On the occasion of
Sotto l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
SALVATORE BANCHERI
ADRIANA FRISENNA
MICHAEL LETTIERI
TERESA LOBALSAMO
ADRIANA GRIMALDI
BRUNO MAGLIOCCHETTI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GIANNI BARDINI
ALBERTO DI GIOVANNI
ALISON FORRESTER
ULLI KRULL
MICHAEL LETTIERI
DOMENICO PIETROPAOLO
CARLO SETTEMBRINI
MARTIN STIGLIO
JENNA SUNKENBERG
Italian Department
THE FRANK IACOBUCCI CENTRE FOR
ITALIAN CANADIAN STUDIES
and
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA, TORONTO
present
Italian Outside of Italy
The Situation in Canada, USA and
The English-Speaking World
An international symposium
October 22-23, 2010
Co-sponsored by:
CENTRO SCUOLA E CULTURA ITALIANA
DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN STUDIES, ST. GEORGE CAMPUS
EMILIO GOGGIO CHAIR IN ITALIAN STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE STUDIES, U OF T MISSISSAUGA
OFFICE OF VICE-PRINCIPAL, RESEARCH U OF T MISSISSAUGA
Under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy
For more information, please call 416-926-2345.
PROGRAMME
Salvatore Bancheri (University of Toronto)
Friday, 22 October 2010
7.00 PM
Charbonnel Lounge
81 St. Mary Street, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
VISIT OF CASA DANTE AND SALA LEONARDO
Centro Scuola e Cultura Italiana, Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Avenue West
Dinner will follow (on invitation)
8.30 – 8.45 COFFEE
8.45 – 9:15 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Charbonnel Lounge
81 St. Mary St.
Subway Stn: Museum
Salvatore Bancheri (University of Toronto)
Mark McGowan (Principal, St. Michael’s College)
Domenico Pietropaolo (University of Toronto)
Martin Stiglio (Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
Brennan Hall
81 St. Mary St.
Subway Stn: Museum
9.15 – 10.15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1
Chair: Mirella Pasquarelli Clivio (University of Toronto)
Katerin Katerinov (Università per Stranieri di Perugia)
L’insegnamento della lingua e della cultura italiana nell’era digitale e della
globalizzazione
10.15 – 10.30 REFRESHMENTS
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
496 Huron St.
Subway Stn: St. George
10.30 – 12.15 SESSION 1
Chair: Luca Somigli (University of Toronto)
Massimo Vedovelli e Sabrina Machetti (Università per Stranieri di Siena)
Per una storia linguistica dell’emigrazione italiana nel mondo. La situazione del
Canada e degli USA
Franco Pierno (University of Toronto)
La stampa “raminga”. Appunti sulla lingua dei primi giornali italo-americani
Francesco Loriggio (Carleton University)
The Literary Relevance of Italian in Italian Canadian Literature
Joseph Pivato (Athabasca University)
Rejected Languages of Italian-Canadian Authors
Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Ave. W.
Subway Stn: Lawrence West
12.15 – 1.30 LUNCH BREAK
10.15 – 12:00 SESSION 6
Brennan Hall 203
Chair: Monica Stellin (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Giovanni Scarola (University of Toronto)
Problematiche legate all’esportazione e trapianto all’estero della lingua e/o dei
dialetti d’origine con particolare riguardo al caso dell’italiano/italiese
Christine Sansalone (Laurentian University)
Una comunità in scena: teatro italo-canadese a Sudbury
Roberta Iannacito Provenzano and Jana Vizmuller-Zocco (York University)
Let’s grab a coffee insieme piuuu tardi?:” Code-alternation on Facebook Profile
Posts
1.30 – 2.45 SESSION 2
Chair: Bruno Magliocchetti (University of Toronto)
Adriana Frisenna (Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
L’italiano all’Istituto di Cultura di Toronto
Alberto Di Giovanni (Centro Scuola e Cultura Italiana)
Teaching Italian in Elementary Schools: Maintaining the Mother Tongue
Anthony Mollica (Brock University)
Biagio Aulino (York Catholic District School Board)
Cosmo Femia and Damiano Femia (Toronto Catholic District School Board)
Maria Ferlisi (Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board)
The Importance of Preserving and Promoting the Teaching of International
Languages in Ontario
12.00 – 1.30 LUNCH BREAK
1.30 – 2.45 SESSION 7
Charbonnel Lounge
2.45 – 3.00 REFRESHMENTS
3.00 – 4.45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS (3 & 4)
Chair: Rachele Longo Lavorato (University of Toronto)
Anthony Cristiano (Ryerson University)
Language and Creativity: A Hybrid Work and its Creator
SESSION 3
Monica Stellin (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Italian Mass Media and Press in Canada: The Location of Language and Culture
Chair: Pamela Arancibia (University of Toronto)
Antonio Franceschetti (University of Toronto)
Scrittori italo-canadesi di cose italiane
Wendy Marie Schrobilgen (McMaster University)
Exploring Aspects of Lexical Banalisation: The Integration of English Loanwords
in Italian Internet Terminology
2.45 – 3.00 REFRESHMENTS
3.00 – 4.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4
Chair: Salvatore Bancheri (University of Toronto Mississauga)
Giulio Lepschy and Laura Lepschy (University of London)
Il discorso degli emigrati in America nella letteratura italiana fra Otto e
Novecento.
4.00 – 4.30 CLOSING REMARKS
Charbonnel Lounge
Francesca Mirti (Stony Brook University)
La lingua e le lingue di Giose Rimanelli in “Detroit Blues”
Lisa Fiorindi (University of Toronto)
Representing Italy’s Modern Diasporas: Transnationalism and Heterogeneity in
Caterina Edward’s “Island of the Nightingales”
Anna Makolkin (University of Toronto)
Searching For Canadian Immigrant Self: Frank Paci’s “Italian Shoes”
SESSION 4
Brennan Hall 203
Chair: Ziba Ahmadian (University of Toronto)
Bruno Magliocchetti (University of Toronto)
Language Enrolment Patterns in Italian
Giuliana Salvato (University of Windsor)
Are Canadian L2 Learners of Italian Nonverbally Competent?
Clara Sacchetti Dufresne (Lakehead University)
Talking Dance, Speaking Italian?
Claudio Cicotti (University of Luxembourg)
L’integrazione culturale e linguistica degli italiani in Lussemburgo e nella Grande
Regione: 15 anni di lettere a “Buona Domenica” (1980-1995)
4.45 – 5.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2
Charbonnel Lounge
Chair: Domenico Pietropaolo (University of Toronto)
Carla Marcato (Università di Udine)
Parole del cibo: italiano e dialetti nella terminologia gastronomica nordamericana
6.30 – 7:30
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
496 Huron Street
GREETING REMARKS: Cons. Nicola Lener, Embassy of Italy, Ottawa
MEET THE ITALIAN CANADIAN POETS, POETRY READING
Chair: Jana Vizmuller-Zocco (York University)
Diego Bastianutti
Corrado Paina
Gianna Patriarca
Buffet dinner will follow
(on invitation)
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Charbonnel Lounge
8.30 – 9.00 COFFEE
9.00 – 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3
Chair: Franco Pierno (University of Toronto)
Nicoletta Maraschio (Accademia della Crusca)
Il ruolo dell’Accademia della Crusca nella promozione dell’Italiano all’estero
10.00 – 10.15 REFRESHMENTS
10.15 – 12:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS (5 & 6)
SESSION 5
Charbonnel Lounge
Chair: Adriana Grimaldi (University of Toronto)
Rachel A. Walsh (The University of Denver)
“Oggi in TV”: Italian Television and Intermediate Language Instruction
Francesco Fiumara (Southeastern Louisiana University)
News from the Boot(h) Community Outreach and Educational Objectives of an
Italian – Language Radio Show in the USA
Anna De Fina (Georgetown University)
Language Repertoire and Usage in a Multigenerational Italian American Family:
A Case Study
Luciana Fellin (Duke University)
Repertoires of Language and of Identity and their Interplay in Multigenerational
Italian American Families