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In the Media
Teresa Fiore featured in La Repubblica Article
Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair/Global Cultural Studies) was featured in a La Repubblica Palermo article covering the international internship
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In the Media
Dr. Fiore Quoted in New Yorker Article about the Impact of the Citizenship Law on Italy’s Soccer Team
Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, World Languages and Cultures Dept.) was quoted in a New Yorker article about the impact of the citizenship law on Italy’s soccer team. Titled “Italy Has Failed to Qualify for Three Straight World Cups. Are the Country’s Immigration Policies to Blame?,” the article was penned by Albert Samaha and published in the May 30, 20026 issue.
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Event Highlights
Dr. Fiore Presents on the Allied Landing in Sicily in Literature and Film at Frank Capra Film Fest (Bisacquino)
On May 29, 2026, Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, Global Cultural Studies) presented a paper on John Hersey’s novel A Bell for Adano (1944 Pulitzer Prize) and its adaptation to the big screen directed by Henry King in 1945, and also on Leonardo Sciascia’s short story “10 luglio ’43/Gary Cooper in Licata”, which features a clever cinematographic rendition of the arrival of the American forces on the Southern coast of Sicily that day. Part of a panel titled “Gli italo-americani e lo sbarco in Sicilia del 1943 nella letteratura e nel cinema,” the presentation was included in the Frank Capra Borgo Film Fest’s program.
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Event Highlights
Leggere la cittadinanza italiana attraverso l’arte contemporanea (Museo Riso, Palermo, 27 maggio 2026)
La proiezione del video di Marina Sagona Diritto di Sangue – Rovescio di Sangue (2025) sarà l’occasione per uno scambio sull’impostazione della legge sulla cittadinanza italiana e sulle contraddizioni che genera nel trattamento degli immigrati in Italia, rispetto ai discendenti italiani nel mondo. Fondata sullo ius sanguinis, la legge crea un doppio binario, come registrato dalle interviste contenute nel video, in termini di diritti garantiti e diritti difficilmente concessi o negati, con conseguenze sulla società italiana e sulle relazioni internazionali. Nell’invitare, appunto, a leggere la legge nella sua complessità attraverso l’arte contemporanea, l’incontro si propone di offrire riflessioni su identità, appartenenza e convivenza nel presente, grazie all’analisi della storia migratoria e coloniale italiana.
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Student Success Stories
Summer 2026 Interns for a Musical Theater Performance in an Italian UNESCO site (Agrigento)
The selected students of the second edition of the Summer Internship in Performing Arts in Italy (The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, a UNESCO site located in the region of Sicily) are two Musical Theatre students, Lorenzo Hilliard and Lizzie Caldon.
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Student Success Stories
The Greek Gods from Sicily Now Speak English: A Public Reading of the Musical “The Reawakening of the Gods”
Il “Risveglio degli dei” — an immersive musical about Greek myths, written and directed by Marco Savatteri and presented every summer at dawn in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento (Sicily) — debuted in English at Montclair State University on March 27, 2026.
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Faculty Voices
Dr. Fiore Presents About Her In-progress Documentary at Georgetown University in Florence
On April 14, 2026, Dr. Teresa Fiore gave an invited talk at Georgetown University in Florence: “The 1943 Allied Landing in Sicily: Food Practices, Migration and Film Representations.”
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Event Highlights
Digital Humanities Webinar on a Sicilian Iconic Site: Scala dei Turchi (April 29)
The Ecocultures of the Scala dei Turchi is a digital and environmental humanities research project that offers alternative paths to experience the iconic “Turkish Steps” geological formation in the Province of Agrigento in Sicily. Co-conceived and co-realized by Prof. Vetri Nathan (UCLA) and Prof. Teresa Fiore (Montclair State University), the project is based on Prof. Nathan’s research on the co-existence of various species and forms of life (vegetable, animal, human, mineral, etc.) in his Multispecies Futures Lab at UCLA. This event will officially unveil the project for North American audiences and feature a lively conversation among the various researchers involved.
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Faculty Voices
Dr. Teresa Fiore Invited to Give a Lecture on Food and War at UPenn
On March 26, 2026, Dr. Teresa Fiore gave an invited lecture at UPenn, titled “The Taste of the Landing: Food at the Time of Operation Husky in Sicily.”
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Event Highlights
Community-based Interview about the Int’l Project The Reawakening of the Gods
The Italian musical The Reawakening of the Gods, presented as a Public Reading at Montclair State University this past month, is at the core of a broader international intercollege initiative illustrated in the course of a March 20 interview on the WMSC FM90.3 radio program titled “Coffee with Montclair.”
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