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January 31, 2016
The Coincidence of Italian Cultural Hegemonic Privilege and the Historical Amnesia of Italian Diaspora Articulations
Call for Papers: The Italian American Studies Association's 2016 annual conference takes place November 3-5 at California State University Long Beach. What follows are a call for...
January 24, 2015
What therefore [historical forces of emigration] hath joined together, let not [Italian nationals 100 years later] put asunder
As someone who has been teaching a foreign langauge (Italian) since 1972, I am delighted to see the NYC school system will add or expand 40 dual-language programs: Spanish,...
August 17, 2014
Silence is not always golden...
The Guardian
It remains ever so complexing how horrid and prejudiced commentary from supposed members of mainstream society does not effect any consequences from society at large. Is this an...
December 19, 2013
Things that make you go hmmm...
Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in... and so I paraphrase the words of the fictional character Michael Corleone in "The Godfather III"
November 19, 2013
Bill De Blasio’s Transformative Election
New York State has the largest number of residents of Italian origin in the United States. In addition, New York City can boast the same status. Further still, Italian Americans...
September 24, 2013
Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values
Wikipedia
"Christie at a town hall in March 2011"
Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did...
June 13, 2013
Congratulations to Dr. William A. Covino!
gogreenhall.org
Cal State University Los Angeles has its first new president in 33 years. And he is an Italian American!
May 12, 2013
Italy's PM recognizes historical discrimination against Italian immigrant in the US!
AmericaOggi, 12 May 2013
This article appeared in the Sunday edition of "AmericaOggi". In it's insert "Oggi7", to boot, there is an article by On. Nissoli that is also of great interest to Italian...
May 9, 2013
The Language Requirement. "Ciao, Italiano, a Brooklyn College"
All the people in this photo spoke Italian, a local Pugliese dialect, and English, of course. A good number of their children and grandchildren also speak Italian because, to be sure, their high schools and colleges offered them the opportunity to do so.
In the United States, the requirement to study a language other than English (a.k.a. "foreign language requirement") has always been a hotly contested issue among the...
May 1, 2013
Behind the Closed Doors of the "Professoriate"
The world of post-high school education has always been fascinating, intriguing, and, in a number of cases, perplexing. It is a place where — for four years, usually — young...
March 28, 2013
Really? This is Section A news for the United States?
New York Times website
What follows are a few comments and musings on a topic that I have, for the most part, thought deserved little to no attention in general. I state “in general” because there...
January 14, 2013
Opera at Its Best!
Wikipedia
Luciano Lamonarca is president of the Puglia Center in America, which promotes the Region of Puglia in all its aspects, especially in the creation and exchanges of cultural,...
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