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    1. 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
    2. Featured News

      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
    3. Event Highlights

      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
    4. Event Highlights

      Montclair Will Host the 2025 IASA Conference!

      The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, the MSU Italian Program, and the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American

      IASA logo on Italian colors background
    5. Featured News

      Dr. Fiore Presents Her Sabbatical Project at UNISG in Piedmont, Italy

      Dr. Teresa Fiore gave a talk titled “The Taste of the Landing; Food and the American Myth at the Time of Operation Husky” at UNISG (Università delle Scienze Gastronomiche) in Pollenzo (Piedmont, Italy) on Oct. 14.

      Dr. Teresa Fiore delivers a lecture to an audience
    6. Notices & Announcements

      Launch of 2026 edition of International Paid Internship (Musical set in a Sicilian World Heritage site)

      This summer’s edition of the paid international internship in Agrigento (Italy) to be part of Il Risveglio degli dei/The Reawakening of the Gods, a musical inspired by Greek myths, is just over…. and we are already planning next year’s edition after the successful stay of three students (Brianna Coppolino, Mia Grizzuti, and Emma Mason)!

      A stage with fake white marble pieces and a Pathenon backdrop
    7. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Invited to a Meeting in Catania with Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Rome

      On Sept. 14, 2025, Dr. Fiore was invited to attend a meeting presided by Minister Counselor for Public Affairs U.S. Embassy in Rome, Rachel Cooke.

      Three people pose in front of a blue and orange background reading "Isola"
    8. Featured News

      Dr. Fiore Gives Online Talk about the WWII Allied Landing in Sicily for Liberation Route Italy Series (Sept. 22, 2025)

      Are you interested in looking back at the various moments of the 82nd anniversary of the Allied Landing in Licata, from the multimedia evening to the laboratory and the interviews held this past July? Would you like to know more about the wider context of interventions aimed at memorializing the Landing on the Southern coast of Sicily?

    9. Featured News

      Performing Arts Italian-Speaking Students Debut in a Musical Show Set in the Valley of the Greek Temples in Sicily

      This summer, Montclair State University has been “waking up” in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento in Sicily with a project that has a “divine” quality to it.

      Three women dressed in classical-era Greek togas
    10. Event Highlights

      Diritto di sangue — Rovescio di sangue: An Exhibit About Citizenship by Marina Sagona, curated by Teresa Fiore (Oct.-Dec. 2025)

      Diritto di sangue — Rovescio di sangue: An Exhibit About Citizenship by Marina Sagona (curated by Teresa Fiore)

      Italian Flag with the words "Dirittodisangue" and "Rovesciodisangue" overlaid