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Erik Scaltriti
Erik Scaltriti is a filmmaker and has a Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the Ohio State University. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Miami University where he teaches Italian language, culture, and film classes. His research focuses on the intersections between Film Studies, Postcolonial Theory, and Migration Studies.
Education
2023 - Ph.D., Italian, The Ohio State University.
Dissertation: Shifting Borders: Contemporary Italian Documentary of Migration (2006-2019).
2017 - Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization, Film Studies, The Ohio State University
2017 - M.A., Italian Studies, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University
2004 - Certification in “Filmmaker and Producer,” École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, ESRAParis. Film: Demande à la poussière … (Ask The Dust…, documentary, 13 min., ©ESRA)
1999 - B.A. with Honors in Philosophy, Cum Laude, University of Bologna. Thesis: The Thought of Alain Badiou. A New Direction in French Philosophy.
Areas of Expertise
- Italian Language and Culture
- Film Studies and Digital Humanities
- Migration Studies and Postcolonial Theory
Courses Taught at MiamiĀ
- ITL 101: Beginners Italian I
- ITL 102: Beginners Italian II
- ITL 202: Second Year Italian II
- ITL/FST 262: Italian Cinema
- ITL 301: Culture, Society, & Politics
- ITL/FST 362: Mafia ana Cinema
Selected Publications
- “Visuality and Migration: Two Crises in Gianfranco Rosi’s Documentary Fire at Sea (2016)”. Video essay and creator’s statement. In-Transition, Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies, 7.3. 2020.
- “Report: The 2017 American Association for Italian Studies/Canadian Society for Italian Studies Annual Conference: Recent Trends in Italian Screen Studies”. The Italianist 37. 2
- (2017): 273-79. Co-author (DOI: 10.1080/02614340.2017.1332729) “Post Truth, Gender and Race: an Analysis of the Vote in Ohio.” Inchiesta, 194 (2017): 71-74.
Grants and Awards
- 2020 - Department of French and Italian Graduate Fellowship, The Ohio State University International Research and Scholar Grant, Office of International Affairs, The Ohio State University
- 2020 - Bulatkin Summer Prize, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University Travel Award for Annual Conference American Association for Italian Studies, AAIS Ray Travel Award for Service and Scholarship, Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University
- 2020 - Art and Humanities Research Small Grant, The Ohio State University
- 2019 - Fellow, Graduate Research Associate, Center for the Humanities in Practice. “Inclusive Practices Analyst,” Digital Flagship, Office of Distance Education and eLearning, The Ohio State University
- 2018 - Fellow, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “Humanities Without Walls,” Pre-Doctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop, Chicago Bulatkin Conference Travel Award, The Ohio State University
- 2018 - Art and Humanities Research Small Grant, The Ohio State University, Summer School Attendance: “Mediating Italy in Global Culture”
- 2015-16 - Fellow, University Fellowship, The Graduate School, The Ohio State University
Presentations
- 2022 - The Languages, Literature, and Cultures Conference (KFLC 75th edition). Presentation: “Liquid Voices: the (failing) Silencing of Women's Perspectives on Migration,” University of Kentucky.
- 2021 - European Network for Cinema and Media Studies. Presentation: “Urgent Narrations of Migration: Participatory Filmmaking and Distribution Practices of Italian Non-fiction Films,” University of Palermo.
- 2021 - 18th Graduate Workshop of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies. Presentation: “Digital Distribution and Transnational Circulation: Two Methodological Challenges,” University of Palermo.
- 2019 - “Italian cinema(s) abroad.” Panel: Italian Cinema in North America: Micro and Macro Histories. Presentation: “Competing or Collaborating? A Case Study of Postwar Relationships between Hollywood and Cinecittà through the Kiralfy Archive,” The Ohio State University.
- 2018 - 38th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. Panel: Cinematic Representations of Sexuality, Marginalized Identities, and Migration. Presentation: “Formal Hybridity of Migration in Italian Contemporary Cinema: Once we were strangers (Crialese, 1997) and Fire at Sea (Rosi, 2016),” University of Cincinnati.
Invited Talks, Lectures, and Roundtables
- 2021 - Moderator: (Italian) Media Studies Today (Virtual Symposium), Panel 5: Elisa Farinacci (University of Bologna) and Gaia Giuliani (Center for Social Studies – University of Coimbra). Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University.
- 2020 - "Graduate Teaching Assistant Training Workshop: Experienced GTA Panel," participation in the roundtable, Center for Languages Literatures and Cultures, The Ohio State University
- 2020 - Mediterranean Studies in an Area Studies Framework,” participation in the roundtable, the Mediterranean Seminar Spring 2020 Workshop, The Ohio State University (postponed 2021)
- 2020 - Moderator: film screening and encounter with the directors Elisa Stone and Matthew Leahy of The Bridge Master’s Daughter (NoonDayFilm, 2017). Abya Yala Student Organization and the Center for Latin American Studies. The Ohio State University
- 2019 - Moderator: film screening and encounter with the director Wilma Labate, Arrivederci Saigon (“Goodbye Saigon”, 2018). With Damiano Garofalo. Zapruder – Storie in Movimento: XV Symposium on the History of Social Conflict.
- 2019 - “We Want Roses Too: Italian Feminism Out of the Archives,” guest lecture for IT2053 “Introduction to Italian Cinema,” Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University
- 2019 - “Making a Videoessay,” guest lecture for IT8243: “Italian Film and Television and Videographic Criticism,” graduate seminar, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University
- 2019 - “Post-Unification Italian Culture,” three guest lectures for IT3798: “The Italian City,” study abroad program, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University
- 2016 - “Ask the Dust…,” screening and discussion of my first documentary. FIGSA/Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University
- 2014 - “Retro-Perspective,” screening and discussion of a selection of my film works. Center for Strategic Planning, Colorado College, Colorado Spring, CO
Filmography
- 2014 - 100 Years of The Green Cross: Emergency Volunteers, TV series, 10 episodes, Telereggio, Italy.
- 2013 - Objects in The Museum, TV&WEB series, 10 episodes, Telereggio, Italy.
- 2012 - Eclats Of Africa, TV documentary + DVD, Telereggio, Italy.
- 2011 - OFF – Non-professional Photographers, TV series, 10 episodes, Telereggio – Recs, Italy.
- 2010 - Shutdown, experimental short, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
- 2010 - A Day of Resistance, TV documentary, Telereggio – Recs, Italy.
- 2009 - I Reggiani Per Esempio: Organized and Individual volunteering, TV series, 20 episodes, Telereggio – Recs, Italy.
- 2008 - Leaning Left, TV documentary + DVD, Telereggio, US/Italy. Selected at the 1st CinemaAvvenire Film Festival, Rome.
- 2008 - The Seasons of Campotrera, TV documentary + DVD, Telereggio – Recs, Italy. Special Award: Best Nature Documentary, 4th Video Festival Imperia, Italy.
- 2005 - The Documentary, short movie, Italy. Special Mention of the Jury at the 3rd Festival “Mondo Piccolo Cinematografico”, Brescello (RE), Italy, 2005. Finalist at the first edition of the festival “Fresh Looks (Movie) Making Italy” of the New York University, 2006.
- 2004 - Demande à la poussière … (Ask The Dust…), Documentary, ESRA, Paris, France. Selected at the 4th, Concours Européen du Premier Film Documentaire “Aux Ecrans Du Réel”, Le Mans, 2005.
Memberships in Professional Organizations
- American Association for Italian Studies
- Modern Language Association
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies
- European Network for Cinema and Media Studies
Languages
- Italian (native)
- English (near native)
- Spanish (near native)
- French (professional proficiency)