MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 | 6:00 P.M. EST This Columbus Day, the National Italian American Foundation invites you to sit down with our panel of experts as we discuss the debate over the celebration of Christopher Columbus and his legacy in America. Our panelists George Bochetto, William Connell, and Anthony Wisniewski, will break down the history behind e...

Professor William J. Connell, who is an expert on Italian history, joins Tim to talk about the life of Christopher Columbus. Bill is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow and holder of the La Motta Endowed Chair in Italian History at Seton Hall University. He’s also the co-editor of the Routledge History of Italian Americans.  In this episode, we’ll learn abou...

Fri, 05/01/2020 - 5:00pm. Dalle lotte per il lavoro a Pelosi e Pompeo: A Conversation [in ITALIAN] with Stanislao Pugliese (Hofstra) and William Connell (Seton Hall). Stefano Vaccara (Editor in Chief, La Voce di New York) in conversazione con Stanislao Pugliese (Hofstra University) e William Connell (Seton Hall University). The episode will be broa...

In libreria dal 3 febbraio 2020. Sono diverse le pubblicazioni che negli anni hanno trattato la storia degli italoamericani, ma ciò che rende innovativa la Storia degli italoamericani di William J. Connell e Stanislao G. Pugliese – la cui edizione italiana è curata da Maddalena Tirabassi – è la scelta di raccontare una storia di lungo periodo. Part...

Il 5 dicembre si è tenuta presso il Centro Studi Americani di Roma la presentazione del libro Storia degli italoamericani, pubblicato negli Stati Uniti lo scorso anno dalla Routledge—The Routledge History of Italian Americans (2018)—e adesso tradotto ed edito in Italia da Le Monnier-Mondadori Università. Erano presenti William J. Connell, curatore...

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, 6 pm. The Routledge History of Italian Americans. Edited by William J. Connell and Stanislao G. Pugliese. Free, open to the public, and held at the Calandra Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. RSVP by calling (212) 642-2094. Editors William J. Connell and Stanislao G. Pugliese, as well as a num...

As controversy and debate rage over the statue of Columbus in NYC and the fate of Columbus Day generally, today might be a good moment for Italian Americans (and others) to ponder the dilemmas and paradoxes of Italian American history. In co-editing a new book, we have come to see Columbus as a prism through which much of Italian American history i...

There are several books that tell in many ways one or more aspects of the Italian American community; and there are some that have been entrusted with the mission of telling it in its entirety. Some of these works are excellent, but in these days a book is coming out that promises to give a never seen before picture of the Italian American experien...