- Public lecture and talk: “From Italy to the Bronx and Back Again: Places of the Italian Diaspora”
- Wednesday, 19 April, 5 -6:30 p.m., O’Hare Special Collections, 4th Floor Walsh Library, Fordham University, Rose Hill
- Join us in conversation with Dr. Margherita Ganeri, Professor, U. della Calabria and Visiting Scholar at Fordham in Spring 2023, and Dr. Kathleen LaPenta, of Fordham, as they offer perspectives on returns to Italy. Dr. LaPenta will present research on the Bronx Italian American History Initiative, and Dr. Ganeri will discuss the annual writing retreat of the Italian Diaspora Seminar.
- Book series presentation: “Celebrating Calabria” and Calabria: The Italian Diaspora Studies Book Series of Rubbettino Editore
- Introduced by Joe Perricone
- Monday, 17 April, 5:30-6:45 p.m., Lowenstein 524m, Fordham University, Lincoln Center
- Join us as Margherita Ganeri (Professor, University of Calabria), Maria Mazziotti Gillan (Poet and Professor Emerita, SUNY-Binghamton) and Mark Hillringhouse (Poet, Essayist and Photographer) present and read from the latest volumes of the Italian Diaspora Book Series.
