Dear Colleagues,

This is just a little reminder to make sure you vote for the Italian American Forum. I am one of the candidates and would appreciate your support. I am dedicated to increasing the interdisciplinary nature of our field along with our visibility outside of the US, particularly in Canada, Italy, and Latin/South America. At the 2019…[Read more]

Please see the IASA Conference Program: https://www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/conference-2018

Dear Colleagues,

We hope you consider joining us for an Italian American Studies Working Group aimed at discussing Italian Americans in the Media. The two sessions will take place the following times:

• Italian Americans On-Screen I: Friday, January 4, 2019 from 10:15-11:30am, Grand Suite 5 (Hyatt Regency)
• Italian Americans On-Screen II:…

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The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]

<b>— Call for Papers —</b>

“The Conflicts of Immigration Past and Present:

The Position[ing] of Italians and the Diaspora”

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<b>October 18-20, 2018</b>

<b>Submission Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2018</b>

<b>Upload/submit proposals to Submittable:</b>

<b>https://italianamericanstudies.submittable.com/submit</b&gt;

<b>For inquirie…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,
Please see the attached opportunity for those who work in Italian American
Studies. This is a wonderful opportunity for scholars of any rank. For more
information, see the link below or write directly to Margherita Ganeri.

A new Fulbright Lectureship in Italian American Culture and Literature  has
been established at the…[Read more]

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Call for Papers: Theorizing Italian Diaspora Studies

Italian American Studies Association 2017

University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy

June 16-18, 2017

In the last twenty years, the term diaspora has become increasingly popular within academia. The scholarly appropriation of a term historically associated with the tragic dispersal of a…[Read more]

In conjunction with the MLA theme: #States of Insecurity, this panel seeks contributions that complicate notions of assimilation and the assimilated Italian American. How has Italian American radicalization been minimized, erased, or marginalized in favor of the assimilation tale of struggle, hard work, and success? How have Italian radical…[Read more]