23rd EZRA POUND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “ROMA ...

23rd EZRA POUND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“ROMA AMOR: Pound, Love and Rome”
Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei
Rome, Italy
30 June - 4 July 2009
Rome, Albergo d’Italia, via Quattro Fontane (1938-1941)
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
SPONSORS
Conference website: http://lowres.uno.edu/ezrapound/
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 di Roma Tre website: http://www.uniroma3.it
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 di 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 di Roma Tre
Centro Studi Americani Senator Giuliano Amato, President
Peter Alegi, Vice President
Karim Mezran, Executive Director
Centro Studi Americani Giusy De Sio, Public Relations and Cultural Activities Manager
Administration 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 Viviana Fabiani, Conference Staff
Roma Tre Flavia Sabina Molea, Conference Staff
Giulia Napoleone, Conference Staff
Images Front Photo: Wide World Photos. Ara Pacis. Detail

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.
Tuesday, 30 June
Centro Studi Americani, Palazzo Antici Mattei
1st Floor (upstairs), , Michelangelo Caetani, 32, Largo di Torre Argentina, Roma
9:00 am -5:00 pm: Registration
9:30-10:30 am: Greetings and Opening Remarks
Welcome from Centro Studi Americani: Karim Mezran, Biancamaria Tedeschini
Lalli
Chair: Biancamaria Tedeschini Lalli, Professor Emeritus, Università di Roma Tre
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
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
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 Main Hall
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 “Amor”
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”
4:15-5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 4
Session 4A. Pound and Fascism in the 1930s Main Hall
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 “Amor”
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 Authorities, 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.

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 Gallery
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-
1999”
Session 5B. In the Sequence of the Musical Phrase: The Cantos Room “Amor”
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”
11:15 am-12:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 6
Session 6A. Pound, Love, and the State Gallery
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, Università 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 “Amor”
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 (Advanced Reservation required:
€4/person)
2:30-3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions 7
Session 7A. Magical and Mystical Signs in Pound’s Work Gallery
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 “Amor”
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”
4:15-5:30 pm: Session 8: Roundtable Discussion
Session 8. Teaching Ezra Pound: Ezra Pound Teaching Gallery
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 Main Hall
Margaret Fisher and Bob Hughes: “An Evening of Ezra Pound's Operas: A Love
Trilogy”
7:30 pm: Special Event: Libreria La Diagonale, via dei Chiavari, 75
“Portraits: Homage to Ezra Pound.” An Exhibition

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 Gallery
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 “Amor”
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”
11:15 am-12:30 pm : Concurrent Sessions 10
Session 10A. Pound’s Italian Landscapes Gallery
Chair: Stefano Maria Casella, Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM-
Milan/Feltre
1. Anna Viola Sborgi, Università 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 “Amor”
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”
2:00-2:20 pm: Gallery
Piero Sanavio: “The Exile’s Return: EP in Paris, 1965-1966 (A Personal
Recollection)”
2:30-3:45 pm: Concurrent Sessions 11

Session 11A. Pound on the Stage Gallery
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 “Amor”
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.”
4:15-5:30 pm: Concurrent Sessions 12
Session 12A. Editing Pound Gallery
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 “Amor”
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, Maria Clelia Cardona, John Gery, Tony Lopez, Daniel
Maria Mancini, Plinio Perilli, Daniele Pieroni, Hoshang Merchant, Biljana
Obradovic, Stephen Romer, Ron Smith.

Rossella Pretto and Benjamin L. C. Baker read from Saturno Montanari, Pier
Paolo Pasolini, Enzo Siciliano.
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 Gallery
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”
11:15 am-12:45 pm: Plenary session
Closing Session: Pound’s Life and Lives Gallery
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”
2:00-3:00 pm: Business Meeting Gallery
Chairs: Walter Baumann, University of Ulster
John Gery, University of New Orleans
3:30-6:00 pm: Tour to the Mithraeum, Santa Maria in Cosmedin and Santa Sabina,
Aventine (€4). Historian Maria Susanna Garroni will kindly lead us along
the itinerary.
OR
Special City Open Bus Tour (Stop & Go) to ArcheoRome (Catacombs,
Appian Way, etc.) (€15)

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.