Society for Italian Historical Studies
Annual Meeting
As an affiliated society of the American Historical Association (AHA), the SIHS holds an annual meeting in conjunction with that of the AHA, marked by at least one academic session, a business meeting, and a social hour. The next annual meeting is planned for San Diego, CA in January 2010. For general information on the AHA annual meeting, please consult the AHA website. For SIHS events, see below.
SIHS Business Meeting 2010
The Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2010, from 5:30 to 6:00 PM in the Carlsbad Room of the Marriott. As usual, the Business Meeting will be followed by a Social Hour from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Del Mar Room of the Marriott.
Sponsored Sessions
Joint Session with the AHA, organized by Marla Stone
From Liberal Italy to Fascist Italy and Beyond: Perspectives on the Work of Alexander De Grand
January 9, 2010, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM in Room Molly B of the Hyatt
Chair: Borden W. Painter, Trinity College
Anthony L. Cardoza, Loyola University Chicago, Alexander De Grand and the Historiography of Italian Fascism
Roy Palmer Domenico, University of Scranton, Alexander De Grand and Understanding Italy Beyond Fascism
Maura E. Hametz, Old Dominion University, Choosing Italy's Citizens in the Eastern Borderlands
Marla S. Stone, Occidental College, The Communist in the Fascist Imaginary: from Defeated Enemy to Global Threat
Social Meaning and Official Procedure in Early Modern Italy, organized by William J. Connell
January 8, 2010, 2:30-4:30 PM in the Carlsbad Room of the Marriott
Chair: William J. Connell, Seton Hall University
Thomas V. Cohen, York University, Mental Cartography in Court: Testimony as Cognitive Map
Karl Appuhn, New York University, Meat Matters: Science, Society and Epizootics in Eighteenth-Century Venice
Thomas F. Mayer, Augustana College, Galileo and the Roman InquisitionComment: Elizabeth S. Cohen, York University
Popular Politics in Early Modern Italy, organized by Matthew Vester
January 9, 2010, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM in the Green Room of the Marriott
Chair: Eric R. Dursteler, Brigham Young University
John Matthew Hunt, Ohio State University, The Holy Father and the Cruel Tyrant: the Pope's Two Bodies During Rome's Sede Vacante, 1549-1655
Giovanna Benadusi, University of South Florida, The Politics of Last WIlls in Early Modern Tuscany
Matthew Vester, West Virginia University, The Structure and Practice of Politics in the Valle d'Aosta, 1550-1630
Christians, Muslims, and Monks in Medieval Southern Italy, organized by George Dameron
January 9, 2010, 2:30 PM-4:30 PM in the Green Room of the Marriott
Chair: George R. Dameron, St. Michael's College
Sarah Louise Whitten, University of California, Los Angeles, Notaries, Advocates, and Judges: the Relationship between Legal Officials and Monasteries in Early Medieval Benevento
Louis I. Hamilton, Drew University, "May God Lead You to the Bosom of Abraham": the Papacy and the Muslims of Italy before the Crusades
Joshua Birk, Smith College, "A Second Saladin: the Muslims of Sicily, Markwark of Anweiler, and the Emergence of the Anti-Muslim Critique
Comment: Valerie Ramseyer, Wellesley College
Awards
The SIHS regularly awards three prizes: the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History, the Best Unpublished Manuscript Award and the Citation for Career Achievement. Visit the links below for more information on each award and application procedures.
Marraro Prize
Best Unpublished Manuscript Award
Citation for Career Achievement