[ecrea] Call for Applications: Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School

Call for Applications: Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School

Organized and hosted by the Dipartimento delle Arti, University of 
Bologna, in collaboration with Brown University, Dickinson College, and 
Wesleyan University

Deadline: May 10, 2018, at 11:59 PM CET.

Open to: Graduate and Post Graduate Students with a background in Media 
Studies, Italian Studies, Film Studies, American Studies, Cultural 
Production, and similar degrees.

Description

The Department of Arts of the University of Bologna, in collaboration 
with Brown University, Dickinson College, and Wesleyan University, 
invites applicants for the 2018 Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer 
School, to be held in Bologna (Italy) from June 18 to 23, 2018.

In its inaugural convening, Mediating “Italy in Global Culture” seeks to 
work with a group of graduate and post-graduate students to develop a 
set of methodological tools and materials useful for studying the forms 
of distribution, circulation, and reception that “mediate” the Italian 
audiovisual culture in other national contexts, primarily in the United 
States. In addition to lectures and discussions of pre-assigned 
readings, this week-long program will also give students the opportunity 
to present and discuss their research with peers and faculty.

Lectures, meetings and seminars will focus on the mediatic 
representations most commonly related to Italy, as well as on their 
reworking by cultural industries, grassroots fandoms, and opinion 
makers. The program will also explore the consumption of these 
representations by not only general and mainstream audiences but also 
those that are more targeted and defined. We will concentrate on the 
intricate interweaving of film, television, and media products with 
reference also to the ways that other cultural and industrial sections 
(e.g., cooking, fashion, and design) play a role. For the ways it 
popularizes and mediates the re-reading and re-framing of Italy’s 
representation worldwide, the North American context – and especially 
the US – plays privileged, pivotal role.

To get at the re-framing and re-circulation of the representation of the 
“Made in Italy” audio visual products, lectures and seminars will 
explore a variety of media, including:

Italian cinema (and its circulation in movie theaters, in festivals, and 
on digital platforms);

Italian television (prestige series, specific formats, and animated 
series for girls and tweens);

Transmedial phenomena (drawing on connections between fashion, 
advertising, and photography to publishing adapted by cinema and TV 
series, as in the cases of /Gomorra /or the work of Elena Ferrante).

Activities include meeting with /Gomorra /and /La mafia uccide solo 
d’estate /head writer Stefano Bises and visits and guided tours to 
institutions as Cineteca di Bologna and Fashion Research Foundation. 
Students will present and discuss their ongoing research, with daily 
workshops devoted to specific topics, perspectives, and media.

Costs

The cost of tuition and supplementary activities is 200 euros. Tuition 
includes free access to Wi-Fi on the university campus, access to the 
libraries and university facilities, and the organized visits.

Accommodations, meals, and transportations are not included.


Applications

The deadline for applications is May 10, 2018 at 11:59 PM CET.

Applicants are required to fill out and submit the online application 
form and upload a full CV and a Motivation Letter. More detailed 
instructions and the link to the online form can be found at this 
website https://site.unibo.it/mediatingitaly/en/how-to-apply. Further 
information on the Summer School themes and courses can be found on the 
official website: https://site.unibo.it/mediatingitaly/en. Specific 
inquiries can be addressed to 
darvipem[dot]mediatingitaly[at]unibo[dot]it or to Dr. Luca Barra, 
luca[dot]barra[at]unibo[dot]it.


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