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Presentazione e seminario sul progetto “Le Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi” (11 luglio 2025)
Le Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi (presentazione e seminario) venerdi 11 luglio 2025 ore 10:30
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SBARCO/LANDING (Licata, luglio/July 7-10, 2025)
SBARCO: EVOCANDO L’ARRIVO DEGLI ALLEATI NEL 1943 SULLA SPIAGGIA DI LICATA (9 luglio 2025) Una serata di filmati di archivio, degustazione, letture e canti lungo il mare
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Awards & Accolades
Congratulazioni to This Year’s Italian Scholarships & Awards Recipients!
The Coccia Institute celebrated the achievements of deserving Italian majors and minors at our annual Italian Scholarships and Awards
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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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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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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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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.
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Presentation of Maria Laurino’s book The Price of Children (March 25, 2025)
Join us for the presentation of Maria Laurino’s most recent book The Price of Children: Stolen Lives in a Land Without Choice, the never-told story of how the Vatican and the American Catholic Church sent nearly 4,000 children of unwed Italian mothers to the United States for adoption between 1950 and 1970, falsely labeling them “war orphans” then later “orphans.”
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Gastrofascism and Empire: Lecture by Simone Cinotto (Feb. 25, 2025)
Gastrofascism and Empire: Food in Italian East Africa, 1935-1941 A Lecture by Simone Cinotto (University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy) Tue. Feb. 25, 2025 6pm SBUS (School of Business) 101
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Dr. Fiore’s Presentation at Fondazione Marea (Catania, Italy)
On Jan. 15, 2025, Dr. Teresa Fiore gave a presentation followed by a Q&A at Fondazione Marea in Catania, Italy, a recently launched
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