Upcoming Lectures & Events
3 February 2021
University of Edinburgh
School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures
Mini MAXXI Radical Conversations on Material Culture
"Italy By Design: Overbooked - Exploding Tourism & Travel"
Invited Talk (virtual)
Recent Talks & Conferences
3 December 2020
Temple University
Department of History; Center for the Study of Force & Diplomacy
Book Talk (virtual)
7 November 2019
Hawk 'N' Dove Bar & Restaurant, Washington DC
Book Launch & Charity Fundraiser
4 November 2019
NYU, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
Department of Italian Studies, New York, NY
Book Talk
1-2 November 2019
IDEA Boston Book Festival, Boston, MA
Book Launch & Panel Discussion
24 October 2019
UC Santa Cruz, Department of Sociology
"The Island in the Middle Sea: Lampedusa, Migration, and the Ripple Effects of Empire"
Invited Lecture
19-22 September 2019
The Nantucket Project, Nantucket, MA
Book Launch
21-24 March 2019
Universität Potsdam, German National Research Council,
Research Group on Theme Park Studies
"Key Concepts in Theme Park Studies: Imperial Simulations"
Keynote Lecture
14 January 2019
Stanford University, Division of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
"Discourse Disrupted: Mobility and Stereotype in Italian Colonial and Postcolonial Literature"
Invited Lecture
Video courtesy of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU of my talk on Italy's migrant detention centers and colonial concentration camps. Read more about the links between them in Empire's Mobius Strip.
A view into the male sector through glass shattered during a riot at the Ponte Galeria migrant detention center outside Rome. Read more on daily life in the center in Empire's Mobius Strip.