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A conference presented by The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Saturday, March 16, 2002, 10 AM-6 PM The Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall The…
Ana Cara, Oberlin College Folklorist Ana Cara is the Chair of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College and has published a book on Jorge Luis Borges’…
Joseph Inguanti, Southern Connecticut State University Joseph J. Inguanti is an Associate Professor of Art History at Southern Connecticut State University. His research interests include…
Special Guest Lecturer: Luisa Del Giudice The mythic Land of Cockaigne projected a gastronomic utopia or “poor man’s paradise” featuring mountains of cheese, rivers of…
A symposium presented by The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College, CUNY Saturday, May, 11, 2002 1:00PM – 5:30 PM. The Baisley…
Constructed in 1905 by immigrant baker and peddler Francesco Lisanti, this private Roman Catholic chapel was once the spiritual center for the Lisanti family and…
Giancarlo Lombardi, College of Staten Island, CUNY Giancarlo Lombardi will examine the role Paris plays in recent cinematic and literary texts about Italian terrorism. Paris…
“ has produced a striking novel whose compositional principle is silence. This is a book all Italian Americans can benefit from reading, not for what…
A symposium presented by: The John D. Calandra Italian American Insitute Queens College/CUNY and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University Saturday, October 5, 2002 12:30–…
Christian Messenger Chris Messenger is the author of The Godfather and American Culture: How the Corleones Became “Our Gang” (2002) and Professor of English at…
“Graceful … manages to handle an enormous amount of emotional material with a light touch…. struggle is urgent and real. Giardina makes us care, in…