A one-day workshop supported by UCL Health Humanities Seed Funding. Organised by Dr Selena Daly, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL
Programme
9.30-11.00
Panel 1: Accessing healthcare among Italian communities
Selena Daly (Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL) ‘Italians’ access to healthcare in England from the 1880s to today.’
Gaia Figini (Psychologist and member of non-profit organisation Transiti Psicologia d'Espatrio), ‘Supporting the psychological well-being of Italians living abroad: a crossroads of experiences between digital spaces and community interventions.’
Michela Franceschelli (Associate Professor of Sociology, UCL), ‘Precarity and belonging: Black Italian migrants’ lives and wellbeing in the UK.’
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.45
Panel 2: Ageing and the Italian diaspora
Simona Palladino (Senior Lecturer in Social Science, Liverpool Hope University), ‘Older Italian Migrants’ Sense of Home.’
Massimo Pini (Volunteer and Committee member at Casa Italiana San Vincenzo Pallotti, Clerkenwell), ‘Casa Italiana - supporting Italian community and culture since 1960.’
Ole Jensen (Associate Lecturer, Open University), ‘The living and the dead: Exploring the Italian graves in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.’
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30
Panel 3: Migrant groups and healthcare in the UK: Comparative Perspectives
Brian Dalton (CEP, Irish in Britain) and Rosa Gilbert (Policy and Research Manager, Irish in Britain), ‘Health and wellbeing of the Irish in Britain: how community organisations respond to changing needs.’
A representative of the Caribbean and African Health Network, title TBC.
15.30-16.00: Next steps and closing remarks