[MGSA-L] Lecture on Fascism and architecture in Italy, May 5

[Roilos, Panagiotis]

Dear all,


I would like to invite you to the following event.


Sincerely,

Panagiotis Roilos

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Panagiotis Roilos
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Lucy M. Maulsby, Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University

"The Architectural Legacy of Fascism in Postwar Italy"

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
See also: Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives<http://wcfia.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/seminars/cultural_politics/schedule>, 2015-2016<http://wcfia.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/academic-year/2015-2016>
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
Abstract:

In the aftermath of the Second World War and against the backdrop of the polarizing politics of the Cold War, Italian architects, like others, who had established their professional reputations under a discredited totalitarian regime, were faced with the need to redefine their work in terms appropriate for post-war realities. For some, the denial or obscuring of their involvement with the regime provided a means of moving forward. For others, perhaps especially the younger generation of architects aligned with the Italian variant of the avant-garde, the reframing of modernism's engagement with fascism provided the most expedient means of complying with the new cultural landscape and securing a foothold from which to contribute to the reconstruction of Italy. The resulting historical distortions have not only, as scholars have shown, obscured the dynamic between architectural modernism and fascist politics but also, I argue, inhibited a frank assessment of the legacy of interwar modernism in the post-war period.




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