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Anthony Tamburri

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

Arizona Ethnic Studies Bill And Then Some...

Anthony Julian Tamburri

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....

"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...

Piero Bassetti's "Lezioni italiche". Send Us Your Questions!

Anthony Julian Tamburri

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,...

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...

Obama, Nancy, and the Health Care Reform Bill. The View from the Italian-American Community on Facebook.

Ottorino Cappelli

In the night of March 21, as soon as the House passed the Health Care Reform Bill, we launched a discussion among our readers on Facebook. "Whatever your opinion on the matter,"...

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...

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