The Italian American Think Tank
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Massimo Di Gioacchino, New York University The religious history of Italian Catholic immigrants in the United States (1876–1921) is in many ways a history of…
Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 6pm The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884–1947): The Paladins of France in America Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University Sicilian…
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…
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.…
Luisa Del Giudice, Independent Scholar Folklorist Luisa Del Giudice presents In Search of Abundance (Bordighera Press, 2023), a volume that reviews four decades of…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…