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March 12th 2010, Friday, 10:00am-7:00pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

For a full schedule and venues, please download the Program (PDF).

On the fiftieth anniversary of ground-breaking films such as La Dolce Vita, Breathless, and L’Avventura this conference brings together a group of international scholars to revisit this revolutionary cinematic era through the lens of fashion and design. Speakers will include Adriana Berselli, the costume designer who worked with Michelangelo Antonioni on L’Avventura; Stella Bruzzi, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Warwick University; Paola Colaiacomo, Professor of English, University of Rome, La Sapienza; Marcia Landy, Distinguished Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh; Pat Kirkham, Professor, Center for the Study of Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, Bard College; Sam Rohdie, Professor of Film, University of Central Florida; Marilyn Cohen, Assistant Professor of Design, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum; Vincenzo Maggitti, Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian, Stockholm University; Sonya Topolnisky, PhD candidate, Center for Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, Bard College; Astrid Soderbergh Widding, Associate Professor in Film Studies at Stockholm University; Louise Wallenberg, Director, Centre for Fashion Studies, Stockholm University; Emily Braun, Distinguished Professor of Art History; and Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center.