Rome: The Growth of the City from the Return of the Popes to the Present

An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series

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Seminar One: Contemporary Encounters with 19th Century Developments - Testaccio/Ostiense; San Lorenzo; Piazza Vittorio

3 June 2005, UCL

10.15 Coffee
10.45 Introduction and welcome
Chair: Dr Michael Edwards, Bartlett School of Planning, University of London
11.00 Professore Giorgio Piccinato, Director of Department of Urban Studies, Roma Tre
Urban planning and its vicissitudes. The case of Testaccio/Ostiense
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12.00 Professor David Forgacs, Italian Department, UCL
Repurposings: changes to the built environment in San Lorenzo
1.15 Lunch
Chair: Dr Dorigen Caldwell, School of the History of Art, Film and Visual media, Birkbeck College, University of London
2.30 J. D. Rhodes, Department of English, University of York
L'intero Testaccio: The 19th Century Dimensions of Pasolini's Urban Imaginary
3.30 Dr Lesley Caldwell, Italian Department, UCL
Evolution of a Piazza: Cinematic notes on Piazza Vittorio
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4.30 General discussion
5.00 Drinks

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