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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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Student Success Stories
Uncovering the Written Hand: Emily Walker Completes McNeil Paleography Workshop
English undergraduate student Emily Walker recently completed The Lost World of Handwriting: A Workshop in English Paleography, 1500–1850, offered through the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS).
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Student Success Stories
Thirteen Students Return from Montclair in Munich and Berlin 2026
A group of thirteen Montclair students and their instructor, Thomas Herold, just returned from Germany, where they spent twelve days in Munich, Nuremberg, and Berlin, visiting memorials, museums, and historical sites dealing with Germany’s Nazi past and contemporary German post-Holocaust society.
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Student Success Stories
A Feminist God: Madelynn McDevitt Selected for McNeil Undergraduate Research Workshop
English undergraduate student Madelynn McDevitt recently presented her research on the redefinition of women’s roles in Shaker music at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS) Consortium Undergraduate Research Workshop, hosted at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Student Success Stories
Goethe-Institut Representatives Visit Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab
For the first time since the establishment of Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab, guests from the New York City Goethe-Institut paid the lab a visit, observing the 12 Montclair students and their faculty mentor Pascale LaFountain as the group facilitated an all-German performance of “Die Wichtelmänner,” or “The Shoemaker and His Elves,” a classic German fairy tale first featured in the 1812 Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.
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In the Media
Daniela Peterka-Benton featured on NJ Spotlight News
Daniela Peterka-Benton, Director of the Global Center on Human Trafficking, was featured on a NJ Spotlight News segment to discuss the World Cup and how major sporting events create opportunities for exploitation and human trafficking.
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In the Media
Quality of Life, Security, and Access to Higher Education: City of Graz Interviews Montclair Exchange Students
For 76 years, Montclair and the city of Graz, Austria have been sister cities, sharing this diplomatic, academic, and cultural partnership that aims to build bridges and prevent the destructive divisions that plagued many international relationships during World War II.
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Event Highlights
German Club Shares Gummy Bears, Flags, and Motivational Messages at Montclair’s World’s Fair Day
For the second year in a row, Montclair’s lively German Club hosted a table at Montclair’s annual World’s Fair Day, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity that defines Montclair’s campus population.
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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
Driven by Advocacy and Empowerment, Johana Cruz Is Building Opportunities for the Next Generation
The first-generation Master of Social Work student combines mentorship, youth programming and community advocacy to help young people build confidence and access new opportunities.
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