104. “Blood-Red Spaghetti Sauce: Food in the Godfather Saga” in the panel “Framing Italianness in The Godfather Trilogy, “ The Many Manifestations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Series, Taormina, July 10-11, 2023
103. “Italianness and Foundational Masculinity in Edward Dmytryk’s Rendition of Pietro Di Donato’s Christ in Concrete” in the panel “Italian Americans in Films. The Immigrant Experience,” Italy AATI, Catania, July 2023
102. “Nice Guys Finish Last? Delbert Mann’s Marty” in the panel “Italian Americans in Films. Establishing and Challenging Italian American Identities,” AATI, Catania, July 2023
101. “Exotic Backwardness: Italy East of Hollywood” in the panel “Italy and the Orient,” AATI, Catania, July 2023
100. “La fuga domestica di Pranzo di Ferragosto e Ella e John” –“Composite Identities” Symposium, Villa Le Balze/Georgetown Fiesole, 23 June 2023
99. “More Human When Dead: Emphatic Zombies in Deadgirl, Fido, and Go Home!” –NEMLA, Baltimore, March 2022
98. “Cannibalized Identities: Marginalization in Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher's La horde and Luna Gualano's Go Home! A casa loro” –Identity/ies & Beyond –Georgetown University-Villa Le Balze /NEVIS colloquium, May 2021.
97. “I Am Already Dead: How to Accept the “Other” in I Zombie and The Walking Dead” in the panel “Dramaturgy for the Millennials” –NEMLA, Boston, March 2020
96. “Out of This World: the Dream/Nightmare of Being Rid of Migrants” –Diaspore italiane – Italy in Movement: Between Immigration and Historical Amnesia, Genova, June 2019
95. “Da Scampia alla Magliana: l’Italia inesplorata di Matteo Garrone” –NEMLA, Washington, March 2019
94. “Rispecchiamenti tra film e letterature: il doppio nel cinema di Roberto Andò,” invited seminar at the University of Padova,May 2018
93. “Mirrors and Doubles in the Cinema of Roberto Andò” –PAMLA, Honolulu November 2017
92. Chair and Organizer of the panel “The New Italians: Migrant Stories in Literature and Film” –PAMLA, Honolulu, November 2017
91. “Insetti, nani e fiabe: Garrone e la manipolazione del corpo” –AATI, Palermo, June/July 2017
90. Chair and Organizer of “‘Il re dei ciarlatani'’ Dario Fo e la rivoluzione del teatro moderno e contemporaneo” presenting “Dai ‘calzètt de seda’ al frigorifero: l’importanza delle canzoni nella produzione teatrale di Fo”–AATI, Palermo, June/July 2017
89. “Il doppio tra cinema e letteratura: l’affaire Roberto Andò” –MOD: La modernità letteraria e le declinazioni del visivo: arti, cinema, fotografia e nuove tecnologie, Bologna, June 2017
88. “Il teatro di Pasolini, tra ‘poesia letta a voce alta’ e ‘convenzione teatrale’” – Intersezioni/Intersections –N.E.V.I.S. and NEMLA Florence, June 2017
87. “Il pazzo capitale umano: la commedia agrodolce di Paolo Virzì” paper for the panel: “Notes on Contemporary Italian Cinema"–New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 8th Annual Conference, April 2017
86. “L’impegno civile di Giordana in I cento passi” for the roundtable: “Marco Tullio Giordana: Una poetica civile in forma di cinema” – roundtable –New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 8th Annual Conference, April 2017
85. “Roma: ore 11: a Choral Fresco of 1950s Italy Between Theatre and Neorealism” in –Giuseppe De Santis Remembered, Calandra Institute, New York, March 2017
84. Chair and Organizer of “Il teatro italiano dal dopoguerra ad oggi” presenting: “L'evoluzione del teatro di Romeo Castellucci” –NEMLA, Baltimore, March 2017
83. Chair and Organizer of “Italian American Studies in the 21st Century: New Approaches and Considerations” presenting:“From Golden Door to Terraferma: Diasporas in Italian-American Studies” – roundtable –NEMLA, Baltimore, March 2017
82. Organizer and Interviewer: “Italian Special Event: Anthony Julian Tamburri, ‘Re-appropriating the Forget-me-nots: Italian Cultural Hegemonic Privilege and Disregard for Diasporic Cultural Production’” –NEMLA, Baltimore, March 2017
81. “Shakespeare siciliano: l’Otello a tinte forti di Luigi Lo Cascio” – Intersezioni/Intersections –N.E.V.I.S. and NEMLAFlorence, June 2016
80. “Grotesque Bodies in Garrone’s Films” –New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 7th Annual Conference, April 2016
79. “Crimes of Passion: Lo Cascio’s Otello, a Sicilian Shakespearean Moor” –Comparative Drama Conference, Baltimore,April 2016
78. “La mafia uccide solo d'estate and Tano da morire as Tongue-in-Cheek Satires” in “La commedia all’italiana nel terzo millennio” –NEMLA, Hartford, March 2016
77. “Il teatro di Pasolini: un esperimento fallito?” in “Pier Paolo Pasolini. Prospettive contemporanee –roundtable, NEMLA, Hartford, March 2016
76. Chair and Organizer of “Italian-American Studies in the Third Millennium” – roundtable, NEMLA, Hartford, March 2016
75. Organizer and Interviewer: “Italian Special Event: A conversation with Amara Lakhous” –NEMLA, Hartford, March 2016
74. “Tra consigli e rumori: le acque malferme di Sandro Dionisio e Marco Martinelli” –PAMLA, Portland, November, 2015.
73. “Nine Characters in Search of a Happy Family” –AATI, Siena, June 2015
72. “Women and/in Film” –roundtable, AATI, Siena, June 2015
71. “Le cere vive di Clemente Susini” – Intersezioni/Intersections –N.E.V.I.S. and NEMLA Florence, June 2015
70. “The Grotesque Nakedness of Tano’s Women” in “Donne di Mafia” –NEMLA, Toronto, April 2015
69. “‘Grande’ ma non è un’abbuffata” in “Il grottesco nel cinema italiano” – roundtable, NEMLA, Toronto, April 2015
68. Organizer and Interviewer: “Italian Special Event: L’arte del dubbio (The Art of Doubt): Conversazione con Gianrico Carofiglio” –NEMLA, Toronto, April 2015
67. Chair and Organizer: “Italian Special Event #2: Bastava una notte. Siciliani di Tunisi. Incontro con il Professor Alfonso Campisi, Université de la Manouba” –NEMLA, Toronto, April 2015
66. “La bellezza del capitale umano: false partenze nel cinema italiano contemporaneo” –New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 6th Annual Conference, April 2015
65. “The Physical Language of Satire: Jacques Lecoq’s Legacy in the Theatre of Dario Fo” –Comparative Drama Conference, Baltimore, March 2015
64. “Tano da morire di Roberta Torre tra musical, film di mafia e ‘camp’” – Intersezioni/Intersections –N.E.V.I.S. and NEMLATurin, June 2014
63. "Reale iper-reale in Un consiglio a Dio di Sandro Dionisio" in “New Italian Realism” –AAIS, Zurich, May 2014
62. “Il grottesco nella commedia all'italiana” in “Old and New Facets in Italian Comedy” –New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 5th Annual Conference, April 2014
61. Chair and organizer of the panel “Women Directors in Contemporary Italian Cinema” –New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema, Bloomington Indiana, 5th Annual Conference, April 2014
60. Chair and Organizer of the seminar panel “The Language(s) of Italian Theatre”: presented “Il teatro di Pasolini tra modernità e passato” –NEMLA, Harrisburg, April 2014
59. “Terraferma in un Mare chiuso” in the roundtable “Meridian Cinema/Cinema Meridiano” –NEMLA, Harrisburg, April 2014
58. “What Doesn’t Kill Your Essay Makes It Stronger” in the roundtable “Publishing and Writing to the Top” –NEMLA, Harrisburg, April 2014
57. “Translated Identities in an Unfriendly Eden” CHICO N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies) 10th annual conference: Transcultural Italy, Chico University. Chico, November 2013
56. “Men and the Mafia: Codes of Masculinity” (Keynote speech) CHICO N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies) 10th annual conference: Transcultural Italy, Chico University. Chico, November 2013
55. “La stanza del figlio is not The Greatest” invited university-wide lecture, 5th Italian Lecture Series, Chico University, Chico, November 2013
54. “Neither entertained nor épatés: Pasolini’s New Theatre” in the panel “Italian” –PAMLA, San Diego, November, 2013.
53. Chair and Organizer of the panel “The New Italians: Migrant Stories in Literature and Film” –PAMLA, San Diego, November 2013.
52. “Pietas and True Love in Romeo Castellucci's Salvator Mundi. ” at “Intersections: Contemporary Italy in Music, Art, Literature, and Cinema” N.E.V.I.S. and NEMLA, Turin, June 2013
51. “Rocky Horror Picture Mafia: Roberta Torre’s Tano da morire” in: “New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema,” Bloomington Indiana, 4th Annual Conference, April 2013
50. Chair and Organizer of “Drive: Italian Theatre Avant-Gardes of All Centuries” –NEMLA, Boston, March 2013
49. Chair and Organizer of the roundtable “Cinema and the Mafia in Italy”: presented “The films of Roberta Torre” –NEMLA, Boston, March 2013
48. “Masculinity on Display in Marco Risi’s Fortapàsc” in: “Contemporary Italian Cinema” –The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, February 2013
47. “Men and the Mafia: Codes of Masculinity” Third Annual Italian Colloquium, University of Dayton, February 2013
46. “Broken Dreams in Hostile Cities” N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies) 6th annual conference: Transcultural Italy, Chico University. Chico, October 2012
45. “Linguistic Otherness in Giorgio Diritti’s L’uomo che verrà” in the panel “Contemporary Italian Cinema” –PAMLA, Seattle October 2012
44. Chair and Organizer of two sessions of “The New Italians: Migrant Stories in Literature and Film”
43. “Inbred Culture: Fighting the Enemy Other in Giorgio Diritti’s Il vento fa il suo giro” – N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies) 5th annual conference: Echi Oltremare: The Mediterranean, Rome, June 2012
42. “Tinsel El Dorados: Hostile Cities in Italian Films about Immigration” in the panel “Italian Cinema and the City”: in “New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema,” Indiana University, April 2012
41. “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Immigrants in Italian Film” in the panel “The Road to Lamerica: Emigration Issues in Italian Cinema” at: The Image of the Road in Literature, Media, Society” Colorado Springs, March 2012
40. “Italy of the Mind” in the panel “The Road to Italy: Cinematic Portraits of Italy from Abroad” at: The Image of the Road in Literature, Media, Society” Colorado Springs, March 2012
39. Chair and Organizer of the seminar: “Politics of Theatre: Challenging Authority, Defying Conventions”: presented “From ‘The Lady Is For Discarding’ to the ‘Lord Who Should Be’: Fo’s Journey Through the Simulacra of Power From the Late Sixties to the Berlusconi Era” –NEMLA, Rochester, March 2012
38. Pedagogy Workshop. Presented “The Role of Theatre in the Language Classroom” –NEMLA, Rochester, March 2012
37. “Incomplete Identities: Pirandello and the Drama of the Modern Man” invited university-wide lecture, 3rd Italian Lecture Series, Chico University, Chico, November 2011
36. “Voyeurism and Desire Keeping The Right Distance” N.E.V.I.S. (New Echoes and Voices in Italian Studies) 4th annual conference: Transcultural Italy, Chico University. Chico, November 2011
35. Chair and Organizer of two sessions of “The New Italians: Migrant Stories in Literature and Film”
34. “La giusta distanza From What? Mazzacurati and the Redressing of Tradition”. PAMLA, Scripps College, November 2011 in the panel: Contemporary Italian Cinema
-Chair of the panel: Italian II: Between History, Literature, and Film
33. “Italy as the new Eden? Italian identity crisis in Costa-Gavras’ Verso l’Eden and Diritti’s Il vento fa il suo giro” CSIS (Canadian Society for Italian Studies), Venice, June 2011
32. “Fear (or covet?) thy neighbour: the 'other' in recent migration cinema” Echi Oltremare, Rome, June 2011
31. “Dreamed Cityscapes: Carmine Amoroso’s Cover Boy” Mediterranean Encounters, Colorado College, April 2011
30. “The drawbacks of utopias in Mayorga’s Paz perpetua” NEMLA, New Brunswick, April 2011
29. “Cinema and Immigration: Fear of the Other in Recent Italian Film” CHICO ITALIAN CONFERENCE, Chico University. November 2010.
28. “The Theatre of Dario Fo” invited university-wide lecture 2nd Italian Lecture Series, Chico University, Chico, November 2010
27. “La prima cosa bella” introduced and led discussion on Virzi’s film at Italian Film Festival at University of Hawaii, Honolulu, November 2010
26. “Cinema and Immigration: Fear of the Other in recent Italian film”. PAMLA, Honolulu, November 2010 in the panel: Contemporary Italian Cinema I: Otherness and In-Betweenness (also chairing: Contemporary Italian Cinema II: Old and New Trends)
25. “Translating Theatre: Can Performance Save Meaning? Trying to ‘stick to the original’ in Fo, Pirandello, Costa” ALTA, Philadelphia, October 2010
24. “Allegory in Fo and Genet’s Puppets”. Chaired the seminar: Italian Political Theatre. NEMLA, Montreal, April 2010
23. “‘We Inhabit a Language’: Other Languages in Amara Lakhous’ Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” ACLA, New Orleans April 2010
22. “‘We Inhabit a Language’: Perception of the Other in Amara Lakhous’ Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” After Writing Back. Present and Future Perspectives in Postcolonial Studies. University of Bergamo October 2009
21. “Il Fo non capito: Lo svitato (1956)” Chaired the panel: Ridere tra le macerie: cinema comico italiano pre-boom economico (1945-1958). AAIS, New York May 2009
20. “Death by Water? Constructing the “other” in Melliti’s Io, l’altro” ACLA, Boston March 2009
19. “The Big Other in Marco Tullio Giordana’s Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti” Chaired the panel: Italian Theatre. NEMLA, Boston February 2009
18. “Galiani’s journey into opera: Il Socrate Immaginario” AAIS, Taormina May 2008
17. “I tre bravi: XVI-century thugs or clever people? Mis-translating Dario Fo and Pirandello for the stage.” Chaired the panel: Italian Theatre. NEMLA, Buffalo April 2008
16. “Is the Fight Over? Contemporary South African Theatre and the politics of neglect” ECLALS, Venice March 2008
15. “Bombs in Milan: Staging Terror in the Theatre of Dario Fo e Franca Rame” MLA, Chicago December 2007
14. “Luigi Riccoboni and the Defense of the Arte Rappresentativa” MLA, Chicago December 2007
13. “Predica ai pesci e il viaggio onirico del Teatro della Valdoca,” Fourth Annual Dombroski Italian Conference, September 2007
12. “In Malaparte’s Skin” AAIS, Colorado May 2007
11. “Bombs in Milan: Translating the theatre of Dario Fo” ACLA, Puebla, Mexico, April 2007
10. “Galiani’s Querelle: Il Socrate immaginario between parody and polemic” Third Annual Robert Dombroski Italian Conference, September 2006
9. “Building the Country: The Pursuit of Beauty in Camillo Boito’s Senso” Hofstra University, February 2006
8. “To Make People Listen, One has to Talk to Birds: Dario Fo Meets Francis of Assisi” Second International Conference on Dario Fo, Cambridge (England), April 2002
7. "Dario Fo: words in motion" Comparative Literature Conference: Efface: An Eye and Ear Conference, Harvard University, Spring 2001
6. “Violated Bodies: Issues of Power and Control in Videodrome, The Matrix and eXistenZ” Comparative Literature Conference: Lost and Found, Harvard University, Spring 2000
5. “The Death of the Author and the Power of Addiction in Blade Runner and Naked Lunch” University of Luton: Envisioning Alternatives: The Literature of Science Fiction, Sept.1996
4. “The Pirandellian Mask in the Theatre of Jean Genet” Boston College Romance Languages Conference, 3/1995
3. “Native American Writers” Comparative Literature Colloquium: Far Away, So Close, Harvard University, 4/ 1995
2. “The Power and the Glory: A Picaresque Journey Towards Salvation” Southwest Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, April 1994
1. “At the Edge of Centuries Facing a Goddess: Seamus Heaney's Poetical Landscape” Southwest Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, April 1993