Italian American Studies Association

Sabato Culturale - Casa Italia Chicago at Casa Italia means exciting cultural events! EVERY SATURDAY MORNING——10 am Continental Breakfast. 10:30 am Start Please register to help us plan for refreshments. Freewill ($5+ suggested) donations ...

From Casa Italia in Chicago:

Sabato Culturale February schedule
Feb 7: “Life with Luigi” (Dominic Candeloro)
Feb 14: “Garibaldi: Italian Hero” (Don Fiore)
Feb 21: Italian language immersion day (intermediate/advanced)

Details/RSVP: casaitaliachicago.org/sabato-cultu...
Info: casalibrary@gmail.com

Cover of Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association, Volume 5, 2025 Cover image: Art of a father and son entitled "Paternità" by Thomas Brazzolotto

William Boelhower studies Frederic Wertham's book about an Italian American boy who killed his mother for his family's honor + Italian American fiction's portrayal of honor codes in Diasporic Italy 5, an issue on fatherhood. cc: @iasa1966.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/di/artic...

Tomorrow! Feb 3, 4PM
Seminar: "Crumbling Beauty, An Environmental History of Italian Cinema" On classic, forgotten, & emergent Italian films; climate crisis; memories of traumatic events. Laura Di Bianco w/ film prof. Jane Gaines. Register here: t.co/fikK15KevQ

Cover of Italian American Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Summer 2025 Multi-colored yellow background featuring the art work of Vincent Baldassano—an abstract house design.

Notes in Italian American Review 15.2 include "Robert Viscusi on Pascal D'Angelo and Other Italian American Writers: A Conversation" by Dennis Barone, @bgfirmani.bsky.social, Siân Gibby. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti... cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social

Come see IASA member Jessica Femiani speak at this discussion, taking place at SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway

Photo of Ryan Calabretta-Sajder with a copy of Diasporic Italy

Photo of Alan J. Gravano with a copy of Italian Americana

Photo of David Aliano with a copy of Italian American Review

Diasporic Italy editor Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Italian Americana editor Alan Gravano, & Italian American Review editor David Aliano dropped by the UIP table at the @iasa1966.bsky.social
conference today! #IASANJ2025
Access our virtual exhibit here: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ia...

IASA is honored to recognize Ryan Calabretta-Sajder’s appointment as the holder of the Antonio
Marinoni and Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Endowed Chair in Italian at the University of Arkansas.
In addition, he was recently
recognized with the Ordine della Stella d’Italia. Congratulations Ryan!

Photo of Italian American Review, Italian Americana, Diasporic Italy, Italica, and Journal of American Ethnic History on a table at a conference.

It’s Italian American Heritage Month! Get to know our Italian and cultural studies journals and check out a recommended article from each, free to access until December 31, 2025! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ce...

cc: @iehs.bsky.social
@calandrainstitute.bsky.social
@iasa1966.bsky.social

Join UIP in welcoming Alan J. Gravano as the new editor of Italian Americana! His inaugural issue, Volume XLIII, Number 1, is out now. Check out our Q&A with him on the blog: www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ne...

Registration now open for IASA's 57th Annual Conference, to be held at Montclair State University, NJ on Nov. 6-9. www.italianamericanstudies.net/events/57th-...

The Elections Committee is soliciting nominations, including self-nominations, for three Executive Council positions. Candidates must be an IASA member for at least two years. The 3-year term begins on January 1. See newsletter for contact details!

Overlooked No More: Tina Modotti, Whose Life Was as Striking as Her Photographs

Glad the @nytimes.com finally recognized Tina Modotti by running an obituary of this immigrant activist and artist.

I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series

I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Sept 23, 6 pm
Unpacking Memories of World War II Italian Captivity in Africa: Music, Theater, Literature, and Art Making in POW Camps
Elena Bellina, New York University

This presentation analyzes the diverse forms of artistic production developed by Italian POWs in different African regions.

Sept 9, 6pm
Captive Sites of Memory: Conflicting Italian Identities in the United States During World War II
Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College

This talk considers the material legacies of surveillance, restrictions, and imprisonment of different groups in the US in the WWII era.

Cover of Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association, Volume 4, 2024 Cover image: Band at the sacristy door of the wooden St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, circa 1910.

🧑‍🏫 Check out "Teaching Italian Immigration in the US South: A Redesign of the Italian American Studies Curriculum through Inclusive Teaching and Social Justice Pedagogy " by Alessia Martini in Diasporic Italy Vol. 4. ‪cc: @iasa1966.bsky.social‬ scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/di/artic...

Announcing the 2025 Italian American Studies Association Book Award! Have you published a creative work between January 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025? Nominations may be made by a publisher or a member in good standing. Deadline July 15, 2025. For more info: www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/booka...

Interview with co-curator Laura Ruberto about the exhibit CREATIVITY and WORLD WAR II ITALIAN POWS in the UNITED STATES which shows the artistry of Italian soldiers held by Allied forces in the US. tv.cuny.edu/homepage/sho... @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a special issue of the ‘ITALIAN AMERICAN REVIEW’
Mobilizing Memory: Sacco and Vanzetti on the Centennial of Their Executions 
Abstracts Due: July 1, 2025

Call for Papers for the Institute's 2026 annual conference on the theme of "Religions, Beliefs, and the Supernatural in Italy and across Italian Mobilities." DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SEPTEMBER 15th.

Tomorrow is the last day to submit a proposal for IASA's 57th Annual Conference, to be held at Montclair State University. www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/2025-...

Bordighera Press - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Pietro "Pete" Panto Italian Diaspora Labor Dissertation Fellowship Scope of the Fellowship  The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, a university-wide institute under the aegis of Queens College, The City University of New York, is offering a fellowship for g...

Deadline is today to apply for the Pietro "Pete" Panto Italian Diaspora Labor Dissertation Fellowship. bordigherapress.submittable.com/submit/28582...

IASA is now on Bluesky! Please be sure to follow us and don't forget to submit your proposal for our annual conference, to be held Nov. 6-9 at Montclair State University.