Comparing Japan and Italy is quite unusual and a bit counterintuitive. When did you decide to write a book about this subject? The idea first came to me when I was an undergraduate at the University of Florence. I was part of a committee comprised of both students and faculty for a short-story prize on … Continue reading
Honourable Mention for Rhiannon Welch’s Vital Subjects
The Modern Language Association of America recently announced its ninth Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies. An honourable mention was given to Rhiannon Noel Welch, of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, for her book Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy, 1860–1920, published by Liverpool University Press. Rhiannon Welch said, "It is an incredible honour … Continue reading
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