“Transcultural Memories in Trieste”: this lecture elucidates and explores divisive urban memories with reference to the case study of Trieste, a port city at the north-eastern borders of Italy situated between Mitteleuropa and the Mediterranean. It discusses Trieste’s contested cultures and transcultural memories in literary fiction and the built environment. Open lecture to students of CES doctoral programmes «Discursos: Cultura, História e Sociedade» and "Human Rights in Contemporary Societies", CES researchers & FLUC (post)graduate students in humanities programmes.

Katia Pizzi is Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (formerly Germanic & Romance Studies), School of Advanced Study, University of London, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory at that Institute.

“Transcultural Memories in Trieste”: esta palestra elucida e explora memórias urbanas divisórias com referência ao estudo de caso de Trieste, uma cidade portuária nas fronteiras a nordeste da Itália situada entre a Mitteleuropa e o Mediterrâneo. Discute-se as culturas contestadas de Trieste e as memórias transculturais na ficção literária e no ambiente construído. Aula aberta a investigadores do CES, estudantes dos programas doutorais do CES «Discursos: Cultura, História e Sociedade» e "Human Rights in Contemporary Societies", e estudantes de (pós-)graduação em programas de humanidades.

Katia Pizzi é Senior Lecturer em Italian Studies no Institute of Modern Languages Research (previamente Germanic & Romance Studies), School of Advanced Study, University of London, e Diretora do Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory nesse instituto.