MLA Commons | LLC Italian American | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/ Activity feed for the group, LLC Italian American. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:31:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 90807419de57340455c75c342a050e47 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-15/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:17:04 -0500 Hello!

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2025, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2025. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one can…[Read more]

]]> 0 07d9f3d9553b11542ac3cc1f8b414d2c Alan J. Gravano started the topic Enhancing Engagement Within the MLA LLC Italian American Forum in the forum LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/enhancing-engagement-within-the-mla-llc-italian-american-forum/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:28:59 -0500 Dear Members,

We hope this message finds you well. As we continue to grow and expand our community, we are excited to reach out to our 70 members of the MLA LLC Italian American Forum. Your participation and insights are invaluable, and we aim to create a vibrant and dynamic space for dialogue and collaboration.

We are keen to hear your thoughts…[Read more]

]]> 0 28ab066a1723d5c794a8f2aa8d8a9f52 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic IASA Conference CfP in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/iasa-conference-cfp/ Fri, 10 May 2024 05:48:09 -0400 Call for PapersIASA Annual Conference at Florida Atlantic UniversityOctober 17-20, 2024  Session Title: Italian Americans on the Small Screen or Streaming This session explores the role of Italian Americans via television, streaming services, commercials, etc. Breaking away from Robert Casillo’s traditional definition of Italian-American cine…[Read more]

]]> 0 00389ed1c49f1486378328e2521bc47a Alan J. Gravano uploaded the file: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies to LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1881735/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:57:13 -0400 IASA Guaranteed Allied Organization Session
Session Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies
Session Chair: Alan J. Gravano
Abstract: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be th…[Read more]

]]> 0 28b4170e87bb60b5957ca6597aa19b00 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26425 - Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26425-italian-american-llc-guaranteed-session-call-for-papers/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:15:08 -0500 #26425 – Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers

Title: Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas

New Orleans has for centuries been a port of call and interstitial space beckoning people to its banks, whether through choice, coercion, or bondage.

For the Italian diaspora, New Orleans has been one of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9c1c00b39ff516c2e808144a5be0dbbb Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26426-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-session/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:10:50 -0500 #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session

Title: Italian Creole: Accents and Intersections

This panel takes the rich history of Italian Americans in New Orleans as a starting point for exploring the politics and power of ethnic visibility in New Orleans. Italians and Italian Americans were foundational to the early infrastructure of…[Read more]

]]> 0 817533eba02d9936a04461e39c8eeb59 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26428-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-and-aati/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:07:55 -0500 #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI Nonguaranteed Session

Title:  Helen Barolini’s Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women at Forty

This panel celebrates one of the seminal classics of Italian American literature on the advent of its fortieth anniversary. Helen Barolini’s 1985 anthology marked a fundam…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e3382b23a801b14ce61576b0b8405f3 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #25997: Guaranteed Allied Organization Session for IASA in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/25997-guaranteed-allied-organization-session-for-iasa/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:04:38 -0500 #25997: Allied Organization Session for IASA Guaranteed

Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies

MLA Description: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be the “right reader[s…[Read more]

]]> 0 85122f97ab501d2e4f5d4ac9c1989984 Maria Truglio uploaded the file: Call for Poposals: Comparative Literature Studies to LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1773636/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:32:57 -0500 Call for 500-word article proposals for a special issue of the ‘Comparative Literature Studies’ entitled “Redesigning Modernities.’ The issue seeks studies that identify and explore new paradigms for understanding “modernity”—in all its unevenness and inequities— across the globe, and constructing new cartographies of cultural creation and circulation.

]]> 0 936cac54d27acabdc86f9c8914618966 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic AATI/IASA @ LUCCA Conference CfP in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/aati-iasa-lucca-conference-cfp/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:52:40 -0400 CALL FOR PAPERS AATI/IASA JOINT CONFERENCELucca, IT 2022 The first joint international conference of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) and the Italian American Studies Association (IASA) will take place from May 25-29, 2022 at La Fondazione Campus in Lucca, Italy. In keeping with the missions of  the AATI/IASA, th…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f9783544dd74ad50e890e1ea741da0a Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Multilingual Diasporic Italy: Language(s) in Context in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/multilingual-diasporic-italy-languages-in-context/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:39:58 -0500 Multilingual Diasporic Italy: Language(s) in Context

MLA Call: This session explores the use of language–Italian, Italian dialects, regionalism, Italiese, or even foreign languages–within the context of Italian American e/o Italian diasporic studies. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions from literary to visual and performative…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a11146c0f7d652eb94eb86b17fb8c12 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Challenging the (Italian) American Canon: Past to Present in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/challenging-the-italian-american-canon-past-to-present/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:34:20 -0500 What makes a canon? More importantly, what is the confines, political and literary, faced by installing a canon? By destroying the canon as scholars, do we end up doing more good than bad? What is the future of ethnic writers when considering the canon?

Italian American studies scholar Mary Jo Bona claims that “many factors contributed to the e…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2df2a0c3781ea0a293ff60a1093a8cf Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic MLA Working Group in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/mla-working-group/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:28:52 -0500 MLA Working Group
Transgenerational Trauma in Italian-American Literary, Visual, and Performative Texts
From the shellshock victims of the First World War to adopting the term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma studies cover a wide-ranging area, from psychiatry to transgenerational trauma. In The Traumatic Imagination, Eugene Arva…[Read more]

]]> 0 6578de5aeebefc6f8b87090f4affc6b3 Alan J. Gravano started the topic LLC Italian American 1998-2023 (Twenty-fifth Anniversary) in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/llc-italian-american-1998-2023-twenty-fifth-anniversary/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:19:08 -0500 After the meeting today, I thought about anniversaries. The first LLC IA was San Francisco in 1998. Thus, 2023 will be the 25th anniversary of the LLC.

]]> 0 cfe1e68e77ea8b1cf80826197ec7c547 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/diasporic-italy-journal-of-the-italian-american-studies-association/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:18:46 -0400 Please see the announcement and call for papers for Diasporic Italy.

Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies AssociationInaugural Volume (2021) – Call for Papers Description:Diasporic Italy is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Italian American / Diaspora studies, focusing on timely and v…[Read more]

]]> 0 d4c3c0feca3d531915c3cb11c4a7d358 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Lecture on The Sopranos - July 22, 2020 from 3-4EST in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/lecture-on-the-sopranos-july-22-2020-from-3-4est/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 01:46:13 -0400 Join Jon Cavallero’s for a lecture on family in The Sopranos. See the flyer for more information.

]]> 0 3bc33adc981669ae4289c97c729e2eb9 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic What’s the future have in store for the Italian American Studies Association? in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/whats-the-future-have-in-store-for-the-italian-american-studies-association/ Tue, 19 May 2020 02:23:00 -0400 What’s the future have in store for the Italian American Studies Association? Join the Italian American Studies Association on May 22, 2020 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time for a Zoom Q&A regarding the Lucca Symposium, Pittsburgh Conference, and the new IASA journal published by the University of Illinois Press. The participants will provide updates and a…[Read more]

]]> 0 79ed176d5db700a50b59950fbe578819 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: LLC Italian American - MLA 2021 in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/cfp-llc-italian-american-mla-2021/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 04:36:44 -0500 Title: Trauma & Its Consequences in Italian-Americana E-mail Address: rcalabretta@gmail.comDescription & Requirements: This session explores trauma and Italian Americans, individually, collectively as a community, and on a larger scale as a culture. Open to representations in literature, cinema, and the arts.Submission Deadline: Friday, 20 March…[Read more]

]]> 0 96ca231cd4fb74e29c48f6497d09a3f1 Lina N. Insana started the topic 5-7 November 2020 | IASA in Pittsburgh, PA | Call for Papers and Sessions in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/5-7-november-2020-iasa-in-pittsburgh-pa-call-for-papers-and-sessions/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 19:06:11 -0500 The 53rd Annual IASA Pittsburgh Conference November 5-7, 2020
Mining the Diaspora: Italian-American Materialities, Archaeologies, and Intersections
Submission Deadline: Friday, May 1, 2020
The Italian American Studies Association (IASA formerly the American Italian Historical Association AIHA) celebrates its fifty-third year of academic inquiry…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c1f2ddcbced9be0b9358c199cbe5ef2 Silvia Guslandi started the topic Silvia Guslandi - candidate for upcoming forum delegate election in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/silvia-guslandi-candidate-for-upcoming-forum-delegate-election/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:47:55 -0400 My name is Silvia Guslandi. I hold a Ph.D. in Euro-American Comparative Literature and I am currently a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Chicago (working on Emanuel Carnevali, among other things). Thank you for the honor of considering me as a candidate for the Delegate Assembly. As my research interests are situated…[Read more]

]]> 0 d7bdce8532a00863863a728f0d5ef23f Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic 3rd IASA International Symposium in Italy Call for Papers in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/3rd-iasa-international-symposium-in-italy-call-for-papers/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:16:26 -0400 3rd IASA International Symposium in Italy Call for Papers

May 28-31, 2020

Fondazione Campus

Via del Seminario Prima, 790

Lucca, Italy

http://www.fondazionecampus.it 

Italian Diaspora(s): The Manifestations and Dynamics of Cultural ChangeSubmission Deadline: Saturday, February 1, 2020 https://italianamericanstudies.submittable.com/submit The I…[Read more]

]]> 0 a9216437bac7c38f352661960a283040 Colleen M. Ryan started the topic Colleen Ryan - Candidate for Upcoming Executive Committee Elections in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/colleen-ryan-candidate-for-upcoming-executive-committee-elections/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:21:12 -0400 Fellow Colleagues of Italian/ Italian American / Italian Diaspora Studies ,

My name is Colleen Ryan. I am Professor of Italian at Indiana University and currently serve as Secretary of the Italian American Studies Association. It is an honor for me to be a nominee to represent the MLA’s Italian American forum as an executive committee member, an…[Read more]

]]> 0 988ffb3235e5b2817bbf45499869debc Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: MLA Working Group - Italian Americans on the Page in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/cfp-mla-working-group-italian-americans-on-the-page/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:10:53 -0400 Italian Americans on the Page

Drama, fiction, poetry, migration, diaspora, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, 250-word abstract. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, U of Arkansas, Fayetteville (calabret@uark.edu); Alan Gravano, Rocky Mountain U (alan.gravano@rm.edu)Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Alan J. Gravano, Rocky Mountain U …[Read more]

]]> 0 df07262145b4bfdefda3a1f0923b0afc Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: AATI@MLA - Submission Deadline March 22, 2019 in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/cfp-aatimla-submission-deadline-march-22-2019/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 05:06:45 -0400 Re-Viewing Italian Cinema: New Theoretical Approaches (Guaranteed Session) This panel aims to explore new theoretical trends in Italian cinema that have emerged within the last ten years. Some approaches include the following: critical race theory, eco-criticism, queer theory, affect theory, etc.  Ryan Calabretta-Sajder (<…[Read more]

]]> 0 8dcc42fe143306a8e39c571f3431deb8 Clarissa Clò started the topic MLA 2020 Guaranteed Session CFP: Intersectionality and Italian American Studies in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/mla-2020-guaranteed-session-cfp-intersectionality-and-italian-american-studies/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:19:47 -0500 deadline for submissions: March 25, 2019

Call for Papers for a guaranteed session sponsored by the LLC Italian American Forum at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention on January 9-12, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.

This panel welcomes interdisciplinary approaches to texts in different media and genres that map and reflect…[Read more]

]]> 0 ede4acd7cebc5501c343f66f93a64a11 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Call for Papers AATI  2019 Conference  May 30 – June 2, 2019 Marist College – in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/call-for-papers-aati-2019-conference-may-30-june-2-2019-marist-college/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:48:21 -0500 (Si trova la versione in inglese sotto) 

CALL For Papers AATI  Conference  30 maggio – 2 giugno, 2019 Marist College – Poughkeepsie, NY 

L’AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) comunica che il prossimo convegno si terrà a Poughkeepsie, NY, dal 30 maggio al 2 giugno, 2019, presso Marist College.  Il tema del convegno è aperto, ma l’A…[Read more]

]]> 0 127e9399d3655fa9837b27d637054d78 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic 52nd Annual IASA Conference in Houston — Call for Papers in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/52nd-annual-iasa-conference-in-houston-call-for-papers/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:45:42 -0500 52nd Annual IASA Conference in Houston — Call for Papers — Defying Boundaries, Rais(az)ing Walls: 

Italian Americans Negotiating Borders in a Changing Ethnic Framework Location: Doubletree at Hilton, 6 E. Greenway Plaza; Houston, Texas, 77046

Date: October 31-November 3, 2019

Submission Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2019 Upload/submit proposa…[Read more]

]]> 0 7d9da38db965c50522a63b4bc3e2f172 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic 2nd IASA International Symposium in Italy in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/2nd-iasa-international-symposium-in-italy/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 20:42:29 -0500
  • 2nd IASA International Symposium in Italy

    • CALL FOR PAPERS

    June 20-22, 2019

    Roma Tre University

    Via Valco di San Paolo, 19

    Rome, Italy

    Transposing Landscapes and Identities in the Italian Diaspora: Visual and Verbal Representations 

    Upload/submit proposals to Submittable:https://italianamericanstudies.submittable.com/submit Submission D…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     0e9b3b9019a7efa728000536276b66c1 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Italian American Forum - Executive Committee Elections in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/italian-american-forum-executive-committee-elections/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:38:56 -0500 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]

    ]]>     0     e5a456b438f5c1bbec681d3da5125c83 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Italian American Studies Association - Conference Program in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/italian-american-studies-association-conference-program/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:03:10 -0400 Please see the IASA Conference Program: https://www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/conference-2018

    ]]>     0     59e65ff4b995a07697d72e0b2a3a425f Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Italian American Studies - Working Group in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/italian-american-studies-working-group/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:59:49 -0400 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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    ]]>     0     8578a47ccc50a1bcbaea6505849aafd1 Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2019 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2019-forum-delegate-election-25/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:34:19 -0400 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]

    ]]>     0     001ef0a86c1f048f22447e3e633b6413 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic IASA Conference at UIC: Oct 18-20, 2018. CfPs Due This Friday in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/iasa-conference-at-uic-oct-18-20-2018-cfps-due-this-friday/ Mon, 07 May 2018 03:36:16 -0400 <b>— Call for Papers —</b>

    “The Conflicts of Immigration Past and Present:

    The Position[ing] of Italians and the Diaspora”

    <b> </b>

    <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]

    ]]>     0     3db3b4922c849a8e8c526037a2f45298 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Fulbright Lecturership in Italian American Studies in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/fulbright-lecturership-in-italian-american-studies/ Mon, 07 May 2018 03:30:34 -0400 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]

    ]]>     0     5b3654163bb832dc599a6f4918b23538 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic 51ST ANNUAL IASA CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/51st-annual-iasa-conference-at-university-of-illinois-chicago/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:40:30 -0400 <table id=”m_8324300639792331458templateContainer” border=”0″ width=”600″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”0″>
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    ]]>     0     42b30081a858e7d1bee672d36a9ec31d Clarissa Clò posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: Please consider applying to the following guaranteed […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1600249/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:51:53 -0500 Please consider applying to the following guaranteed session:

    Unlikely Archives and (Un)documented Transactions In Italian Americana

    This panel invites contributions that approach the Italian American experience through a variety of alternative modes, genres and media such as comics, pulp fiction, songs and sound, home movies, performance,…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     c69bea6f1461e28d1f3c4ff61784fcee Nancy Caronia posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: The Business Meeting for LLC Italian American will take […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1594209/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:01:09 -0500 The Business Meeting for LLC Italian American will take place on Friday, January 5 from 10:15 am to 11:30am in Madison 2 at the Sheraton New York Times Square. Anyone who is interested in learning more about LLC IA is welcome to attend. We hope to see you there.

    ]]>     0     947ce3af1d59f6ad53185e1423360f7c Nancy Caronia created the doc MLA LLC Italian American Studies Google Drive Link in the group LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1593579/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:03:21 -0500 0 d352ed66f4bd4462cc30b363debb29b6 Nancy Caronia changed the description of the group LLC Italian American from "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini Jan. 2018 Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2019, 2017–Jan. 2018 Chair Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2020, 2017-2018 Sec. Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2021 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022" to "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2019 Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2020, 2018-2019 Chair Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2021, 2018-2019 Sec. Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022 Mary Ann Trasciatti Jan. 2023 Delegate Assembly Representative: Alan J. Gravano, 2017-2020" https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1593577/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:56:21 -0500 0 a7edac2c37283b6fbdccef477c8b6de6 Nancy Caronia posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: I'm thrilled to announce that this year's MLA Italian […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1593576/ Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:52:42 -0500 I’m thrilled to announce that this year’s MLA Italian American Studies Forum panel has been named a Presidential-themed session. If you are in NYC at MLA and are interested in migration, anarchism, assimilation and Italian American studies, we hope to see you there.

    Session 224: From Anarchism to Assimilation: The Making of Italian…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     7b84825fa9cc067bf95ac0b559272d56 Nancy Caronia posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: Hello everyone, as the outgoing chair of the LLC Italian […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1585836/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:04:15 -0400 Hello everyone, as the outgoing chair of the LLC Italian American forum, I am hopeful that the 2017 MLA elections will bring a robust constituency to the voting screen! Both candidates have a long and storied involvement in Italian American Studies in different ways and through various means. Please vote!

    ]]>     0     980eb40e112656dc83da7a5a6d393de6 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: I just received notification that the 2017 MLA elections for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1585830/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:55:24 -0400 I just received notification that the 2017 MLA elections for the forum executive committees are now under way.

    I am asking each of you to vote for me as the new Delegate of the Italian American Discussion Group. Unlike the other nominee, I have taught Italian/American Literature courses and I am President of the Italian American Studies…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     a2a7fe84a4d9ab562957371d3bd7a3d7 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: We are pleased to announce that our 51 annual Italian […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582810/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:43:39 -0400 We are pleased to announce that our 51 annual Italian American Studies Association (IASA) conference will be hosted by Loyola University, Chicago. The conference dates are Thursday, October 18 through Saturday, October 20 2018. More information to follow.

    http://www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/conference-2018

    ]]>     0     df4aed1d1c1f1d2e464a80ddf30a4f69 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: Faith, (Ir)reverence, and the Italian Diaspora Fifty Years […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582809/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:39:13 -0400 Faith, (Ir)reverence, and the Italian Diaspora Fifty Years of Italian American Studies

    Marriott Wardman Park

    2660 Woodley Road NW Washington, DC 2008

    November 2-4, 2017

    The Italian American Studies Association (IASA) formerly the American Italian Historical Association (AIHA) celebrates its fiftieth year of academic inquiry into all things…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     e57dfc4995132e33e44ce78e3e4ce060 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Call for Papers: Theorizing Italian Diaspora Studies (IASA) in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/call-for-papers-theorizing-italian-diaspora-studies-iasa/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:06:27 -0500 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]

    ]]>     0     7efd833403401d34286a6f191e7adb7b Nancy Caronia started the topic CFP MLA 2018: From Anarchism to Assimilation: The Making of Italian Americans in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2018-from-anarchism-to-assimilation-the-making-of-italian-americans/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:54:26 -0500 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]

    ]]>     0     73eb0d2f9019a163079cb25f1ea9e416 Nancy Caronia changed the description of the group LLC Italian American from "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Jan. 2017 (2016–Jan. 2017 Ch.) Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2018 (2016–Jan. 2017 Sec.) Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2019 Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2020 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2021" to "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Jan. 2017 (2016–Jan. 2017 Ch.) Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2018 (2016–Jan. 2017 Sec.) Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2019 Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2020 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022" https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1555836/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:36:11 -0500 0 ded23ad330bac5edd947d75c725b5e99 Nancy Caronia changed the description of the group LLC Italian American from "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Jan. 2017 (2016–Jan. 2017 Ch.) Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2019 (2016–Jan. 2017 Sec.) Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2020 Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2021 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022" to "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Jan. 2017 (2016–Jan. 2017 Ch.) Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2018 (2016–Jan. 2017 Sec.) Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2019 Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2020 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022" https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1555835/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:36:02 -0500 0 71235246fd0f9bb4efa35382547d4478 Nancy Caronia changed the description of the group LLC Italian American from "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Chair (Jan. 2017) Nancy Caronia, Secretary (January 2018) Clarissa Clo (January 2019) Jennifer Maucione (January 2020)" to "LLC Italian American forum executive committee: Carla Simonini, Jan. 2017 (2016–Jan. 2017 Ch.) Nancy Caronia, Jan. 2019 (2016–Jan. 2017 Sec.) Clarissa Clo, Jan. 2020 Jessica L. Maucione, Jan. 2021 Teresa Fiore. Jan. 2022" https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1555834/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:33:33 -0500 0 9a3b4313331b4e2c5ed43882fa0f7bab Nancy Caronia started the topic CFP: Italian American Folktales in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/cfp-italian-american-folktales/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:29:43 -0500 We are gathering material for a special issue of VIA to honor the creative spirit of Italian folktales. Writers should submit an original folktale of their own creation, or choose a previously published folktale from an existing source (such as Italo Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Italian American Folklore by Malpezzi and Clements, Italian Folkt…[Read more]

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