Fred Misurella reads from Lies to Live By.
Fred Misurella’s Lies to Live By (Bordighera, 2005) dissects contemporary America by focusing on Italian Americans from various walks of life, especially as they relate…
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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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Folk Music and Modernity in Southern Italy
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036A symposium presented by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. This seminar, with accompanying music and video, explores the social changes occurring in contemporary…
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I Build the Towers (2005), 87 min. Edward Landler and Brad Byer, dirs.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036“I Build the Tower” is the story of the life and work of Sabato “Sam” Rodia, the Italian immigrant who designed and single-handily built in…
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Italian Vernacular Healing and the Enchanted Worldview
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Sabina Magliocco, California State University-Northridge When Italians came to North America, they brought with them a panoply of vernacular healing traditions, from herbal cures to…
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Hand of God (2006), 96 min. Joseph Cultrera, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036How does a film about Catholic clergy abuse not descend into depression? It helps when the victim doesn’t act like one but uses his own…
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The Value of Worthless Lives: Writing Italian-American Immigrant Autobiographies
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Ilaria Serra, Florida Atlantic University “Immigrants left behind sweat and tears, but no memories,” wrote the Italian scholar Giuseppe Prezzolini, in his search for first-person…
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Mary Cappello reads from Awkward: A Detour.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Incomodo. Goffo. Brutto. Spiacevole. Mary Cappello’s immigrant grandfather traced these Italian words in the letters he wrote to her but never sent, words that speak…
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Recent Scholarship on Contemporary Italian-American Youth
Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing NY 11367A symposium presented by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. October 25, 2007 1-5PM Student Union Building, Room 301 Queens College Admission: Free “Italian-American…
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Prisoners in Paradise (2003), 58 min. Camilla Calamandrei, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036During World War II more than 51,000 Italian soldiers were brought to the United States as prisoners of war. Camilla Calamandrei’s documentary Prisoners in Paradise…
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Luigi Fontanella reads from Land of Time: Selected Poems 1972-2003.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036“Luigi Fontanella moves between countries as an Italian who has lived in the United States for many years but returns often to his native land.…
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Diversity’s Blind Spot: Catholic Ethnics on the Faculties of Elite American Universities
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY 25 W. 43rd Street, 17th Floor New York NY 10036Richard Alba, State University of New York-Albany In the United States, Italian Americans and other European groups from predominantly Catholic backgrounds provide a critical test…
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Saints and Sinners (2003), 80 min. Abigail Honor, dir.
Graduate School of Journalism 230 W. 41st Street, Room 308 New York NY 10036After living together for seven years in New York City, Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco decide to get married. But unlike many other gay couples…
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