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Joseph Sciorra

@josephsciorra.bsky.social

ethnographer folklorist cultural historian: material culture*italian diaspora*religious studies. presepe builder. director of Academic & Cultural Programs at Calandra Institute, a CUNY-wide research institute

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The $1,000 fellowship is for graduate students who are writing their dissertation on any topic involving Italian emigrant and/or Italian ethnic labor and/or working-class life either in the United States or in the wider Italian diaspora.

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14.01.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alberto Grandi debunking Italian food myths. β€œItalian cuisine did not migrate. It was invented abroad by people who had finally found something to eat.”

15.12.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Nearly a century later, it’s astonishing to see β€œa person whose grandfather was an immigrant engaging in such abhorrent and violent treatment of contemporary migrants,” Joseph Sciorra β€” the director of academic programs at the Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY β€” said of Bovino.

15.12.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

such a petty lowlife

29.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More news about the book β€˜Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move’ with my article β€œThe Visual Culture of Italian Migrant Return: Snapshots at the Crossroads of Home Visits and Touristic Itineraries”

17.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two talks! See you in Madison.

14.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I co-edited this special issue of the β€˜Italian American Review’ on the topic of periodicals in the Italian diaspora

26.09.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a treat gathering with contributors to present my article β€œThe Visual Culture of Italian Migrant Return: Snapshots at the Crossroads of Home Visits and Touristic Itineraries” in this exciting new book

26.09.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool 3D rendering of an exhibit I co-curated!

19.08.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Resisting Italian American identity and politics as racist and xenophobic.

22.07.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Italian Americans for Zohran www.instagram.com/italiansforz...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

17.07.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My chapter in β€˜Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move’ (out this month with @nyupress.bsky.social) looks at family photos and the #visualculture of Italian migrant home visits.
@kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social

04.06.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Daffy Duchamp

27.05.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i hear you. i have over 400 followers and hardly a LIKE to posts. hard to to get traction

26.05.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m excited to have an article in this collection about photos of Italian migrant home visits.

13.05.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

indeed

11.05.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago Park District to loan Columbus statue to Italian American group for museum, end lawsuit The City of Chicago, which owns the statues, will not be bringing the statues back to their former sites in Grant Park and Arrigo Park.

seems like a trend, similar to what happened in Chicago www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

10.05.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

07.05.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣😞

07.05.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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May 1 the exhibit @josephsciorra.bsky.social & I curated opens: CREATIVITY AND WORLD WAR II ITALIAN POWS IN THE UNITED STATES

I was happy to be in NYC to celebrate it w/colleagues, friends, former students and a curators-selfie!

pics/info @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
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29.04.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A broadcast of the @radiopopolare.bsky.social program "Sacca di diavolo" on the subject of European #Easter #folkmusic with hosts Giancarlo Nostrini and Marco ??, April 18, 1992. youtu.be/-BlWJllhrp0?...

18.04.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a rotten shame

17.04.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our exhibit, opening May 1st, β€œCreativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States,” curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, and designed by Polly Franchini, is coming together. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social

17.04.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Martin Wong, Medici of the Aerosol Art Set (Gift Article) A patron saw the beauty in graffiti when most of the world thought it was mere nuisance. Now the writing (of Lee QuiΓ±ones, Rammellzee, Futura and others) is on the museum wall.

Martin Wong, the β€œCosimo de’ Medici of the aerosol set.” His collection is highlighted in β€œAbove Ground,” an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, until August 10th

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12.04.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats! Looking forward to reading it

03.04.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Yorker cartoon.

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Lou Nasti, Who Brought Christmas Displays to Extravagant Life, Dies at 79 (Gift Article) A robotics specialist, he animated puppets and dolls for displays worldwide. His β€œToyland,” with a two-story-high Santa, drew sightseers to a Brooklyn home for years.

I’m sorry to read of Lou Nasti’s passing. I interviewed him in 2006 for my chapter on Christmas house displays for my book β€˜Built with Faith’ (2015). He made Dyker Heights, Bklyn, the mecca of holiday lights.
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26.03.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The next time you see me, I'll be handing you one of these: bookmarks for our edited volume on unauthorized European migrations to the United States (forthcoming May 2025) @dbattisti.bsky.social @illinoispress.bsky.social

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La grande famiglia | RaiPlay Sound Anni '50, una radio di New York crea La grande famiglia, un programma per italoamericani sponsorizzato da un'azienda di pomodoro. Il meccanismo Γ¨ semplice, ma geniale: in cambio di dieci etichette com...

My research informs the new podcast β€œLa Grande Famiglia” about a US radio program that recorded the voices of Italian relatives and aired them.

www.raiplaysound.it/programmi/la...

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