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Unpacking Memories of World War II Italian Captivity in Africa: Music, Theatre, Literature, and Art Making in POW Camps
Elena Bellina, New York University Most Italian POWs imprisoned by Western Allies were captured in Africa during the early stages of World War II and
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Captive Sites of Memory: Conflicting Italian Identities in the United States During World War II
Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College This talk considers the material legacies of surveillance, restrictions, and imprisonment of different groups of people on US soil in
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The Valley of Wine: A Century of Italian Presence in the California Wine Industry (1850–1950)
Pietro Pinna, University of Turin The development of the California wine industry was significantly influenced by the involvement of numerous Italian families who immigrated to
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Transatlantic Modern Consumerisms: Italian Goods and Commercial Cultures in Postwar America, 1949–1972
Simone Cinotto, University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, and guest speakers Based on a special issue of the Italian American Review guest-edited by Simone Cinotto
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Gastrofascism and Empire: Food in Italian East Africa, 1935–1941
Simone Cinotto, University of Gastronomic Sciences Pollenzo The Italian Fascist regime envisioned transforming Ethiopia into its own granary to establish self-sufficiency to encourage demographic expansion,
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Rocco Scotellaro’s Transnational Basilicata
Isabella Livorni, New York University The name Rocco Scotellaro has become synonymous with Basilicata. In his work, however, the young writer, poet, and politician was
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Partners in Gatekeeping: How Italy Shaped U.S. Immigration Policy over Ten Pivotal Years, 1891–1901
Lauren Braun-Strumfels, Cedar Crest College Partners in Gatekeeping (University of Georgia Press, 2023) illuminates a complex transnational story of US immigration policies and institutions. Lauren
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In Search of Abundance: Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine, and Other Gastronomic Utopias
Luisa Del Giudice, Independent Scholar Folklorist Luisa Del Giudice presents In Search of Abundance (Bordighera Press, 2023), a volume that reviews four decades of
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The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia
Paul Moses, Brooklyn College, CUNY On March 12, 1909, New York City police detective Giuseppe Petrosino was murdered in Palermo while investigating transatlantic criminal activity.
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Spaghetti Sissies: Queering Italian American Media
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 6pm Spaghetti Sissies: Queering Italian American Media Julia Heim, University of Pennsylvania Sole Anatrone, Vassar College Through consistent filmic representation, the
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