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Interview with Anthony Julian Tamburri, Distinguished Professor

O. C.

Now, effective this past September 1, Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute is a CUNY Distinguished Professor. The status is conferred...

The Italian Dream in The US

Giulia Madron

On January 28, 2014 the Calandra Italian American Institute of New York organized the event “I Giovani D’Italia: Living Italy in New York,” a panel to discuss the new wave...

La Rocca and his Band. From Palermo to New Orleans, and There Was Jazz

Natasha Lardera

Italian TV personality and famous musician Renzo Arbore presented at the Italian Cultural Institute the documentary From Palermo to New Orleans, and There was Jazz, a tale of...

Reimagining White Ethnicity: a Conversation with Joseph Sciorra

Diana Del Monte

The John D. Calandra Institute's Annual Conference promises to be a memorable one in 2012. "Reimagining White Ethnicity: Expressivity, Identity, Race" brings together scholars...

Mama's Boys of the Bronx: New Reality Show on TLC

Natasha Lardera

Anthony, Frankie, Giovanni, Peter and Chip are grown-up Italian-American men who still live at home. They are in their 30's yet they let their mothers do everything for them. They...

Lady Gaga's Fight Against Spaghetti and Meatballs

N. L.

The popular singer talks eating disorders with a group of young female students during the “It's Our Turn” conference held in Los Angeles. She confessed she was bulimic and...

Our Community, Our Language: What Italian Americans Can Do

Giulio Terzi

Italy's Ambassador to Washington Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, writes about the initiatives to promote Italian language and culture in the U.S. and the opportunities they open to...

What Is in a (Street) Name? Too Much History. And Italian Americans in Chicago Make the Headlines.

Stanislao Pugliese*

A recent petition by Chicago academics to rename Balbo Drive in Chicago has generated a counter-petition and ignited a small controversy in the Italian American community.

Rachelina Vota Si Si Si Si

Annie Rachele Lanzillotto

Dual Citizens Count in June 2011 Referendums

A Chat with Salvatore Salibello

Marcello De Marco

Cavaliere (soon-to-be Commendatore) Salvatore Salibello talks about his life and what it means to be Italian-American in New York

Sicilian and Southern Italian languages: Lessons of Norway and Ireland

Tom Verso

Indigenous languages suppressed by a foreign imposed lingua franca have shown profound capacity to reinvigorate themselves. If the ‘dead national languages’ of Norway and...

Games, Media, and Politics. Does "Mafia II" Defame Italian Americans? Interview with Andre' DiMino

Ottorino Cappelli

Several Italian-American organizations are staging an anti-defamation campaign against the videogame "Mafia II" on the ground that it offends and stereotypes Italian Americans as...

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