I have determined to revive my compilation of tidbits about recent professional developments and activities in Italian American Studies as part of this blog ("Roots and Branches" ) Please submit to me by the 15th of each month a 200 word carefully edited paragraph about your recent publications, public appearances, media productions, awards, promotions, grant projects,
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You chose: Facts & Stories
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This year’s honorees at “Three Wise Women” were Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Angelina Fiordellisi and Dr. Silvia C. Formenti
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The discontinuation of the Italian AP exam is only a temporary setback. Now is a time to work together, and to make the best out of our common resources, so that we will be proudly prepared to restore it.
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One of the best known Italian politicians, former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, turns 90. Nicknamed "Il Divo" after the recent Italian film starring Toni Servillo, his political life covers the whole history of Italy.
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Facts & StoriesEthnic construction and sacred place, the replica of the Porziuncola Chapel in San Francisco’s Italian neighborhood.
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Since 2000, folklorist Joseph Sciorra, aka Joey Skee, one of our most active bloggers, has been building an original presepio in his Brooklyn kitchen... With his permission, we're using this year's "Presepio in the South Bronx" to tell all our readers and contributors Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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After 5 days of work—and a few annoying polemics—the Conference ends in Rome. Instead of gathering official documents, of which you may find plenty in the press and on the Web, we present here the view form below.
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A "racist, xenophobic attack" published by an Italian newspaper upsets the over 400 delegates to the First Conference of Young Italians in the World.
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Facts & Stories"First Conference of Young Italians in the World”, hosted in Rome by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), started on Monday, Dec. 8. It is promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Council of Italians Abroad.
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Last Friday’s battle between Church and State, fought over government funding for private schools, lasted a mere six hours. The score: Church 1, State 0. But then, scoreboards do not always tell the whole story.