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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…
Breaking Bread in L’Aquila was published on April 6, 2010, on the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the Abruzzo region. Releasing the book…
The events of Risorgimento Italy provoked political migrations. In the United States, Risorgimento exiles played an essential part in the birth of the Italian American…
The evening is dedicated to a presentation of two books of poetry. The event will be moderated by Rolando Perez, poet, critic, Hispanist (Hunter College/CUNY). Richard Milazzo, poet,…
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…