Maria Mazziotti Gillan has been asked by the University of Calabria, Italy to teach a one-week writing workshop from May 15 to May 22, 2019.
It is part of a two-week program. The first week with Maria is held in Morano Calabro (CS), in the National Park of Mount Pollino. The second week will be in Albidona (CS), on the Ionian Coast of Calabria, at the border with Lucania, with several planned field trips in the surrounding areas.
You may participate in both weeks or only week one with Maria.
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Italian Diaspora Studies
Writing Seminar — Heritage and Memory
Calabria-Lucania, May 15-29, 2019
For all of the above and other related pursuits, The University of Calabria’s Italian Diaspora
Studies Seminar is pleased to launch a new residential program dedicated to the topic of Cultural Heritage and Memory.
Whether you are of Italian origin or not, this program offers you an incomparable
opportunity to sojourn in Calabria and Lucania to live a unique experience than will enhance your life, enrich your culture and stimulate your creativity.
This seminar will be held in the northern part of Calabria and in Lucania, with a day-trip in Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, from May 15th to May 29th, 2019.
Building on the past activities, this year’s seminar is aimed at establishing a broad transnational perspective on the Italian diaspora, through a Community-Engaged Scholarship program characterized by the mission of focusing on the South of Italy and on the importance of material culture and of historical heritage that can be experienced only by visiting the specific locales of the diaspora, such as landscapes, spaces, food, music, and dance.
The program is founded on an intersectional perspective and relies on the interpretative tools of Gender, Class and Ethnicity. In this transnational, interdisciplinary program, participants will experience the vibrant feeling of being immersed in a platform of dialoguing, comparing and networking with different Italian diasporas across the globe, connecting regional spaces where the issues of past migration are still present today. Formal and informal talks will create a lively and engaged program that will
stimulate the creativity regarding memory and writing, and will also offer participants a unique opportunity to visit the beautiful and historically rich regions of Calabria and Lucania.
This year's program is directed by Professors Margherita Ganeri and Vito Teti, assisted by Connie Guzzo McParland in this intensive seminar on creative writing. It offers a principal writing workshops, in English, with Maria Mazziotti Gillian, entitled "The Power of the Past: Writing Poetry to Save Your Life" which concentrate on writing about ancestries and histories. Participants will be encouraged to believe that their stories and memories are rich sources for poetry.
Classes will be held in the mornings. Some afternoons will be dedicated to field trips, other will be left free for writing. During the two weeks of full immersion, even moments of leisure are planned to stimulate creativity through the acquired knowledge of local traditions and its context.
Participants will be guided in the writing of creative works, be it poetry, short stories, parts of novels or memoirs, and they will read their writings in public in convivial late evening spaces. The works will be published in a dedicated volume, including an eBook format, by Rubbettino Editore.
The program is bilingual (English-Italian). It is preferable, though not necessary, to have a
command of both languages, but the writing will be created in the language of choice.
The University of Calabria will provide a certificate of attendance. On request it is possible
to issue a certificate with a value of six credits from The University of Calabria.
Who can apply?
IDs is not a purely academic program. It is opened to anyone interested in learning about the Italian diaspora in the world and about Italy, and to visit the places of the emigrants’ departures, immersing oneself in an all-encompassing experience, including the sensory, in the real and cultural spaces of South Italy.
Why apply?
IDs promises to be a life-changing experience. It is a cultural endeavor, an occasion to search for roots and identity, and to be connected with the source, while closely interacting with well-known writers and scholars. It is also a great opportunity to visit Calabria and Lucania in a not-simply touristic way, and at the lowest possible cost for a quality stay.
Accomodations and Meals
The accommodations are in refined hotels. The first week will be spent in Morano Calabro, a medieval borgo in the center of Pollino National Park, on the list of the “Borghi più belli d’Italia” and “Bandiera arancione” del Touring Club Italiano. We will be staying in the albergo diffuso “Il Nibbio”, in the historical center, whose apartments are exquisite and very well restored.
The cuisine will be local, seasonal and organic. Lessons in show cooking and local recipes are also planned.
The second week will be held in the “Masseria di Torre Albidona”, an ecological farm of
about 80 hectares, on a panoramic setting overlooking the Ionian Sea, with its own private
beach, surrounded by a pine forest, and a swimming pool. The rooms are located in ancient
farmhouses philologically restored. The cuisine, which bears the name of the chef Pietro Acciardi, combines tradition with innovation. The raw materials, strictly local and seasonal, are of high quality.
Tuition Fee and other details (fees for one week are half of the full two weeks)
Cost of tuition: EUR 3000
Duration: 15 days
Dates: May 15-29, 2019.
May 15 Arrival day — May 30 Departure day.
Maximum participants: 20
Apart from the workshops, your tuition includes:
1) Transportation from the airport of Lamezia Terme to the locations of the program and back, or to the railway station of Paola (CS) and back, in the following dates: May 15, 21 and 30.
2) Accommodations in single rooms with private bathrooms.
3) Breakfast and two meals a day for two weeks, with the exception of the last dinner before departure.
4) Field trips and tickets to museums.
* Fees do not include airfare, and transportation from different airports or railway stations and transportation on different dates.
Maria Mazziotti Gillan's most recent books are the poetry and photography collection, Paterson Light and Shadow and the poetry collection, What Blooms in Winter . Her collection of poems along with some of her paintings is The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets . Maria's official website is MariaGillan.com.
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