Primitivism in Modernism: The Ugo Di Portanova Lecture Series at the University of Houston

The Ugo di Portanova Lecture Series at the University of Houston presents

Primitivism in Modernism

Open-class lectures concurrent to the “Frames of Modernity" course taught by Professor Alessandro Carrera, World Cultures and Literatures Program, Department of Modern and Classical Languages

Pier Paolo Pasolini in / and New York
Prof. Luigi Fontanella
(Italian, SUNY at Stony Brook)
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007, 4:00 PM
AGNES ARNOLD HALL, ROOM 322

Carlo Levi: From the Southern Question to Globalization
Prof. Filippo La Porta
(Literary Critic, Rome)
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007, 2:30 PM
AGNES ARNOLD HALL, ROOM 322

European Influences on African-American Music
Prof. Luca Cerchiari
(African- American Musical Civilization, University of Padua)

British Melodies and the African-American Repertoire
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007, 2:30 PM
AGNES ARNOLD HALL, ROOM 322

Italian Melodies and the African-American Repertoire
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007, 2:30 PM
AGNES ARNOLD HALL, ROOM 322

All lectures are in English, free and open to the public.

Covered visitor parking is available at the Student Recreation Center, entrance 1 on Calhoun Road, and on the West side of the on-campus Hilton Hotel, entrance 1 on Calhoun Road. Additional metered parking is available on Holman Street.

This event has been made been possible by the generosity of Ugo di Portanova and the support of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.