Italian colonialism’s past history seems buried in dusty archives and rarely addressed in political and public arenas. In spite of efforts to keep these issues in the collective consciousness, colonialism and its legacies are systematically removed from the public eye. By bringing together leading scholars, artists, and migrants dealing with Italian colonial and postcolonial society, we hope to promote awareness of the heritage of a colonial past and its links with the present through recuperation of stories and sounds. Combining scholarship and art, we hope to explore the consequences of collective memory loss and to raise consciousness of contemporary issues of migration and national identity.

3:00pm – Introduction to and screening of the film La quarta via by Kaha Mohammed Aden

4:00pm – Presentations

• Milena Belloni, “Migration/Diaspora: The Italian Exception: Contemporary Migration from Eritrea through Italy”
• Sabrina Marchetti, “The Girls From Asmara: Domestic Labour and Postcoloniality in the Narratives of Eritrean Women in Italy”
• Alessandro Triulzi, “African Immigration and the Resurfacing of the Colonial Question in Italy”

5:30pm – Concert
Traditional music from Kurdistan by the master musician Abdurrahman Ozel, “Mamosta” from the Ararat Cultural Center and by Dunia

For the full program, please consult https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/aar.

The event is organized in collaboration with the Archivio Memorie Migranti. It is made possible by the Fellows Project Fund of the American Academy in Rome.