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    1. Event Highlights

      CHSS and CEEL Cohort Join Prestigious Study Group in Italy

      Montclair State University sent its second annual cohort of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students to Italy in March 2025 to

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    2. Featured News

      An Ear for Films: A Program of Events with Award-Winning Live Sound Director Maricetta Lombardo (22-24 April 2025)

      An Ear for Films: A Program of Events with Award-Winning Live Sound Director Maricetta Lombardo

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    3. Event Highlights

      Express Yourself! A Day of Stories, Creativity, and Culture

      Join us on Saturday, April 26 for vibrant day of literary and cultural events in partnership with the Montclair Literary Festival

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    4. Featured News

      Montclarion Highlights Success and Impact of Arabic Program

      The Montclarion recently spoke with Lois Oppenheim, World Languages and Cultures Department Chair, and Professor Mazooz Sehwail about the

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    5. Featured News

      The Eco-cultures of the Scala dei Turchi (Turkish Steps): A Thick-mapping Project for Agrigento 2025

      ***This news item is available both in English and Italian (see bottom of this page for Italian translation) “The Eco-cultures of the Scala dei Turchi (Turkish Steps) in the province of Agrigento: A Multi-species Thick-mapping Site” Project co-authored by Prof. Vetri Nathan (University of California Los Angeles) and Prof. Teresa Fiore (Montclair State University) included in the section S-P-O-N-D-E of the Dossier of Agrigento Capitale della Cultura 2025 (p. 90-92).

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    6. Event Highlights

      Author Maria Laurino Presents Her Book on an Adoption Program from Italy to the US after WWII

      Born in New Jersey to an Italian American family, journalist and writer Maria Laurino has published several books about the identity and experience of Italian immigrants and their descendants in the U.S. (most notably the companion volume to theThe Italian Americans, the PBS documentary series directed by John Maggio), with specific attention to the female perspective. On March 25th, she was a guest on our campus to present her latest book in conversation with Dr. Erica Moretti (FIT) and Dr. Teresa Fiore  (Inserra Chair) along with an introduction by Mark Rotella (Coccia Institute Director).

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    7. Faculty Voices

      Prof. Fiore Gives a Talk at the University of Catania (Italy) about Adoption and Translation

      On March 18, Prof. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies) gave a talk at the University of Catania, Italy. The talk was part of a graduate class on translation taught by Prof. Manuela D’Amore (English Literature) and entailed two parts: a presentation titled “Adoption as an Act of Translation in the Autobiographical Works of Jeanette Winterson and Nikolai Prestia,” and a short translation workshop using excerpts from the two books.

      A flyer for "Contemporary English Literature and Translation" with Dr. Teresa Fiore
    8. Event Highlights

      Immersion French Workshops Bring Local Secondary School Students to Montclair Campus

      Montclair, NJ – March 21, 2025 – An innovative series of hands-on workshops about the language and cultures of French-speaking countries

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    9. Faculty Voices

      Professor Furr’s Book Translated in Greek

      Professor Grover Furr’s book, Khrushchev Lied, has been translated and published in Greek. The original book, first published in 2011, is

      Book cover for "Khrushchev Lied" by Grover Furr in both English and Greek
    10. Alumni Spotlights

      Jenny Mundell ’11 MA Thinks English Majors will Save the World – and So Can You.

      From English graduate student to Bloomfield Township’s first female mayor, Jenny Mundell ’11 MA proves that the power to create meaningful change starts with the opportunities you embrace and the relationships you build along the way.

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