The Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University is pleased to invite you to the Spring 2016 Inserra Chair calendar of cultural programs and educational initiatives in Italian and Italian American Studies. The calendar includes round tables, exhibits, as well as contests and international projects for students...

Pizza is a touchy subject for those that live in New Jersey. Everybody has their favorite place to grab a slice, relax and eat the food that no one does better than New Jersey. Within every town in the state, streets are dotted with Italian­American businesses...

What are the cultural values that underlie Italian businesses in the metropolitan areas of New York and New Jersey? What class-related projects have the ability to demonstrate to students the professional relevance of Italian Studies today? In Fall 2014, students at Montclair State University had the unique opportunity to participate in a project e...

Dancing A Film: Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers Inspires Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten.This multi-part program embraces two events on campus revolving around the dance performance ROCCO at the Kasser Theater of Montclair State University (Feb. 12-15, 2015): a screening and discussion of Luchino Visconti's 1960 classic film Rocco and H...

The documentary MEN OF THE CLOTH will have its New Jersey premiere on May 4, 2014, at the third annual Montclair Film Festival. The film by Vicki Vasilopoulos is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors. It had its World Premiere at DOC NYC, the largest documentary film festival in the U.S.   The men's lifestyle magazine A &...

The Cen­ter for Ital­ian & Ital­ian Amer­i­can Cul­ture & The Cagliari Club of NY invite you to an evening of deli­cious food and great entertainment! Come to Trum­pets Jazz Club & Restau­rant, 6 Depot Square, Mont­clair, for a Cul­tural Encounter! MONDAY, MAY 11TH   COOKING CLASS — 6:00 PM. Pre­pare mal­lored­dus(typ­i­cal...

by Teresa Politano   Given the swarms of Italian restaurants in this state, and the fierce loyalty they inspire, it might be fair to classify a significant portion of the job of a Jersey restaurant critic as waxing poetic over one meatball or another. Which is no small writing challenge, waxing poetic over a meatball. Of course, one mig...

By Laura Caparrotti Mentre il Teatro delle Albe si avviava alla conclusione della sua esperienza americana con uno spettacolo il 18 Febbraio alla Montclair State Univeristy (all'interno del programma di attività della cattedra Inserra in Italiano e Studi Italo-Americani) e alcune performance a Chicago, mi sono fermata a ragionare di teatro con i f...

The Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies is pleased to invite you to a panel on the historical and contemporary role of Italian media in the U.S. (Tuesday April 12, 2016 6:30-8:30). The program features visiting scholar Bénédicte Deschamps (University of Paris Diderot - Université Paris Sorbonne Cité), newspaper editor Maurita Card...

By Maurita Cardone La cultura italiana ha tante voci e per farle arrivare oltreoceano servono buone istituzioni culturali. Alla Montclair State University del New Jersey, la cattedra Inserra in Italiano e Studi italo-americani, intitolata a Theresa Inserra, offre un cartellone di eventi dedicati alla cultura italiana a trecentosessanta gradi. Tit...