A “New” Southern Question: A Panel Discussion with Pino Aprile and Antonio Giordano
Pino Aprile, author of Il sud puzza (2013), and Antonio Giordano, co-author with Giulio Tarro of Campania, terra di veleni (2011), will discuss a new…
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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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Benessere Psicologico: Contemporary Thought on Italian American Mental Health Presentation
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Benessere Psicologico: Contemporary Thought on Italian American Mental Health Dominick Carielli April 9, 2014 6:00-8:00 pm Dominick Carielli and Joseph Grosso’s edited…
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Texan Italian Stories (2013-2014), four videos of 12-15 min. each
Sergio Carvajal-Leoni, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Texan Italian Stories is a short documentary series that explores the diverse history and culture of Italian-American Texans. Produced by Romina Olson and directed by…
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MAFIAs: Realities and Representations of Organized Crime
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Click here to view the program flyer as a PDF (program is subject to change). Click here to view the conference poster as a PDF.…
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Hostos Community College Covello Book Party, Reading, Discussion with Prof Gerald Meyer,Thursday, May 1
Hostos Community College, 500 Grand Concourse Vito Marcantonio Room, B Building Room 115 Bronx NY 10451In celebration of diversity , Hostos members of The Italian American Faculty and Staff Council of CUNY present a book party, dramatic reading and discussion…
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Book Presentation: Frank Lentricchia’s The Dog Killer of Utica: An Eliot Conte Mystery
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036“Dirty Harry of Literary Criticism” Frank Lentricchia launches book two of his new mystery series, featuring Eliot Conte, a PI who’s “part Mike Hammer and…
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Presenting Italoamericana: Italian-American Literature in the United States, 1880-1943
Anthony Tamburri, Calandra Institute, Queens College, CUNY
Robert Viscusi, Brooklyn College, CUNY
James Periconi
Francesco DuranteJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Italoamericana: The Literature of the Great Migration, 1880–1943, edited by Francesco Durante (Fordham University Press, 2014), brings to an English-speaking audience a definitive collection of…
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Grammar and Stereotypes: African American English in the Italian Translations of Flannery O’Connor’s Short Stories, by Chiara Martini, Dottorato in Scienza del Libro e della Scrittura, Università per Stranieri di Perugia
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Italian translations of African American English (as it appears in literary works by major authors of the twentieth century) seem to follow two main strategies:…
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Men of the Cloth (2013), 96 min.
Vicki Vasilopoulos, dir.John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Click here to see a trailer for the film. Starting in the mid-twentieth century, with the advent of ready-to-wear clothing and the industrialization of the…
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LECTURE (Thursday, June 5): “Mind and Motivation in Learning Italian: What Happens in the Mind When a Person Learns Italian as a Foreign Language,” by Paolo E. Balboni, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice
Istituto Italiano di Cultura 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United StatesThe topic pertains to the field of neurolinguistics, but it will be dealt with from the teacher’s perspective. Teachers have to help students to acquire…
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I giovani italiani di NY 2 – Young Italians in New York 2 (Thursday, June 12)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This symposium will continue the discussion begin during the first encounter of “I giovani italiani” di NY. Panleists will come from a variety of professions…
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Closing: Portraits of a Sicilian Family by Thomas MacPherson
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Exhibition Closing: Friday, June 13, 2014 On view from March 20, 2014–June 13, 2014 Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Portraits of a Sicilian Family is an…
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