OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
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Day 1 – Wednesday 24 September 2025
09:15-09:45 (Room 2) Registration and Coffee
09:45-11:15 (Room 2) Panel 1: Economic, Social, Political Aspects 1
Chair: Alice Gussoni (University of Padova-University of Oxford)
Anna Gervasio (IPSAIC, Bari): Dinamiche e caratteristiche dei processi migratori di ritorno verso il territorio pugliese nel XX secolo
Anna Pellegrino (University of Bologna): The Myth of Return: Migration, Memory, and Identity in a Southern Italian Town from 1950 to Present Day
Marco Spada (University of Messina): The Human Cost of Coal: Discriminatory Practices and Return Migration in Post-WWII Italian-French Labor Agreements
11:30-13:00 (Room 2) Panel 2: Literary Perspectives 1
Chair: Emma Bond (University of Oxford)
Aurora Sturli and Aminata Sow (University of Cambridge/Independent Scholar): Returning Home, Returning to Class: Social Privilege and the Contemporary Italian Novel of Return Migration
Concetta Maria Pagliuca (University of Naples Federico II): “Siamo spezzati in due metà”: il racconto dei “treni della felicità” dalla prospettiva di un bambino
13:00-14:00 (Main Hall) Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 (Main Hall) Keynote: Selena Daly (University College London): Emigrant Soldiers: Conscription and Return Migration to Italy in the First World War
15:15-15:30 (Room 2) Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 (Room 2) Panel 3: Political Propaganda
Chair: Selena Daly (University College London)
Remigio Petrocelli (University of Dundee): Fascist “Temporary” Mobilities: Pilgrimages and Holiday Camps for Italians Abroad
Saverio Battente (University of Siena): La questione migratoria nei romanzi di Enrico Corradini: alla base del nazionalismo italiano
Gabriele Bassi (University of Siena): From Mass Migration to a Difficult Return: Italian Settlers in Libya Between Historiography and Belated Memory
17:00-18:30 (Room 2) Panel 4: Artistic Approaches and Experiences
Chair: Alessandra Vannucci (University of Turin)
Francesco Vizzarri (Justus Liebig University Giessen): From Lecce to Wolfsburg and Back: Return Migration, Artistic Practice, and Collective Memory in the Work of Crocifisso Sisinni
Diego Cantore (University of Salerno): Il canto della resilienza: come la canzone napoletana degli emigranti racconta la resilienza
Giuliana Muscio (University of Padova): Birds of passage and disilluded performers
