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This interdisciplinary conference focuses on material culture in the contexts of Italy, its colonies, and its diasporic communities. Material culture, broadly defined, includes all objects…
Editor Umberto Mucci presents his landmark book. This book is a selection of the best 100 interviews conducted through four years by the author, either…
Come help comemorate XII Magna Grecia Week with this event held at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. Presenters will include: On. Nino Foti…
Alley Russo is a young aspiring novelist who arrives at Walker Reade’s compound in the Colorado Rockies hoping to win the job as his assistant.…
A round table discussion of the past, present, and future of Italian American literature that includes readings and discussion with writers Anthony Julian Tamburri, Fred Gardaphe,…
The evening will feature a performance by the Mvula Sungani Physical Dance Troupe followed by a reception. Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute and the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance. Contact:…
Rabbit Ears: TV Poems is the first anthology of poetry about a medium that has hugely influenced America’s language, politics, opinions, tastes, and lifestyles. The…
This symposium has its roots in the research and subsequent publication of Forty Years of Italian American Civil Service Employment in New York City and…
The Italian nation-state has been defined in part by practices of mobility. Tourists have flowed into the country from the Grand Tour era to the…
This evening celebrates the second year of the book award “The Bridge,” aimed at reinforcing the mutual understanding between Italy and the USA by exposing…
In 1956 the MS Stockholm rammed into the Italian luxury ocean liner SS Andrea Doria. For the 1,706 passengers and crew, the incident could have…
This symposium will explore the present state of education and competition as tools for new achievements within the largest technological revolution after the Industrial Revolution…