Lisa Dolasinski, Ph.D.
Lecturer, ROML | Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies | University of Georgia
Managing Editor | Book and Film Reviews | gender/sexuality/italy
Invited Talks
“Global Hip-Hop in/and Italy”
(with Spotify playlist). Romance Languages Living and Learning Community. SUNY New Paltz, 25 February, 2021
“‘In Between’ Ethnic Heritage and Italian Identity: The Rise of Global Hip-Hop in Mainstream Italy”
The Humanities Forum, The University of Scranton, 7 November, 2019
“Screening Difference: On Trans* Migrants in Contemporary Italian Cinema”
The University of Kansas, 2 April, 2019
“Queering (Hetero)normative Conventions of Belonging in Contemporary Italian Cinema of Migration”
Bucknell University, 29 March, 2019
“Trans*gressing Boundaries of Gender and Nation in Contemporary Italian Films of Migration”
Dickinson College, 23 April, 2018
“Screening ‘Sterile Masculinity’: On Male Migrants, Italian Men, and the Future of Italy”
Bucknell University, 26 March, 2018
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Selected Conferences
“(A)sexual Seniors of Contemporary Italian Cinema”
55th NeMLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, 7-10 March 2024
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“On Afropessimism and Afrofuturism: The Black “Boogeymen” of Childish Gambino and Ghali"
MLA Annual Convention: Celebration: Joy and Sorrow, 4-7 January, 2024
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“'Branded Entertainment' in Contemporary Italian Music Videos"
52nd NeMLA Annual Convention, Niagara Falls, NY, 23-26 March, 2023
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“Pasolini in Contemporary Italian Films of Migration. Superficial Appropriation or Testament to his Legacy?”
MLA Annual Convention: Multilingual US, Washington, DC, 6-9 January, 2022
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“Medical Humanities and Italian Studies. A Rich History and Future Possibilities”
MLA Annual Convention: Persistence, Toronto, Canada, 7-10 January, 2021
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“Transnational Masculinities in Italy’s Contemporary Music Scene”
51st NeMLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, 5-8 March, 2020
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“Re-viewing Italian Cinema: On Representations of Old Age and Aging”
MLA Annual Convention: Being Human, Seattle, 9-12 January, 2020
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“‘In Between’ Ethnic Heritage and Italian Identity: The Rise of Global Hip-Hop in Mainstream Italy”
MLA Annual Convention: Being Human, Seattle, 9-12 January, 2020
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“A New Direction for Italian Screen Studies. On Representations of Old Age in Italian Cinema”
Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies International Conference: Global Intersections and Artistic Interconnections Italian Cinema and Media across Times and Spaces, Rome, 14-15 June 2019
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“Queer Italy Onscreen: Trans*gressing Boundaries of Gender, Sexuality, and Nation in Recent Italian Films of Migration”
MLA Annual Convention: Textual Transactions, Chicago, 3-6 January, 2019
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“Screening Senesce: Italian-Style”
9th Annual Film Symposium on New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Indiana University, 19-22 April, 2018
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Sterile” Bodies?: Masculinity, Migrants, and New Formations of Socio-Cultural (Re)production in Italian Film and Media”
MLA Annual Convention: #States of Insecurity, New York City, 4-7 January, 2018
“Projecting the ‘Sterile Body’: Masculinities, Migrant Men, and Italy”
Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies: Innovations and Tensions in Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World, Rome, Italy, 9-10 June, 2017
“Queering (hetero)Normative Conventions of Belonging in Contemporary Italian Cinema of Migration” Intersections/Intersezioni, Florence, Italy, 31 May-1 June, 2017
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“‘Talking Back’: Migrant Agency, Sexuality, and Memory in Amoroso’s Cover Boy”
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Atlanta, 30 March- 3 April, 2016
“Perverse Motherhood: Alternative Familial Bonds In Giuseppe Tornatore’s La sconosciuta”
47th NeMLA Annual Convention, Hartford, 17-20 March, 2016
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