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Symposium: “Cultural Heritage Memory–Negotiating the Past in Order to Build on the Future.” This symposium will discuss the notion of cultural heritage and its relevance…
Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Lecture Series In Education Begin Responsibilities or “They don’t know what they don’t know” This talk is based…
The Routledge History of Italian Americans Edited by William J. Connell and Stanislao G. Pugliese The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of…
Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Lecture Series “Sambuca: A Digital Return” Lecture by Donna Gabaccia University of Toronto Vast claims have been made for the…
At the age of sixteen, Pasquale D’Angelo emigrated to the United States in 1910 from Abruzzo, Italy, looking for a better life in New York.…
In 1938, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini introduced institutionalized antisemitism in his country with the Racial Laws and set in motion events that would culminate…
Edited by Ryan Calabretta-Sajder Noted as a ‘civil poet’ by Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini was a creative and philosophical genius whose works challenged generations…
The panel discussion will screen three segments of Pane amaro followed by a discussion by the panelists and filmmakers. Segments to be shown are 1.…
One-day symposium on one of the major exports of Italy: the culinary health and nutrition benefits of the Mediterranean diet. The symposium will consist of…
A round-table discussion with representatives of both spheres about how the world of business influences, controls, and manipulates culture and why culture needs to be…
Edited by Laura Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra NOTA BENE: This event will not be held at the Calandra Institute. Speakers: Laura E. Ruberto Berkeley City…
Award-winning historian Marcia Gallo (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) will discuss the lives and times of three barrier-breaking women of the sixties: Kitty Genovese, Diane…