In popular culture, connections between the American West and Italy rarely extend beyond the Italian “spaghetti Westerns” of the 1960s. But the idea of the American frontier has influenced Italy since the late 19th century.

Renée Laegreid, a professor of history at the University of Wyoming, will discuss three waves of western American influences on Italy and how Italians have used that mythology for their own personal, political and financial purposes. She will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Butch’s Den, CUB L60.

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Source: https://news.wsu.edu/