IRENE HATZOPOULOS
Credentials: Job Market Candidate in Italian
Email: hatzopoulos@wisc.edu
Address:
656 Van Hise Hall
EDUCATION
- BA with honors in French, Spanish & Italian from University of California Davis, 2009
- MA in Italian from Middlebury College, 2010
- MA in French from Middlebury College, 2011
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests include: literature from the dopoguerra, Italian film and literature in the 60s & 70s, the use of dialects in literature, and more recently, food culture studies.
DISSERTATION TITLE
The Figure of the Storyteller in the works of Pier Paolo Pasolini
PUBLICATIONS
- “Cultural Mutation: “Gennariello” Salo and the Loss of Self”. A collection of essays on Pasolini, forthcoming from Vernon Press.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- “Directorial Voice and Social Representation in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Comizi d’amore.” North Eastern Modern Language Association Conference. Boston, MA, March 2020.
- “Cultural Mutation: Gennariello, Salò and the loss of self.” North Eastern Modern Language Association Conference. Washington, D.C., March 2019
- “Levi e Vittorini: Anti-Fascism, Resistance and Writing.” Guest Lecture, LitTrans 254: Literature of Modern Italy—Existentialism, Fascism, Resistance. University of Madison-Wisconsin, Department of French and Italian, October 2018.
- “Directorial Voice in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Comizi d’amore.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of French and Italian Research Seminar, April 2017.
- “Né carne ne pesce: la non-assimilazione nella poetica di John Fante.” American Association for Italian Studies Conference, special panel on John Fante. Boulder, March 2015.
- “Né carne ne pesce: the poetics of non-assimilation in John Fante.” University of Madison-Wisconsin, Department of French and Italian Graduate Symposium, March 2015.
- “Le dinamiche spaziali: il lutto in L’oro di Napoli.” Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Detroit, November 2014.
- “Le dinamiche spaziali: il lutto in L’oro di Napoli.” Middlebury College at Mills Inaugural Graduate Student Conference Series. Oakland, July 2014.
COURSES TAUGHT
- Italian 101, including 2 FIG-Food Cultures of Italy sections
- Italian 102
- Italian 203
- Italian 204
- FLAC language section for ITA 460, geared towards Italian majors. Provided them with a chance to discuss the movies viewed in the class in Italian, as the course is cross-listed with CommArts, and is taught in English.
AWARDS
Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Italian Scholarship 2019
Selected by the faculty of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive this award for leadership in the profession as a graduate student in Italian.
Campus-Wide TA Awards: Exceptional Service 2018
Nominated by FRIT Faculty for Exceptional Service in the Department of French and Italian.
Karl George Bottke Scholarship 2018
Selected by the faculty of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive this award for excellence in teaching and service.
Campus-Wide TA Awards: Capstone Ph.D Teaching Award 2017
Nominated by FRIT Faculty in recognition of excellent teaching throughout UW Madison tenure.
Eunice Clark Smith French Scholarship 2017
Selected by the faculty of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive this award for excellence in teaching.
Alfred and Isabella Panzini Galpin Italian Scholarship 2016
Selected by the faculty of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to receive this award for excellence in teaching.
Honored Instructor Award 2014
Recognized by students living in University Housing for having made a significant impact on their educational experience.