Lectures
2013
The Temptation of Violence
"The Temptation of Violence in Giovanni Verga and Ennio Flaiano", Temptation Symposium, organized by Prof. Einar Petterson from the Faculty of Art History at the University of Oslo, The Norwegian Institute in Rome, Villa Sciarra, Viale XXX Aprile, Rome/Italy, 27.-28.5.2013.
2012
Transkulturelle Gewaltaspekte
"Transkulturelle Gewaltaspekte in der zeitgenössischen Letteratura della migrazione al femminile", International conference Transkulturelle italophone Literatur - Letteratura italofona transculturale, DAAD-program "Deutsch-italienische Dialoge", Universität Würzburg, Toscanasaal at the Residence, Würzburg/Germany, 09.-12.10.2012.
Dal "Gattopardo" a "Benvenuti al sud"
„Dal Gattopardo a Benvenuti al sud. Costanti e particolarità cinematografiche del meridione”, panel „Cinema e letteratura” (Alberto Bianchi, Wheaton College), International congress XX Congresso A.I.P.I. L’Italia e le arti: lingua e letteratura a dialogo con arte, musica e spettacolo, University of Salzburg, Salzburg/Austria, 05.-08.09.2012.
Kreative Spiele
„Kreative Spiele der literarischen Sinnhaftig- und Sinnlosigkeit an italophonen und frankophonen Fallbeispielen aus der Nachkriegszeit“, International annual conference of SGAVL/Schweizerische Gesellschaft für allgemeine und vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft Literatur und Spiel, University of Bern, Bern/Switzerland, 08.-09.06.2012.
The Doctor as Poet - The Poet as Doctor
„The doctor as poet – The poet as doctor. Trauma, therapeutic autobiography and the power of literature”, Ars et Medicina Symposium, The Norwegian Institute in Rome, Villa Sciarra, Viale XXX. Aprile 33, Rome/Italy, organized by the Institute of Art History of the University of Oslo/Norway (Einar Petterson), 7.-.8.5.2012, published as a podcast and on I-tunes on the website of the Ars et Medicina symposium.
La presenza subalterna in Italia
„La presenza subalterna in Italia e la scrittura come terapia”, conference Italian Colonial Heritage, University of Amsterdam, organized by the Werkgroep Italië Studies in cooperation with The Postcolonial Studies Initiative/Utrecht University, The Institute of Culture and History/University of Amsterdam, Vereiniging Dante Alighieri Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam/Netherlands, 20.4.2012.
2010
Dante da Philalethes ai Paesi Bassi
„Insolite traduzioni nordiche: Dante da Philalethes ai Paesi Bassi”, international conference Il Dante degli altri. La Divina Commedia nella letteratura europea del Novecento in occasion of Settimana della lingua italiana („L’italiano degli altri”), presentation: Dr. Dante A. Marianacci, organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Vienna, Vienna/Austria, 21.10.2010.
Bonaviri terapeuta
„Bonaviri terapeuta. Letteratura di migrazione e scrittura empatica”, international and interdisciplinary congress Le metamorfosi dell’humanitas nell’Europa della migrazione fra letteratura, medicina e società, organized by: University of Bucharest, Universität Innsbruck, Regione Lazio, KIK – Culture in Contact, and the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP)/Istituto Nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni Migranti e il contrasto delle malattie della Povertà (INMP), Ospedale San Valicano, Trastevere, Rome/Italy, 20.-21.09.2010.
Cultura cosmopolita
„Cultura cosmopolita. Migrazione, modificazione e modernità liquida nei testi di Salah Methnani, Magdi Allam e Cristina Ali Farah”, XIX Congresso A.I.P.I. Insularità e cultura mediterranea nella lingua e nella letteratura italiane, University of Cagliari/Italy, 25.-28.08.2010.
Trauma e autobiografia in Pirandello e Bonaviri
„Trauma e autobiografia in Pirandello e Bonaviri”, International Congress Finzioni & finzioni: Illusione e affabulazione in Pirandello e nel modernismo internazionale. Fictions & Fictions: Illusion and storytelling in Pirandello and in international modernism, Universities of Louvain and Antwerp, Louvain and Antwerp/Belgium, 21.05.2010.
2009
Bonaviri e le scienze naturali
„Giuseppe Bonaviri e le scienze naturali in versi e prosa”, international conference L’italiano tra arte, scienza e tecnologia, Istituto Italiano di Cultura Vienna, Vienna/Austria, 19.10.2009.
L’eredità di Sciascia
„L’eredità di Sciascia nel nuovo romanzo regionale siciliano”, international conference Leonardo Sciascia a commemorazione dei 20 anni dalla morte, Universiteit van Amsterdam (Italiaanse Letterkunde), in cooperation with Fondazione Leonardo Sciascia, Amsterdam/The Netherlands, 11.06.2009.
A Bonaviri in memoriam
„A Giuseppe Bonaviri (11.7.1924-23.3.2009): in memoriam“, international conference Ricordo di Giuseppe Bonaviri. Acerba sane recordatio, memorial service for the author Giuseppe Bonaviri in occasion of XXIX Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, under the patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, funded by the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, the Ministero degli Affari Esteri, the region of Lazio, the province of Frosinone, the city of Arpino and the foundation Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni in Arpino/Italy, Auditorium Pietro Cossa in Arpino/Italy, 16.05.2009.
Il nuovo noir siciliano
„Il nuovo noir siciliano all’inizio del terzo millennio: testimonianze regionali tra trash e tradizione“, American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) Annual Conference 2009, lecture for panel no. 8 (title: I gialli regionali, director of panel: Prof. Jana Vizmuller-Zocco), St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus, New York/USA, 7.-10.05.2009.
Il Sud d’Italia
„Il Sud d’Italia: area culturale esotica o crocevia di confine dell’identità europea?”, round-table with Giorgio De Michelis, Ali Adel Jabbar and Filippo Radaelli, concluding the two-terms-lecture-cycle Italia e Italie: identità di un paese al plurale at Universität Innsbruck/Austria, (organized by Italien-Zentrum/Centro Italia, presented by Prof. Wolfgang Pöckl), 28.01.2009.
2008
Storia e storie in piazza
„Storia e storie in piazza. L’opera prima di Antonio Tabucchi: Piazza d’Italia”, international conference in occasion of Settimana della lingua italiana, La lingua e la piazza nella letteratura italiana del Novecento, presentation: Dr. Dante A. Marianacci, organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura Vienna, Vienna/Austria, 20.10.2008.
"Il re pensieroso": Betti e la Germania
„Il re pensieroso: Ugo Betti e la Germania”, international conference Ugo Betti Today – L’attualità di Ugo Betti, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow/Great Britain, 24.-25.04.2008.
2007
Flaiano Prize
Participating at the press conference on the occasion of the award of the International Flaiano Prize for Italian Studies XXXIV Premio Internazionale d’Italianistica Flaiano 2007, Incontro con il vincitore del Premio Flaiano di Letteratura 2007, under the patronage of the President of the Italian Republic and in collaboration with the Italian Department of the Exterior and the Italian Ministry of education and cultural affairs, in cooperation with the region Abruzzo, Mediamuseum, Pescara/Italy, 07.07.2007, 6:30 p.m.; including expression of thanks during the celebrations of the XXXIV Premi Internazionali Ennio Flaiano: letteratura, teatro, cinema, televisione, Teatro Monumento d’Annunzio, 08.07.2007, 8:30 p.m.
Nuove prospettive europee
„Nuove prospettive europee: passato, presente e futuro transculturale nell’area italo germanica”, 6th European Meeting of University Professors on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome (1957-2007): A new humanism for Europe. The role of Universities, general subject D (Creatività e memoria: storia, letteratura, lingua e arti), panel D4 (Memoria storica dell’Europa e immaginario letterario moderno e contemporaneo), international conference/part 2, coordination: Comitato Europeo dei Cappellani Universitari, Vicariato di Roma, Ufficio Pastorale Universitaria, under the patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, organized by: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (CCEE), in cooperation with: Congregazione per l’Educazione Cattolica, Pontificio Consiglio per la Cultura, Commissione delle Conferenze Episcopali della Comunità Europea (COMECE), Commissione Europea, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università Italiane (CRUI), Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta LUMSA, Rome/Italy, 22.06.2007. [Italian, with simultaneously translation in English, French, Spanish and German]
2006
Schreibwerkstatt "Reiters Ruhm"
„Autoren des Writers’ Room lesen – Schreibwerkstatt Reiters Ruhm mit Dagmar Reichardt“, Dose Open ’06, open day of the Artists’ House in Dosenfabrik (open studios), in cooperation with the Hamburg Ministry of Culture, Künstlerhaus Dosenfabrik, Stresemannstraße 374 a-e, Hamburg, 19.11.2006, 12 a.m.-7 p.m.
La civiltà letteraria italo-tedesca
„La civiltà letteraria italo-tedesca”, 5th European Symposium of University Professors (in preparation to the European Meeting of University Professors of 2007 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Rome Treaty) Europe, where are you going? Culture, peoples, institutions, panel III (A New Humanism for the European Culture), international conference/part 1 (part 2 in June 2007), organized by: Vicariato di Roma, Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria, under the patronage of: Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana, in collaboration with: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, Rappresentanza Italiana della Commissione Europea, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR, Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università Italiane CRUI, Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta LUMSA, Rom/Italy, 30.09.2006. [In Italian; with simultaneously translation in English, French, Spanish and German]
Immaginazione cartografica secondo Sciascia
„Modi di immaginazione cartografica: tempi visualizzati, fisicità della memoria e identità culturale secondo Sciascia”, XVII Congresso A.I.P.I. 2006 Tempo e memoria nella lingua e letteratura italiana, international conference of the Associazione Internazionale dei Professori d’Italiano (AIPI), Istituto di Ricerca su Letteratura e Società nelle Marche presso l’Università di Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Piceno/Italy, 23.08.2006.
Scritture della differenza
Directed the 6. panel Scritture della differenza of the XVII Congress A.I.P.I. 2006 „Tempo e memoria nella lingua e letteratura italiana”, International Congress of the Associazione Internazionale dei Professori d’Italiano (AIPI), in cooperation with Istituto di Ricerca su Letteratura e Società nelle Marche presso l’Università di Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Piceno/Italy, 23.08.2006.
L’Europa che comincia e finisce
„Europawoche 2006: L’Europa che comincia e finisce: la Sicilia“, presentation: Dr. Dagmar Reichardt (Bremen University) and Dr. Ivana Paonessa (Hamburg University), with vocal interludes by the sicilian singer Etta Scollo (Berlin), on the occasion of the Europawoche 2006, (organized by: Consolato Generale d’Italia and the Istituto di Cultura Hamburg), in collaboration with Peter Lang GmbH/Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, library of the Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg, Hamburg, 09.05.2006, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Inaugurazione del monumento del Libro di Pietra
„Inaugurazione del monumento del Libro di Pietra del poeta tedesco Matthias Politycki: Bar Fabbrizio“, inauguration of the german poem solemnly exposed in the public space of the city of Arpino/Italy, with the poet Dr. Matthias Politycki, in occasion of the XXVI Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, under the patronage of the Republic of Italy and European Parliament, as part of the European poetry project Il libro di pietra 2006 directed by Dr. Giuseppe Bonaviri, supported by the 1st mayor of the city of Arpino/Italy On. Sindaco Fabio Forte, president of the Centro Studi Umanistici „M. Tullio Cicerone” Filippo Materiale and the president of the Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni in Arpino/Italy On. Massimo Struffi, Piazza Municipio in Arpino/Italy, 06.05.2006, 10:30-12 a.m.
2005
Politycki e la poesia contemporanea
„Matthias Politycki e la poesia contemporanea in Germania”, XXV Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, under the patronage of the Republic of Italy and European Parliament, as part of the European poetry project Il libro di pietra 2005 directed by Dr. Giuseppe Bonaviri, supported by the 1st mayor of the city of Arpino/Italy On. Sindaco Fabio Forte, president of the Centro Studi Umanistici „M. Tullio Cicerone” Filippo Materiale and the president of the Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni in Arpino/Italy On. Massimo Struffi, Palazzo Boncompagni (Sala di rappresentanza, Piazza Municipio) in Arpino/Italy, lecture with Dr. Matthias Politycki (conceptual collaboration) and Alessandro Quasimodo (recitation of poems), 07.05.2005, 5 p.m. Afterwards solemnly award of the Medal of Cicero presented in the name of the region of Latium (no. 63/100, hand-embossed by Federico Gismondi).
Mapping Sicily
„Mapping Sicily. From postcoloniality to neo-metaphorization”, lecture with power-point-presentation, Michigan Academy 2005, French and Italian Language and Literature Section, chair: Matthew Hilton-Watson, Annual Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor/USA, Ypsilanti, 05.03.2005.
2004
Neuere Literatur aus Sizilien
„Neuere Literatur aus Sizilien“, lecture series Italiens Literaturen und Kulturen by the ZWB (Zentrum für Weiterbildung) in cooperation with the Bremen University Italian department, Teerhof, Bremen, 17.11.2004, 7:30-9 p.m.
Zur Theorie transkultureller Theatralik
„Zur Theorie transkultureller Theatralik. Standortbestimmung und Re-Mix zwischen Visualität und Verbalität“, Bremen Colloquium for young academics, directed by Cecile Sandten and Öcal Cetin (later: Cecile Sandten, Kathleen Starck and Martina Schrader-Kniffki), University of Bremen in collaboration with the International University of Bremen IUB, Institute for Social Sciences of Bremen University, Barkhof 1160, 16.10.2004, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Bonaviri auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse
„Italienische Autoren auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse: Giuseppe Bonaviri. Moderation: Dr. Dagmar Reichardt, Dr. Anna Campanile“, International Frankfurt Book Fair, 06.10.2004, 4-5 p.m., Forum Belletristik, Hall 4.1, Q 145 (organized by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Frankfurt; Buchmesse Frankfurt AG).
Drames sur drames
„Drames sur drames. Les relations entre fiction et histoire dans le théâtre francophone algérien et antillais des années 50 et 60“, Frankoromanistentag Démocratie, littérature, langue – Demokratie, Literatur, Sprache, Panel 3 Literarisierte Geschichtserfahrung in französischsprachigen Texten des 20. Jahrhunderts, Freiburg University Albert-Ludwig, 30.9.2004.
Italia ibrida
„Italia ibrida: la Sicilia come terzo spazio nel discorso interculturale“, XVI. International congress of the Associazione Internazionale dei Professori d’Italiano (AIPI) Italia e Europa: dalla cultura nazionale all’interculturalismo, Jagiellonian University BOIN Kraków, Kraków/Poland, 25.-29.08.2004.
Mokambo Concert / Taormina Arte
Presenting the event „Mokambo Concert“ (Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Lucerne) on the occasions of the Taormina Arte 2004 – Musica, teatro, danza (Panel: Theater), international festival, artistic director: Melo Freni, event director: Anke Zimmermann, academic advice: Dr. Dagmar Reichardt, with Bettina Jensen (soprano), Ariadna Zagrean-Chiba (piano), Nicola Möller-Larosa and Loredana Siragusa (acting), patronage: Assessorato Regionale del Turismo, delle Comunicazioni e dei Trasporti, and: Assessorato Regionale dei Beni culturali e ambientali e della Pubblica istruzione della Regione Sicilia, Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina/Italy, 23. and 24.07.2004, always 11 p.m.
The King Tumbles
„The King Tumbles. Power and Violence in Cultural Conflicts“, 2. Transdisziplinäres Forum Magdeburg (Transforma # 2) Discourses of Violence – Violence of Discourses. Diskurse der Gewalt – Gewalt der Diskurse, international conference of Magdeburg University Otto-von-Guericke, Panel SatA 08: Expressing Violence and Trauma, 03.07.2004, 1 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Das Buch und seine Metamorphosen
„Das Buch und seine Metamorphosen. Aspekte des Verlagswesens in Deutschland und Italien“, lecture and round-table discussion in German and Italian, with Prof. Riccardo Campa (University of Siena) and Dr. Rainer Moritz (Verlag Hoffmann & Campe and director designate of the Literaturhaus Hamburg e.V.), presentation: Dr. Dagmar Reichardt (University of Bremen), (organized by the Consolato Generale d’Italia and the Istituto di Cultura Hamburg), Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, Klosterwall 23, Hamburg, 10.06.2004, 7:30 p.m.
Text – Bild – Theater
„Text – Bild – Theater. Visuelles Schreiben und angewandte Intermedialitätsanalyse in der literaturwissenschaftlichen Fremdheitsforschung“, as part of the 4 term ring event Empiriebegriffe und Forschungsmethoden in den neueren Philologien, University of Bremen (department 10), Bremen, 27.04.2004, 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Die politische Situation in Italien
„Die politische Situation in Italien. Podiumsdiskussion zur europäischen Ratspräsidentschaft“, in collaboration with the Società Dante Alighieri and the Deutsch-Italienische Gesellschaft Bremen e.V., with Dr. habil. Helga Bories-Sawala (University of Bremen) and Prof. Giovanni Carpinelli (University of Turin) in cooperation with the Erasmus lecturers’ mobility post at the University of Bremen, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus/Teerhof, Bremen, 20.01.2004 (originally scheduled 11.11.2003), 8 p.m.
2003
Voir l’Orient: Flaubert und das Phantastische
„Voir l’Orient. Flauberts Tentation de saint Antoine und das Phantastische als Intermedialitätsphänomen”, XXVIII. Deutscher Romanistentag Kontinuität, Konkurrenz und Kompetenz. Was will die deutsche Romanistik?, Panel 15 (Die französische Literatur des XIX. Jahrhunderts und der Orientalismus), Institute of Romance Studies, Kiel University Christian-Albrecht, Kiel/Germany, 30.09.2003.
Foscolo traduttore
„Foscolo traduttore: problemi di empatia, tecnica discorsiva e traslazione”, XVIII. International Congress AISLLI (Cinquantenario dell’AISLLI, Consorzio di Università Belghe, Istituto Italiano di Cultura) Identità e diversità nella lingua e nella letteratura italiana, Panel 16 (Teoria e prassi della traduzione III), Universités de Louvain – Louvain-la-Neuve – Antwerpen – Bruxelles, Louvain-la-Neuve/Belgium, 17.07.2003.
Letteratura civile: Fallaci
„Letteratura civile: Oriana Fallaci über Macht und Machtmissbrauch”, visiting lecture on invitation by Prof. Dr. Titus Heydenreich, Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, organized by the Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen/Germany, 29.01.2003, 6 p.m.
2002
Im insularen Labyrinth
„Im insularen Labyrinth. Das Sizilienthema im intertextuellen Vergleich”, visiting lecture on invitation by Prof. Dr. Peter Kuon, Institute of Romance Studies of Salzburg University/Austria, organized by the Institute of Romance Studies of Salzburg University, Salzburg/Austria, 09.12.2002, 4-6 p.m.
Concetti di sicilianità
„Concetti di sicilianità: un’analisi intertestuale di Bufalino, Grasso e alcuni scrittori stranieri”, XV. A.I.P.I. Congress Lingue e letterature in contatto, Associazione Internazionale di Professori d’Italiano, Panel 7 (Letteratura), Brunico/Italy, Casa Michael Pacher, 26.08.2002.
Hamel: La congiura della libertà
„Buchpräsentation - Pasquale Hamel: La congiura della libertà, presenting and interviewing Pasquale Hamel, library of the Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg, organized by the Consolato Generale d’Italia and Istituto di Cultura di Amburgo, Hamburg, 28.05.2002, 7 p.m.
Frederick II – Sicilian Architecture and Art
Directed the congress Frederick II – Sicilian architecture and art at the time of the Hohenstaufens. Federico II – Architettura ed arti della Sicilia in età sveva. Friedrich II. – Architektur und Kunst Siziliens zur Zeit der Hohenstaufen, congress direction and presentation of the conference in Hamburg, organized by the Region of Sicily in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Hamburg, Hamburg, 27.-28.05.2002.
TeatroCittà
„TeatroCittà. Neue italienische Szene“, presenting a press conference on the new literary and theater scene in Italy, Kampnagel Fabrik Hamburg, with Jens Breder, organized by Kampnagel Hamburg in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg and the Centro di ricerca per il teatro CRT Milano, Hamburg, 6.5.2002.
La drammaturgia contemporanea in Italia
„La drammaturgia contemporanea in Italia – Gegenwartsdramatik aus Italien: Begegnung mit Gian Maria Cervo. Einführung: Andreas Beck. Moderation: Dr. Dagmar Reichardt“, Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg in collaboration with Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 23.01.2002, 8 p.m.
2001
Willems zwischen Realität und Fiktion
„Paul Willems zwischen Realität und Fiktion, belgitude und Wortartefakt: Nationales Selbstbild, frankophone Sprachkompetenz und literarische Grenzüberschreitung in La ville à voile“, Day of Francophone Research organized by the Universities of Leipzig and Frankfurt a.M. on the general theme of Zusammenhänge in der Frankophonie, organized by the Institute of Romance Studies, the Frankfurt University Johann Wolfgang Goethe, and the French Center at University of Leipzig, Campus Westend at Frankfurt University Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Frankfurt/Main, 16.11.2001.
Ruhmbegier und Aufbegehren
„Ruhmbegier und Aufbegehren: Schreibwerkstätten in Frankreich und Italien als Keimzellen literarischer Prozesse“, XXVII. Deutscher Romanistentag Die Einheit der Vernunft in der Vielzahl ihrer Stimmen, Panel 8 (Europäische Verlage und romanische Gegenwartsliteratur), Institute of Romance Studies, München University, Munich, 09.10.2001.
La cultura italiana nel mondo
„La cultura italiana nel mondo. Condizione attuale e prospettive”, representing "Germany" (replacing Dr. Hans Magnus Enzensberger), symposium in the framework of the Premi Internazionali Ennio Flaiano di letteratura, teatro, cinema, televisione 28ª edizione, organized by the Premi Internazionali Ennio Flaiano with the patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy and the collaboration of the Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Fondazione Caripe Pescara, Pescara/Italy, 12.-13.07.2001.
Urbino Chat Reply
„Urbino Chat Reply. Vis-à-vis- und Internet-Konversationen“, Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg, with Prof. Antje Eske and Prof. Kurd Alsleben, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute Hamburg in collaboration with Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg and the Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Hamburg, funded by the Hamburg Culture Department and the K.H. Ditze-Stiftung, Italian Cultural Institute, Hamburg, 06.07.2001, 6 p.m.