Irene Hatzopoulos

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CURRICULUM VITAE – Irene Hatzopoulos

Education

• PhD in Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison, expected completion date 5/23
• M.A. in French, Middlebury College, August 2012
• M.A. in Italian, Middlebury College, August 2011
• B.A. with honors in French, Spanish & Italian, University of California Davis, December 2009

Research Interests

Literature from the dopoguerra, Italian film and literature from the 1960s & 1970s, the use of dialects in literature, food culture studies.

Dissertation Title

The Figure of the Storyteller in the works of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Courses Taught

• Italian 101
• Italian 101 FIG
• Italian 102
• Italian 203
• Italian 204
• ITA 460-FLAC discussion section
• ITA 460 (Spring, 2021)
• ITA 253 grader
• ITA 254 grader
• ITA 365 grader

Conference Presentations

• “Cultural Mutation: Gennariello, Salò and the Loss of Self.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of French and Italian Research Seminar, September 2020.
• “Directorial Voice and Social Representation in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Comizi d’amore.” North East Modern Language Association Conference. Boston, MA, March 2020.
• “Pier Paolo Pasolini e La Ricotta (1963).” Guest Lecture, World Languages 3390: “Voyage to Italy: Framing Italian Cinema and Society” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.  February 2020.
• “Cultural Mutation: Gennariello, Salò and the Loss of Self.” North East Modern Language Association Conference. Washington, DC, March 2019.
• “Shedding ‘Skin’ and Reclaiming Identity in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of French and Italian Graduate Symposium, April 2018.
• “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 and Social Representation in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Comizi d’amore.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of French and Italian Research Seminar, April 2017.
• “Né carne né pesce: la non-assimilazione nella poetica di John Fante.” American Association for Italian Studies Conference, special panel on John Fante. Boulder, CO, March 2015
• “Né carne né pesce: the poetics of non-assimilation in John Fante.” University of Wisconsin-Madison, 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, MI, November 2014.
• “Le dinamiche spaziali: il lutto in L’oro di Napoli.” Middlebury College at Mills Inaugural Graduate Student Conference Series. Oakland, CA, July 2014.

Publications

• “Cultural Mutation: Gennariello, Salò and the Loss of Self.” Forthcoming from Vernor Press.

Distinctions

• 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.