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A multi-media show, in Italian with English subtitles. Renowned Corriere della Sera journalist, Gian Antonio Stella, will recount the stories of Italian immigration (1876-1976) from…
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi is a music-filled exploration of the celebrated composer who pioneered the crossover of jazz and pop. Vince Guaraldi’s accomplishments include…
Panelists to include: Silvana Mangione, Editorial Director IDEA Publications; Tiziano Dossena, author of Doña Flor, an Opera by Niccolò van Westerhout; Elizabeth P. Vallone, author…
A true lover of words, history and “patria,” Umberto E is the tender story of ninety-year old Umberto Evangelista’s own vivid recollections of his life…
Participants include: Professors Gabriella Autorini and Pasquale Stanzione of the University of Salerno and jurists of the Provinces of Salerno and Avellino; Rocco Manzolillo, President,…
Marcella Bencivenni, Hostos Community College Italian Americans possess a vibrant, if largely forgotten, radical past. In this presentation, Marcella Bencivenni, author of Italian Immigrant Radical…
This afternoon symposium will explore research and treatment issues with Italian Americans. First, Dr. Donna Chirico will discuss her research on Italian American racial and…
Professors Peter Carravetta, Teresa Fiore, and Paolo Valesio will discuss Maurizio Molinari’s recent book, Gli italiani di New York (Laterza, 2011). Comments also by Dist.…
It is the summer of 1978. Half-Jewish, half-Italian Samantha Bonti is fifteen-years-old and living in Bensonhurst with her mother Joan, a cynic scarred by a…
With the passing of Philip Cannistraro in 2005 the historical world lost a giant in the field of Italian and Italian-American History. Cannistraro contributed groundbreaking…
Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani has gathered estimable lessons from her two grandmothers, revealing how their values have shaped her own life. In Don’t Sing at…
Cyril Isnart, Universidade de Évora The Alpine border village of Tende, once a part of Italy, has been a French commune since 1947. Piemontese migration…