2022 | Wyndham Alumnae House

Writer Primo Levi is one of the most widely-read post-World War II Italian writers, thinkers, and cultural influencers.  This event is held in memory of Professor Emeritus Nicholas Patruno (1941-2020) distinguished scholar of Primo Levi's work.

Wyndham Alumnae House, on Marion Avenue, has accessible parking and entrances. All events
will take place on the ground floor.

9:30 a.m. | Breakfast on the Terrace (Offered by the Provost's Office)

10 a.m. | Symposium in the Ely Room

Chair: Chiara Benetollo, �����������

Come lavorava Nicholas Patruno: Methods, Practices, Perspectives

Roberta Ricci & Alessandro Giammei | �����������

Nicholas Patruno, Primo Levi, and the Chain of Witness

Millicent Marcus | Yale University

Abyssal Foundations: Primo Levi and Giambattista Vico on Terror

Julian Bourg | Boston College

Projections of Memory: Interpreting Primo Levi

Gaetana Marrone | Princeton University

1 p.m. | Lunch (Offered by the President's Office) 

2 p.m | Poster Session by Students of ITAL313: "Primo Levi, The Writer" Taught by Roberta Ricci

Introduction: Daria Bozzato, �����������

Ava Blumer “The Memory of the Offense: Style and Accuracy in Levi's Se questo è un uomo”/“La memoria dell'offesa: stile e precisione in Se questo è un uomo”

Maia Carvalho “Levi’s Journey through Chemical Elements: The Periodic Table (1975)”/ “Il viaggio di Levi attraverso gli elementi chimici: Il sistema periodico (1975)”

Elise DeBiasio “The Humanity of Animals and the Animality of Humans in Primo Levi”/“L’umanità degli animali e l’animalità degli esseri umani in Primo Levi”

Camryn Karis-Sconyers “Tropes and Myths of Primo Levi” /“Tropi e miti di Primo Levi”

Joseph Lukner “A Third Option for Us and Them: the Grey Zone”/“Una terza opzione per noi e loro: la zona grigia”

Ava Panetto “Writing as an Intergenerational Healing Process”/“Scrittura come guarigione intergenerazionale”

Lake Sanchez, “La Tregua: A Journey of Body, Mind, and Soul”/“La tregua: un viaggio del corpo, della mente e dell'anima”

Olivia Schaffer, “Which Holocaust? Primo Levi and Holocaust Education”/“Quale Olocausto? Primo Levi e l’insegnamento dell’Olocausto”

Eleanor Taylor, “From Babel to Buna: Language and Memory in the Writing of Primo Levi"/“Da Babele a Buna: linguaggio e memoria nella scrittura di Primo Levi”

Meenakshi Thirumurti, “Primo Levi, the Poet: Poetic Justice and License” /“Primo Levi, il poeta: giustizia e licenza poetica”

3 p.m. | Remembering Nicholas Patruno

Memories of Professor Patruno Shared by:

• Tommasina Gabriele (Wheaton College)
• Nicola Gentili (Dear friend of Nick Patruno)
• Marissa Golden (BMC Political Science)
• David Karen (BMC Sociology)
• George Pahomov (BMC Russian, Emeritus)
• Brunilde Ridgway (BMC Archaeology, Emerita)
• Darby Scott (BMC Classics, Emeritus)
• Azade Seyhan (BMC German & Comparative Literature, Emerita)
• Ute Striker (HC Italian, Emerita)
• Nancy Vickers (BMC President Emerita, Italian)
• Julia Farmer '99
• Jessi Harvey '09
• Allison Galea ’04
• Rachel Lavenda '08
• Jessica Lee '08
• Emily Breslin Markos '04
• Emilia Otte ’18
• Patricia Rizzo '77
• Jessica Lee '08
• Elizabeth Schwartz ’08
• Sofia Bella Vitale '14
• Emily Wiseman ’11
• Francesca Wiseman ’81
• Sharon Zimmer '70

Learn More: Read the April 6, 2022, article previewing this event