2016 Bookend Event: “Beyond Ellis Island”
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,…
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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036
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Mvula Sungani Physical Dance Troupe and Italian American Faculty and Staff Advisory Council to the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Annual Reception
Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street New York NY 10016The 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:…
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Readings from Rabbit Ears: TV Poems
Edited by Joel Allegretti (NYQ Books, 2015)John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Rabbit 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…
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Symposium: “Forty Years of Italian American Civil Service Employment in New York City and New York State”
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This symposium has its roots in the research and subsequent publication of Forty Years of Italian American Civil Service Employment in New York City and…
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Italian Mobilities
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University
Stephanie Malia Hom, Acus FoundationJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The 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…
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Book Award “The Bridge”
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This evening celebrates the second year of the book award “The Bridge,” aimed at reinforcing the mutual understanding between Italy and the USA by exposing…
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Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved? (2016), 82 min.
Luca Guardabascio, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In 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…
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Discussing the Present: Looking to the Future
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…
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Monuments, Public Memory, and Group Identity: The Cultural Politics of Italian America in the Twenty-First Century
Monuments, Public Memory, and Group Identity: The Cultural Politics of Italian America in the Twenty-First Century Recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have highlighted a longstanding…
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Società Dante Alighieri a New York & Workshop
Società Dante Alighieri a New York & Workshop Friday, October 27 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Signing of agreement between the John D. Calandra Italian…
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IAFSAC and ILICA at John Jay November 3
Friday, November 3: The Italian American Faculty and Staff Advisory Council (IAFSAC) and the Calandra Institute, in partnership with the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance (ILICA),…
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After Identity: Migration, Critique, Italian American Culture
Peter Carravetta, SUNY Stony BrookThis study proposes a fundamental shift in approaching social and cultural history from the viewpoint of migrations as opposed to employing the nation-state paradigm, arguing…
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