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July 11, 2011
Why Liberal Arts Should Be About All Languages.
2010 proved to be an intriguing year with regard to language studies. We saw some programs hit hard, others were actually saved (or so it seems), and others still were re-launched..
October 9, 2010
Some Night Thoughts on the Termination of Italian Language Programs
It surely seems that the termination and/or reduction of Italian studies programs is becoming a habitual thing. Even if not, what can we do about it?
September 28, 2010
Duty calls!
We simply can no longer sit back and react with a “tsk tsk,” a “Mamma Mia,” or a shake of the head and then go about our own business, when some of our co-ethnics...
June 24, 2010
Italian Studies and Its Various and Sundry Challenges...
A Sure Bet: From Italy to England, to the rest of the Western World!
Over the past forty years, from high-school teaching to the university, and into the community, working within Italian Studies has had it challenges, to be sure. In spite of the...
June 3, 2010
Two "paesani" to duke it out...
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Italian America's Dynamic Duo
We have two Italian Americans up for the governorship! What's a "paesano" to do? Let us please have your thoughts!
May 16, 2010
Arizona Ethnic Studies Bill And Then Some...
Cittadini di Trattinopoli...
I wrote about one thing on the Calandra Institute list-serve (the Arizona Ethnic Studies Bill), and, among the many responses, people spoke to another issue, as you can see below....
March 30, 2010
Piero Bassetti's "Lezioni italiche"
As we look at Italy's contemporary immigration policies and the resultant challenges, we sometimes muse that, had Italy studied more profoundly its own historical emigration,...
January 21, 2010
Guido: an Italian American Youth Style
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, January 21. My opening comments for "Guidos, an Italian American Youth Style"
August 31, 2009
Per un “Verso” o per l’altro, non è un caso “Piccolo” da scartare*
Photo by Fuvio Minichini for i-Italy
We need Italian language classes in our public schools, as well as courses in Italian/American history and culture. Both are necessary for our culture to thrive into the future.
July 12, 2009
Saving the AP in Italian. Is it just a question of money?
Edizioni Farinelli
Some not-too-random thoughts on the current situation of the Advanced Placement Program in Italian and who else might be able to come to the rescue…
June 6, 2009
And now what…?
We simply need to do more. Much as we have made overall progress in the diffusion and representation of Italian and Italian/American culture and history in the United States, we...
May 1, 2009
Remembering John Marchi: A One of a Kind, to be sure!
Sen. John Marchi makes last minute adjustments on secession bills before delivering them to the state capitol, Albany. With Marchi, from left, are Secession Commission member Andrew Cappelli and Executive Director Dr. Joseph Viterilli. (1994-Advance file photo)
New York State Senator Giovanni (John) Marchi died at the age of 87, on Saturday April 25, less than a month shy of his 88th birthday while on a family trip in Italy.
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