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Italytime and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute are pleased to sponsor this new venture of marrying cinema and theater this spring semester. This…
The paintings on exhibition were made in the summers of 2012, 2014, and 2015, during Vincent Baldassano’s tenure as a visiting artist at the American…
For centuries the Feast of the Gigli has been celebrated in Nola, near Naples, every June in honor of Saint Paulinus. The feast features the…
Join us for a conversation with the award-winning writer, Dacia Maraini, one of Italy’s most acclaimned contemporary fiction writer and essayst. She wil be joined…
In The Heart and the Island (SUNY Press, 2015), Chiara Mazzucchelli explores the bond between Sicilian American writers and the island of Sicily. Throughout the…
Over the last 130 years, Italian American Catholics in New York City have developed a repertoire of sacred spaces in their homes and neighborhoods. These…
This event will bring together three Italian American New York poet laureates—each originally hailing from Jamaica, Queens—for an evening of verse and conversation. Poet Laureates…
Panel on Migration Emigration, Migration, and Self-Determination: Italians, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans in Search of an American Dream. Deans and Directors of the John D.…
Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora Presented by Joseph Sciorra, with Phyllis Capello, Rosette Capotorto, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Lucia Grillo, Maria…
Dr. Joseph Tromba Lecture Series Event: Book Presentation by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures & Dean of the John D.…
Film Screening MONTEDORO (2014), 88 min. Followed by Q&A with director NOTA BENE: This event takes place at: Elebash Recital Hall THE GRADUATE CENTER,…
During World War II, while some Italian Americans were deemed “enemy aliens,” more than 500,000 Italian Americans served in the U.S. military. The documentary Fighting…