Lingue Migranti: The Global Languages of Italy and the Diaspora
This year’s annual, two-day conference seeks to build on the growing literature dealing with language and migration as it concerns Italy and the diaspora. Click…
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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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Mussolini’s National Project in Argentina
David Aliano, College of Mount Saint VincentJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036During the 1920s and 1930s, Mussolini’s regime used propaganda to promote fascist Italian ideologies in Argentina. Although politically a failure, the attempt provoked a debate…
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SYMPOSIUM: Caring for Your Loved One: Planning Strategies for Elder Care. Options for the Italian-American Family.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In light of population aging and high disability rates among the elderly, many Italian American families face difficult decisions concerning hospitalization and care arrangements…
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Book Presentation: Poetry by Maria Famà and Prose by George Guida
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Book Presentation with MARIA FAMÀ & GEORGE GUIDA Friday May 17, 2013 6:30-8:30 pm Bordighera Press hosts an evening with Maria Famà and George Guida,…
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Travelling Theater, Travelling Languages
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Performances by Teatro della Ginestra and Francesco Foti, moderated by Lucia Grillo (Calandra Institute). Part of the “In Scena Italian Theater Festival NY.”
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Lo Studio dei Nipoti: Four Artists. September 12, 2013 through January 10, 2014
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The Calandra Institute presents an exhibition by Lo Studio dei Nipoti (“The Studio of the Grandchildren”), a nonprofit artist collective for U.S. artists of southern…
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Workshop on “Intercomprehension” and Multilingualism: Teaching Italian to Romance Language Speakers
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Introduction and objectives of the workshop This workshop intends to introduce both the high-school and college teacher of Italian to new methodologies in teaching the…
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Italian Identity in the Third Millennium
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036This symposium is a continuation—a sort of inter-mission—of the last three symposia ILICA has sponsored on the topic. After two events last fall and a…
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Book Presentation: Italian Signs, American Politics, edited by Ottorino Cappelli
Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing NY 11367Italian Signs, American Politics: Current Affairs, Historical Perspectives, Empirical Analyses. Ottorino Cappelli, editor. This book analyses intra-ethnic elections in the United States, in the circumstance of…
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Domenica Ruta reads from With or Without You: A Memoir (Spiegel & Grau, 2013)
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Domenica Ruta’s With or Without You is a lyrical memoir about a chaotic childhood in a working-class town, the power—and sometimes stranglehold—of a mother-daughter relationship,…
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“Made by Italians” The Economic and Social Impact of Italian Immigration to the United States: New Perspectives
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036The aim of this conference is to expand the range of investigations into the complex material and economic relationship between the United States and Italy…
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Paese Mio Bello: An Exploration of Early Italian-American Music
Todd Cambio, Fraulini Guitar CompanyJohn D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036In the early twentieth century, U.S. recording companies began producing records of music from the traditions of various recent immigrant groups. These recordings included folk…
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