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      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.”

      A group of people sit around two microphones for an interview
    2. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Co-Translates Italian Novel about Abandonment and Adoption

      March 10, 2026 marked the launch of Farewell to Russia: Memories of When I Was Kola, a book co-translated from Italian by Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, WLC Department).

      A Granny Smith apple sits at the bottom of a large windowsill
    3. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Interviewed on Radio In 102 About ArcGIS project on the Iconic Site of Scala dei Turchi (Sicily)

      On Feb. 16, 2026, Prof. Fiore was interviewed on Radio In 102 about an ArcGIS project on the iconic site of Scala dei Turchi in Sicily, which she co-designed and co-created with Prof. Vetri Nathan (Multispecies Futures Lab, UCLA) for the Italian national initiative Agrigento 2025 Capital of Culture.

      A composite image of Scala dei Turchi on the left side and a  woman wearing headphones and sitting in front of a microphone on the right side
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      Amore in Southern Italy

      The Coccia Institute was thrilled to collaborate with the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) in presenting “Amore in

      Photo from Amore Event for Coccia
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      2026 NJ Devils’ Italian Heritage Night

      On January 27th, the Coccia Institute was thrilled to once again participate in the NJ Devils’ Italian Heritage Night, celebrating the

      NJ Devils 2026 group
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      18th Annual Teaching Italian Symposium: “Toolkit italiano: Building Innovative Pathways to Success”

      “Toolkit italiano: Building Innovative Pathways to Success” was the theme of the eighteenth annual Teaching Italian Symposium/Workshops

      CHSS Coccia Teaching Italian Workshop-photo_2025
    7. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore’s Talk About Her Sabbatical Project in Floridia (Siracusa, Italy)

      Dr. Teresa Fiore was invited to present on the subject of her sabbatical project (the Allied Landing in Sicily) at a community talk in

      Dr. Teresa Fiore gives a presentation to an audience
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      Dr. Fiore Searches for Traces of the 1943 Landing in Sicily (areas of Catania and Siracusa)

      Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, WLC Dept.) continues to focus on her sabbatical project about the Allied Landing in Sicily in the summer of 1943. After concentrating on the area of Licata in the province of Agrigento with the SBARCO project in July, this past November, Dr. Fiore visited the areas near Catania, as well as Siracusa and its environs, to identify potential locations and interviewees for the documentary she is working on in collaboration with Awen Films (she also gave a talk at a local museum in Floridia).

      A WW2-era concrete bunker on an Italian beach
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      Lancio del sito digitale “Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi” (13 dicembre)

      Lancio del sito digitale “Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi”:

      Map of Sicily with various insets about points of interest on the map
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      Building Transatlantic Bridges: Language, Business & Culture Program Hosts Italian Educators in Erasmus+ Partnership

      Montclair State University’s interdisciplinary Language, Business & Culture program made significant strides in fostering global educational alliances this past spring, hosting educators from the Istituto Superiore Carlo Dell’Acqua in the greater Milan area of Italy for an intensive week-long job shadowing experience.

      A group of people pose together in front of a whiteboard in a classroom