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In Summer Within, a gender-fluid artist and performer from Staten Island struggles to belong in her Italian American family. With her beloved immigrant grandmother’s dementia…
The conference will be hosted in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University and the John…
Please join us for an evening dedicated to the Italian translation of John Ciardi’s The Reason for the Pelican, Il perchè del pellicano, translated by…
Luigi Fontanella is Professor Emeritus of Italian and former chair of the European Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department at SBU. Poet, literary critic, novelist, dramatist,…
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…
Join us for an engaging conversation about Stories for a Year, a multifaceted project directed by Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka and funded by the…
A talk by Amedeo Arena Date and Time: April 21, 2025, at 10:30 AM Venue: Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York,…
This interdisciplinary conference explores a wide range of topics concerning war from an Italian—broadly understood—perspective. As in the past, the Institute’s conference proposes an inclusive…
(Photo above: Unidentified Italian Service Unit member working on an inlayed wooden box, unknown camp location. Credit: National Archives) The exhibition, curated by Laura E.…
Fedeltà: Soldati. Prigionieri. chronicles the experiences of Italian prisoners of war (POWs), mostly captured in North Africa and Sicily, who are sent to Letterkenny Army…
Monday, September 8, 6:00pm Annual Festa in Honor of the Black Madonna It’s coming up to that time of year when we gather on September…
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…