Italian Sessions at PAMLA 2025
PAMLA 2025 welcomes scholars and students of Italian Studies to join us in San Francisco, November 19–23, for an engaging program of panels and discussions exploring language, literature, and film across Italian-speaking traditions.
Our Italian-themed sessions this year include:
Thursday, Nov. 20
- 4.14: New Italians (4:20-5:50 PM; Potrero Hill)
- Italian Caucus Meeting (6:10-7:00 PM; Potrero Hill)
Friday, Nov. 21
- 5.15: Italian Ecocriticism (8:10-9:40 AM; Executive Boardroom)
- 6.16: Italian Cinema I (9:55-11:25 AM; Potrero Hill)
- 7.21: Italian Cinema II (3:10-4:40 PM; Potrero Hill)
Saturday, Nov. 22
- 8.15: Italian: Italy’s Layers, Histories, Texts, and Cultures I (8:10-9:35 AM; Potrero Hill)
- 9.17: Italian: Italy’s Layers, Histories, Texts, and Cultures II (9:50-11:20 AM; Potrero Hill)
- 10.10: Early Modern Italian Studies (2:40-4:10 PM; Potrero Hill)
- 11.11: Food in Italian Media and Literature I (6:00-7:30 PM; Potrero Hill)
Sunday, Nov. 23
- 13.09: Food in Italian Media and Literature II (9:55-11:25 AM; Potrero Hill)
Together, these panels highlight the range and vitality of Italian-language scholarship at PAMLA, including new critical approaches in Italian cultural studies.
And you can find more papers and events of interest by searching the conference schedule here: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Webforms/Schedule.aspx
Join the conversation this November in San Francisco as we reflect on memory, modernity, and the enduring influence of Italian thought across the humanities.