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Thursday, February 22, 2018, 6pm. Olivia Kate Cerrone reads from The Hunger Saint (Bordighera Press, 2017). Camilla Trinchieri reads from Seeking Alice: A Novel (SUNY Press, 2016) John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. All events are free and open to the public. RSVP...

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January 31, 2018. 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm. John D Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036, USA. Book Presentation: Il dio di New York, by Luigi Fontanella In 1910, at the age of sixteen, Pasquale D'Angelo emigrated to the United States from Abruzzo, Italy, looking for a better life in New York. He experienced signific...

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The Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar™ is a three-week summer program that takes place at Roma Tre University from June 11 to 29, 2018. It is designed to introduce participants (doctoral students and professors) to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic perspectives and to foster development of individual projects...

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There are three reasons, among others, that have convinced me, as dean, to have the Calandra Institute remain officially neutral on the issue of the Christopher Columbus controversy. The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute is a university-wide research institute. It is, secondly, funded primarily by the State of New York with tax-levied mon...

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Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 6pm - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. "Sambuca: A Digital Return" by Donna Gabaccia, University of TorontoVast claims have been made for the revolutionary potential of the Digital Humanities but few have subjected such claims to intense scrutiny. This talk...

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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...

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 6 PM. This program is free and open to the public and will take place at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, NY 10036. For more information, call 212-642-2094. Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Lecture Series: In Education Begin Responsibilities or "They d...

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“Abbiamo bisogno di alimentare e incoraggiare un processo di rieducazione della società, della collettività, con l’obiettivo di pensare più profondamente alla nozione di italics. Anche se certo, lo dobbiamo fare in questo momento storico che, per i motivi che conosciamo, è più duro di altri”. Il professor Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean del John D. C...

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Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6pm. Pizza Shop: An Italian-American Dream (2017), 57 minutes. Antony Osso, dir. - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036. Post-screening discussion with the director led by Rocco Marinaccio, Manhattan College.Pizza Shop features brothers Carmine (Charlie) and...

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Parlare di ospitalità non è semplice. E non da oggi. Le conflittualità relative a questo termine, così accogliente e ostile allo stesso tempo, e a tutto ciò che ne consegue, si trovano fin dall’etimologia stessa della parola. Fin dall’origine. Perché ospitalità deriva dal latino hospes, che a sua volta condivide la radice con hostis. E può essere i...

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