23rd EZRA POUND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

23rd EZRA POUND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“ROMA AMOR: Pound, Love and Rome”

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

Rome, Italy

30 June - 4 July 2009

Photograph by Vittorugo Contino, “Ara Pacis, Rome 1967”

Conference website: http://lowres.uno.edu/ezrapound/

23rd EZRA POUND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“ROMA AMOR: Pound, Love and Rome”

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

Rome, Italy

30 June - 4 July 2009

Conference website: http://lowres.uno.edu/ezrapound/

SPONSORS

University of New Orleans	Ezra Pound Center for Literature website: http://lowres.uno.edu/brunnenburg/ Department of English website: http://english.uno.edu/
Centro Studi Americani	website: http://www.centrostudiamericani.org/
Università Degli Studi Roma Tre	Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia Website: http://www.uniroma3.it/facolta08.php?facolta=107 Department of American Studies http://www.uniroma3.it/en2/page.php?page=AREA_1-Cl32
Comune di Roma	http://www.comune.roma.it/was/wps/portal/pcr
Libreria La Diagonale	http://www.ladiagonale.it/contatti.php

CONFERENCE STAFF

Co-Conveners	John Gery, University of New Orleans Caterina Ricciardi, Università Degli Studi Roma Tre Massimo Bacigalupo, Università di Genova
Conference Advisory Board	Massimo Bacigalupo, Università di Genova Walter Baumann, University of Ulster Helen May Dennis, University of Warwick John Gery, University of New Orleans (Secretary) Alan Golding, University of Louisville Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia David Moody, University of York William Pratt, Miami University of Ohio Caterina Ricciardi, Università Degli Studi Roma Tre
Centro Studi Americani	Senator Giuliano Amato, President Peter Alegi, Vice President Karim Mezran, Executive Director
Centro Studi Americani Administration	Giusy De Sio, Public Relations and Cultural Activities Manager Valeria De Mori, Cultural Office Assistant
University of New Orleans	Triche Roberson, Ezra Pound Center Associate William Lavender, Program Consultant & Webmaster Svetlana Nedeljkov, Conference Staff
Università Degli Studi Roma Tre	Viviana Fabiani, Conference Staff Giulia Napoleone, Conference Staff Flavia Sabina Molea, Conference Staff
Images	Front Photo by Vittorugo Contino

Monday, 29 June

Walking Tour and Pre-Conference Reception and Dinner:

Santa Maria in Trastevere.

5:30 pm: Short Walking Tour of Old Rome. For those who meet at Campo dei Fiori, by the Statue of Giordano Bruno, Caterina Ricciardi will conduct a brief tour across the Tiber to Santa Maria in Trastevere. Tour ends back at the reception.

6:00-8:30 pm: Reception and Dinner: Trattoria Moderna, vicolo dei Chiodaroli, 16, (fronting Hotel Smeraldo) http://www.trattoriamoderna.it/ (Advanced reservation)

Tuesday, 30 June

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

1st Floor (upstairs), , Michelangelo Caetani, 32, Largo di Argentina, Roma

9:00 am -5:00 pm: Registration

9:30-10:30 am: Greetings and Opening Remarks ROOM A

1. Welcome from Centro Studi Americani

2. Barbara Arnett Melchiori, Università di Roma Tre: “Browning’s Scorpion”

10:30 -11:00 am: Welcome coffee break

11:00 am-12:30 pm:

Session 2. Baedekers to Pound’s Rome ROOM A

Chair: Caterina Ricciardi, Università di Roma Tre

1. Massimo Bacigalupo, Università di Genoa: “Pound’s Rome: The Returning of the Gods”

2. Lucile Dumont, Dublin: “Rome and the Cantos: A Poetical Fusion”

3. Catherine E. Paul, Clemson University: “Ezra Pound in Mussolini’s Rome”

12:30-1:45 pm: Buffet Lunch Centro Studi Americani

1:45-2:15 pm: Special Performance ROOM A

Sasha Colby, Simon Fraser University: “‘Eros Drowned’ or Dear Ezra: Best wishes, à bien, Margaret Cravens [A Monologue]”

2:30-3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions 3

Session 3A. Pound and SPQR ROOM A

Chair: Peter Liebregts, Leiden University

1. Jo Berryman, California Institute of the Arts: “Amo Ergo Sum Propertius, Mauberley, and Caravaggio’s ‘Omnia vincit Amor’”

2. Stephen Wilson, University of Coimbra: “‘Greeks to Their Romans’: Ezra Pound’s Visions of Empire”

3. Stephen Romer, University François Rabelais: “Venus at Terracina, or the Mediterranean Sanity”

Session 3B. Pound and Modernist Women ROOM B

Chair: Yoshiko Kita, Japan’s Women’s University

1. Andy Trevathan, University of Arkansas: “Pound’s Love and the Poem as Palimpsest: Ed ascoltando al leggier mormorio…”

2. Nephie Christodoulides, University of Cyprus: “‘A wondrous holiness hath touched me’: Divine Love in Ezra Pound’s ‘Hilda’s Book’”

3. Evelyn Haller, Doane College: “Pound, Woolf and Yeats: An Unexpected Confluence”

3:45-4:15 pm: Coffee break

4:15-5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 4

Session 4A. Pound and Fascism in the 1930s ROOM A

Chair: Tim Redman, University of Texas at Dallas

1. Mario Faraone, Università di Trieste: “‘Shooting of fighting lions in a cage?’: British and Italian Press Receptions of Ezra Pound’s Writings and Statements about Mussolini and Fascism in the 1930s”

2. David Barnes, University of London: “Marinetti’s Rome, Dazzi’s Venice, Pound’s Italy: Culture and Politics”

3. Serenella Zanotti, Università per Stranieri of Siena: “Pound’s Readings of Italian Fascism and the Creation of the Mussolinian Myth”

Session 4B. Mythology in The Cantos ROOM B

Chair: E.P. Walkiewicz, Oklahoma State University

1. Rama Kundu, Burdwan University: “Pound’s Metamorphosis of ‘Philomel’: Analysing the ‘Unanalysable’”

2. Giuliana Ferreccio, Università di Torino: “The Nymphs are not departed: Undine and the ‘Pathosformeln”

3. Janna Kantola, University of Helsinki: “From Rome to Scandanavia: Nordic Elements in The Cantos”

6:00-7:30 pm: Special Event: Reception Musei Capitolini

EPIC participants will be welcomed by Rome City Council's Assesssore alla Cultura at the Musei Capitolini (a short walk from the Centro Studi Americani), followed by a visit to the Palazzo dei Conservatori and a reception on Terrazza Caffarelli.

Evening dinner (on your own)

Wednesday, 1 July

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Registration

9:30-10:45 am: Concurrent Sessions 5

Session 5A. Pound’s Roman Connections ROOM A

Chair: Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia

1. Anne Conover, Washington, D.C.: “‘Beyond civic order, l’amor’: Olga, Ezra and Benito Mussolini”

2. Caterina Ricciardi, University di Roma Tre: “Ezra Pound and the Foundation of the Centro Italiano di Studi Americani: 1936”

3. Stefano Maria Casella, Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM-Milan/Feltre: “‘Ez, Franz & Nini’: Pound and the Monottis in Rome 1935-2000”

Session 5B. In the Sequence of the Musical Phrase: The Cantos ROOM B

Chair: Mark Byron, University of Sydney

1. Alex Pestell, University of Sussex: “Measure and Performativity in The Cantos”

2. Sean Pryor, University of New South Wales: “Love and the Line in the Late Cantos”

3. Richard Taylor, University of Bayreuth: “Soundscape and Formations of ‘Absolute Rhythm’ in The Cantos”

10:45-11:15 am: Coffee break

11:15 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 6

Session 6A. Pound, Love, and the State ROOM A

Chair: Catherine E. Paul, Clemson University

1. David Ten Eyck, Nancy University: “‘Beyond Civic Order: l‘AMOR’: Law and Love in Pound’s Paradise”

2. Leo Marchetti, Universita di Pescara: “The Unsellable Time of Corporate Socialism”

3. David Ayers, University of Kent: “The Russian Revolution and the Responsibility of the Artist”

Session 6B. Who Is Speaking? Pound and Identity ROOM B

Chair: David Barnes, University of London

1. Aaron Jaffe, University of Louisville: “The Cosmopolitan and the Amorous Event: Ezra Pound, Walking”

2. Sarah Parry, University of British Columbia: “Schizophrenic Discourse in The Cantos: A Textual Analysis”

3. Tony Lopez, University of Plymouth: “Darwin in Rome: Pound and Stein”

12:30-1:15 pm: Special Event: Museum Tour Palazzo Venezia

Guided visit to the museum of PalazzoVenezia, including Sala del Mappamondo and Pope Balbo/Paul II's apartments. (Advanced Reservation required: €4/person)

12:30-2:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)

2:30-3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions 7

Session 7A. Magical and Mystical Signs in Pound’s Work ROOM A

Chair: Demetres P. Tryphonopoulas, University of New Brunswick

1. Mohammad Shaheen, University of Jordan: “Seeing, Thinking and Knowing: A Trilogy of Pound’s Thought”

2. E.P. Walkiewicz, Oklahoma State University: “ROMAMOROMAMOR: Palindromic (and Iconic) Pound”

3. Scott Eastham, Massey University: “The BLAST & BLESS Balancing Act -- A Way into the Mystical Dimension of Ezra Pound’s Poetry”

Session 7B. Translations by/and Pound ROOM B

Chair: Biljana Obradovic, Xavier University of Louisiana

1. Aileen Waters, Washington University (St. Louis): “Raising the Already Living: The Uses of Translation for Pound’s Unique Modernism”

2. Giovanna Epifania, Università di Bari: “The Tradition of Dolce Stil Novo and Pound’s Translation Strategies in Canto XXXVI”

3. Gerd Schmidt, School of Library and Information Science, Stuttgart: “The Egyptian Hieroglyph as a Medium for Poetry: H.D and Ezra Pound”

3:45-4:15 pm: Coffee break

4:15-5:30 pm: Session 8: Roundtable Discussion

Session 8. Teaching Ezra Pound: Ezra Pound Teaching ROOM A

Chair: John Gery, University of New Orleans

1. Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, University of New Brunswick: “‘His Penelope was Flaubert’: Teaching Ezra Pound’s Allusiveness”

2. Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia: “Life and Poetry: The Case of Ezra Pound”

5:45-7:00 pm: Special Event: Musical Presentation ROOM A

Margaret Fisher and Bob Hughes: “An Evening of Ezra Pound's Operas: A Love Trilogy”

8:15 pm: Special Event: Libreria La Diagonale, via dei Chiavari, 75

“Portraits: Homage to Ezra Pound” An Exhibition.

Evening dinner (on your own)

Thursday, 2 July

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

9:00 am - 12:30 pm: Registration

9:30-10:45 am: Concurrent Sessions 9

Session 9B. Pound after World War II ROOM A

Chair: William Pratt, Miami University of Ohio

1. Lisa Szefel, Pacific University: “Reading Ezra Pound in the Cold War: The Bollingen Prize Controversy of 1949”

2. Dave Cappella, Central Connecticut State University: “What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Ezra Pound, Charles Olson and the Experience of Love”

3. Michael Kindellan, University of Sussex: “Social Affection in The Cantos”

Session 9A. Pound Out of Confucius ROOM B

Chair: Scott Eastham, Massey University

1. Hannu Riikonen, University of Helsinki: “To Follow the Middle Line: Moral Philosophical Concepts in Pound’s Poetry and Translations”

2. Akitoshi Nagahata, Nagoya University: “Chen Mao and the Jesuits: Conflict and Confucianism in Canto LX”

3. James A, Wilson, University of California, Santa Cruz: “‘A Dream in His Mind’: The Confucian Odes and Pound’s Post-Rome Romance with China”

10:45-11:15 am: Coffee break

11:15 am-12:30 pm : Concurrent Sessions 10

Session 10A. Pound’s Italian Landscapes ROOM A

Chair: Stefano Maria Casella, Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM-Milan/Feltre

1. Anna Viola Sborgi, Universita di Genoa: “‘Italian Pictures’: Ezra Pound’s and Mina Loy’s Relationship with Italy and Futurism”

2. Francesca Cadel, Yale University: “Pasolini’s Pound: Italian Cultural Landscapes in Post Fascist Italy”

Session 10B. New Readings of The Pisan Cantos ROOM B

Chair: Ira B. Nadel, University of British Columbia

1. Richard Parker, University of Sussex: “Ezra Pound and Gerhart Munch”

2. Ron Bush, Oxford University: “Love, Avicenna, and the Shape of the Pisan Cantos”

12:30-2:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)

2:30-3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions 11

Session 11A. Pound on the Stage ROOM A

Chair: Evelyn Haller, Doane College

1. Mohit K. Ray, Burdwan University: “Pound’s Experimentations with the Noh: Some Critical Observations”

2. Reka Mihalka, Eötvös Loránd University: “He Do Elektra in Different Voices: Sounds of Filial Love”

3. Miho Takahashi, Tenri University: “Herakles on the Blazing Pyre: A Reading of Women of Trachis, a Version by Ezra Pound”

Session 11B. Pound’s Influence: United Kingdom ROOM B

Chair: Stephen Romer, University François Rabelais

1. Walter Baumann, University of Ulster: “Ezra Pound’s Belfast Connection: Allan Seaton (1916-2007)”

2. Julian Stannard, University of Winchester: “Briggflatts: An English Romance Forged out of Pound’s Crucible of Love”

3. Jennifer Kilgore-Caradec, University of Caen: “‘Humming/vortices’ of History and Love, or Geoffrey Hill’s Telegram to Ezra Pound: ‘AMOR. MAN IN A COMA, MA’AM. NEMO. AMEN.”

3:45-4:15 pm: Coffee break

4:15-5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 12

Session 12A. Editing Pound ROOM A

Chair: Richard Parker, University of Sussex

1. Anderson Araujo, University of Western Ontario: “‘To lure the reader’: Annotating Pound’s Guide to Kulchur”

2. Trevor Sawler, St. Thomas University (New Brunswick): “Hypertext and The Cantos”

3. Mark Byron, University of Sydney: “Digital Variorum Edition of Pound’s Cantos: Architecture and Functionality”

Session 12B. Pound’s Influence II: North America ROOM B

Chair: Akitoshi Nagahata, Nagoya University

1. Anita Patterson, Boston University: “Pound, Japonisme, and the Americas”

2. Stewart Donovan, Saint Thomas University (New Brunswick): “‘What Thou Lovest Well Remains’: R.J. MacSween: Poet and Poundian”

3. Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia: “Love and Hate: Ezra Pound and Some Contemporary Poets”

6:00-7:30 pm: Special Event: EPIC Poetry Reading Sala Capizucchi

This event will take place two blocks from the CSA. Poets: Mary de Rachewiltz, Patrizia de Rachewiltz, John Gery, Tony Lopez, Daniel Maria Mancini, Hoshang Merchant, Biljana Obradovic, Stephen Romer, Ron Smith

8:30-10:30 pm: Banquet, Ristorante Rupe Tarpea (Requires reservation in advance)

Friday, 3 July

Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei

9:30-10:45 am: Plenary Session

Session 13. Pound and Theology ROOM A

Chair: Walter Baumann, University of Ulster

1. William Pratt, Miami University of Ohio: “More Lasting Than Bronze: Pound’s True Heritage”

2. Peter Liebregts, Leiden University: “Between Alexandria and Rome: Ezra Pound, St. Augustine and the Notion of Amor”

3. Tim Redman, University of Texas at Dallas: “Ezra Pound and Roman Catholicism”

10:45-11:15 am: Coffee break

11:15 am-12:45 pm: Plenary session

Closing Session: Pound’s Life and Lives ROOM A

Chair: Massimo Bacigalupo, Università di Genoa

1. Mary de Rachewiltz, Brunnenburg, Italy: “Pound and Manfredi in Purgatory”

2. Ira Nadel, University of British Columbia: “And Pounds and Pounds and Pounds: The Lives of Ezra”

3. Emily Mitchell Wallace, Bryn Mawr College: “‘The Last Diplomatic Train from Rome in 1942: Ezra Pound’s Passport and His Kafkaesque Nostos”

12:45-2:00 pm: Buffet lunch Centro Studi Americani

2:00-3:00 pm: Business Meeting ROOM A

Chairs: Walter Baumann, University of Ulster

John Gery, University of New Orleans

3:30-6:00 pm: Special city bus for to tour the Mithraeum, Santa Maria Cosmedin, Aventine, and Santa Sabina (€4),

Special City Open Bus Tour (Stop & Go) to ArcheoRome (Catacombs, Appian Way, etc.) (€15)

Evening dinner (on your own)

Saturday-Sunday, 4-5 July

Optional Excursion to Siena

This excursion will provide transportation by bus from Rome to Siena on Saturday morning, 4 July. Details for the trip and a schedule of events in Siena will be provided at the Centro Studi Americani during the conference. This excursion does not provide a return trip to Rome on either Saturday, 4 July, or Sunday, 5 July, as some participants may wish to depart from Siena to other parts of Italy.