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On Roberto Saviano, Italy's Anti-Mafia Struggle, and Italian-American Anti-Defamation Activism

George DeStefano

In the first of a series of commentaries by Italian-American intellectuals on Roberto Saviano's recent talk about Mafia at the New York University, George DeStefano holds that...

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

De Laurentis: “I want to bring Italian cinema to American universities and S.S.C. Napoli in New York”

Letizia Airos

In Washington we were able to interview Aurelio De Laurentis, who received the "United States - Italy Friendship Award" at the NIAF Gala. He told us about his American projects...

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...

National Italian American Foundation Official Statement: MTV’s “Jersey Shore”

Joseph V. Del Raso (NIAF President)

Editors’ Note: We do not doubt that the media can and have had a dilatory effect on how certain members of society may look upon others. We also realize that Italian Americans...

Fear and (Self-) Loathing in Italian America

Joey Skee

The Specter of the Gavon Haunts the Prominenti.

Jersey Shore: The Split on Stereotyping

Marisa Iallonardo

Summing up the Italian-American controversy of the month. On newspapers, on television, and on the net...

NIAF’s 34th Anniversary Gala. A conversation with President Joseph Del Raso

Anthony J. Tamburri *

This coming October 23rd and 24th the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will hold its 34th Anniversary Gala and Annual Convention, in Washington, DC. i-Italy interviewed...

Amici della Cultura Italiana: Passing the Torch in U.S. Universities

Rachele D’Emidio Bennett

What does it mean to be Amici della Cultura Italiana? For many young people it means being part of a fast-growing network of student-run Italian clubs promoted by the Coccia...

Standing ovation for Gina Lollobrigida at NIAF Gala

The Gala was attended by Barbara Sinatra, wife of music legend Frank Sinatra, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and the former Mayor of New York...

Deriving Strength from Annoyance: A Conversation with NOIAW's Founder and Chairwoman

Eleonora Mazzucchi

Aileen Riotto Sirey, Founder and Chairwoman of the National Organization of Italian Amerian Women (NOIAW), talks identity, the Sopranos and why "noia", the Italian word for...

NIAF. Two Days of Italian/American Affairs

Anthony J. Tamburri°

This past weekend, October 12 and 13, the National Italian American Foundation held its annual gala in Washington, DC

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