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New Motivations for Italian Americans in the 21st Century. ILICA. Interview with A.J. Tamburri

Vincenzo Marra

Ilica in its 7th year of activity. On November 9, 2010, they will celebrate the painter, Maestro Alessandro Marrone from Arezzo. Illustrious guests on the evening of November 10...

Re-thinking Italian-American Studies. A National Symposium at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

On Sept. 10-11, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY will host a symposium of the current Distinguished Professors and holders of endowed/named...

A Comprehensive Journey through the Italian American Teaching Experience

Simona Zecchi

The book edited by Edvige Giunta and Kathleen Zamboni McCormick takes us through Italian America from the great migration through contemporary American politics and culture

"Terre Promesse". Italian Topography at the Calandra Institute

Marina Melchionda

On April 22-24, the Calandra Italian American Institute will host "Terre Promesse: Excursions Towards Italian Topographies", a conference that will guide you on a journey through...

57 Reasons to Learn Italian

Marina Melchionda

On March 23-25 the Marriott Hotel in Times Square hosted the 57th edition of the North Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language. We walked around the Italian Boot...

Triestine Girls: Reflections on the Istrian Exodus

Benedetta Grasso & Eleonora Mazzucchi

The documentary "Le Ragazze di Trieste" will be screened at Calandra Institute on April 29 2010 at 6PM. On this occasion we reflect on this somewhat hidden mass exodus that...

More Than Meatballs (Encounters With Celebrity Chefs, Foodies and the Universal Italian-American Bond of Our Cuisine)

Johnny DeCarlo

Food brings Americans together, especially those of Italian ancestry...

Miss Italia nel Mondo. New York Chooses its Italian-American Beauties

Alessandra Grandi

We’ll find out in a few months if one of these young women will go to Italy for the world finals, but today we know for certain that five young women have proven themselves and...

50 Italians. Should it be Screened in Schools?

M. M.

Here is the opinion of the director of the Primo Levi Center Natalia Indrimi . Should a documentary that recounts the "gestures" of 50 Italian fascist soldiers who saved a few...

50 Italians. Should it be Screened in Schools?

Marina Melchionda

Should a documentary that recounts the "gestures" of 50 Italian fascist soldiers who saved a few thousands Jews to escape Fascist persecution be screened in Italian schools? Here...

Italianità alternativa

Joey Skee*

“Who, or more precisely, what is an Italian American? To some self-appointed arbiters of italianità, the answer is: Roman Catholic, conservative, and indisputably heterosexual..

Guido: an Italian American Youth Style

Anthony Julian Tamburri

This colloquium is not about the MTV show “Jersey Shore” and it does not justify it in any manner. This colloquium is about the phenomenon of the “Guido” that, regardless...

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