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November 11, 2007

Italian Passages. Thoughts from the 40th AIHA Annual Conference

George De Stefano

The recent AHIA 40th Annual Conference eschew the language of nostalgia and “filiopietistic triumphalism” in favor of critical engagement with the complexities and heterogeneity of the Italian American past and present.

Fear of Being Romanian in Rome

From Italy by Maria Rita Latto

Daniela decided to came to Italy years ago because, after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, she lost her job. Now she takes care of our old father. But the death of Giovanna Reggiani has created in her a deep fear...

"La Spartenza". Valigie da non dimenticare

Letizia Airos Soria

"La Spartenza", spettacolo teatrale con la regia di Enzo Toto, è stato presentato a New York. I giovani attori del Teatro del Baglio di Vìllafrati, hanno raccontato i diari di Tommaso Bordonaro contadino di Bolognetta, emigrato in NewJersey con la sua famiglia

November 7, 2007

"An Italian/American State of Mind" - A Rejoinder

Anthony Julian Tamburri

Earlier today I posted a response to Tom Verso’s thoughts that he posted November 4 on H-Itam. I share them below, albeit slightly modified for our readers of i-Italy.

November 7, 2007

The Corleone Day Parade

Robert Viscusi

Italian Americans have a long history of taking offense and of consuming big meals. Maybe it’s time they started to laugh at themselves and to eat less.

American Italian Historical Association Celebrates 40 Years of Intellectualism!

Anthony J, Tamburri°

The American Italian Historical Association (AIHA) held its 40th annual conference on Italian/American Studies. Interdisciplinary in origin, this year’s conference included papers and sessions on Italians in the West (specifically, Colorado), re-making Italian/American history, the challenges of setting up archives, re-visiting Sacco and Vanzetti, investigating new expressions of italianità through visual media such as “Hip Wop,” cinema, and “Italian” TV cooking shows, and many other topics...

The Sangiovese Family

Charles Scicolone

Some thoughts after a Sangiovese seminar sponsored by Ruffino, a major Italian wine producing company that produces Chianti Classico and other Sangiovese-based wines

November 5, 2007

The Sangiovese Family

Charles Scicolone

Some thoughts after a Sangiovese seminar sponsored by Ruffino, a major Italian wine producing company that produces Chianti Classico and other Sangiovese-based wines.

Claudio Angelini. Promoter of the Italian Culture

Letizia Airos Soria

Angelini, writer, poet and journalist. At the height of his career he knew how to translate his lengthy experience as an able communicator to his new appointment as Direttore dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York. After 4 years in Park Ave. Angelini leaves with a new book in print and a lot of new projects

Giuseppe Giacomini on YouTube: "Try Going to the Theater and Experiencing the Artists in Person"

Luigi Boccia

The tenor has released an interview on July 8th 2006 published on YouTube by Agatarco. The interview is in Italian. Reading the comments, though, we found people who wished that this interview could be translated in English, accessible to a larger audience of opera lovers

Convegno di studi. Nuove generazioni italoamericane

Chiara Zamin

Cinque professori universitari (Donna Chirico, York College CUNY, Vincenzo Milione, Pierre Tribaudi, Joseph Sciorra del John D. Calandra Institute, Donald Tricarico del Queensborough Community College) hanno presentato i loro studi nel corso di una conferenza organizzata dal Calandra Italian American Institute dal titolo “Contemporary Italian-American Youth” tenutasi recentemente al Queens College.

SOLIDARITY. Africa's Grand Hotel in Milan, Viale Forlanini.

Illegal African immigrants living in a former military establishment in Viale Forlanini, Milan. Produced by La Svolta Umanista, a social organization that manages a "neighborood TV" necasted via YouTube.

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