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Nel corso del suo viaggio a New York lo scorso giugno, Il Sindaco di Napoli Luigi de Magistris ha partecipato a una tavola rotonda su invito del J. D. Calandra Italian American Instiotute" della City University di New York. L'istituto è il più grande centro di studi e ricerche negli USA interamente dedicato all'esperienza italiana nelle Americhe....

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by Barbara Gigante Per tornare alle origini di un'interrogazione sulla cultura specificatamente italoamericana bisogna risalire al 1825. È Ugo Foscolo, insospettabilmente, a darne notizia e a formulare in un carteggio, per la prima volta, un pensiero esplicitamente rivolto a questa sottocategoria letteraria.   Fino al 1885 se ne perdono poi...

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Please join us in celebrating . . .- Reading, reception, and book signing of the 2013 Poetry Prize winner Joelle Biele's collection of poems, Broom, translated into Italian by Irene Marchegiani and Emanuele Pettener.- 25 years since Bordighera Press began publishing the journal, Voices in Italian Americana, followed by the VIA Folios series in 1993...

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by Anthony J. Tamburri   Study Italian Diaspora Culture. In Calabria through a Unique Summer Program. This three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) takes place June 15th through July 3rd and is designed to introduce participants (doctoral students and professors) to cultural studies of the Itali...

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Dr. Rosemary Serra, a leading research sociologist from the University of Trieste in Italy, has come to New York as a visiting research scholar at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, City University of New York, to investigate the status of Italian American identity within the greater New York area.   The tool...

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The Calandra Institute presents an exhibition by Lo Studio dei Nipoti ("The Studio of the Grandchildren"), a nonprofit artist collective for U.S. artists of southern Italian ancestry. The works featured here, by artists Nancy Agati, Cianne Fragione, Rose Michelle Taverniti, and Marisa Tesauro, represent an effort to engage with immigrant culture in...

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Directed by Evan T. CummingsTranslated by Francesco Meola and Evan T. CummingsStarring Francesco Meola and others TBA. Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 6 p.m.John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alumni Association899 10th Avenue, #623, New York, NY   A very special world premiere of a play discovered by Evan T. Cummings in his attic. Cummings'...

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GENERAL DUTIES - Writes and prepares written material on a variety of topics such as students, alumni, faculty, campus facilities, academic programs, and/or events. - Researches and writes news releases, brochures, profiles, announcements, e-news stories and other materials as needed - Reviews and proofreads drafts prepared by other staff - Pro...

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We are pleased to announce the publication of the Calandra Institute's 2016 College Scholarship Handbook. This directory provides information on well over one hundred scholarships available to Italian American students and students of Italian studies.   Please be advised that the Calandra Institute does not provide additional scholarship inf...

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da Goffredo Palmerini   C'è sempre un affanno a riordinare idee ed emozioni, quando si rientra da un viaggio all'estero. Specie quando ormai s'attendono il racconto. E quando capita che si torni d'ottobre da New York, nel periodo di maggior opportunità per essere quello il mese canonico della cultura italiana nella Grande Mela, e del Columbu...

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