The Chimalpahin Conference 2008:

Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness

October 15 - 18, 2008 

Panel session 1: Memories and Counter Memories (I)

15 October 2008: 16:00 - 17:45

Papers:

 

When Fukú renders history a footnote: Voluntary Forgetfulness and Involuntary Remembering in Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Daniela Rogobete

Department of English and American Studies

University of Craiova, Dolj

(Romania)

 

Identity and power: the Legacy of Italian Colonialism in Somalia and the Memory of Somali Colony in Italy

Antonio M. Morone

Department of Political and Social Studies

Pavia University

(Italia)

 

session chair: 

Sybille N. Nyeck

Department of Political Sciences

University of California (UCLA)

(Estados Unidos)

 

 

This is a bilingual session, which will be conducted with interpreter for English and Castilian, as well as sign language (upon request).

 

 

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