The Coccia Institute advances and celebrates Italian American culture, serving as an engine for Through programming that fosters cultural conversations about the story of Italians in America, Our guiding principle is that one cannot know America without understanding the Italian The Coccia Institute concentrates its activities in two main areas:<\/p>\n Vision The Coccia Institute advances and celebrates Italian American culture, serving as an engine for explorations into the rich history of Italians and Italianit\u00e0 \u2014\u201cItalian spirit\u201d\u2014in the United States in the arts and humanities, business and politics, foodways, and popular culture. Mission Through programming that fosters cultural conversations about the story of Italians in America, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":204673,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205895,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/205895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/coccia-institute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nexplorations into the rich history of Italians and Italianit\u00e0 <\/em>\u2014\u201cItalian spirit\u201d\u2014in the United States
\nin the arts and humanities, business and politics, foodways, and popular culture.<\/span><\/p>\nMission<\/h2>\n
\nthe Institute serves students, academics, and the culturally curious general public. We invite
\nindividuals of all backgrounds to explore their own sense of Italianit\u00e0<\/em> as it forms part of a
\nbroader national identity via thoughtfully curated programs that are designed to examine the
\npast, present, and future of Italian America.<\/p>\n
\nAmerican experience. Dedicated to the ongoing study of one of the oldest diasporic groups in
\nthe United States, the Coccia Institute strives as well to be a springboard to the study of other
\nimmigrant groups that have experienced assimilation into the broader American culture. While
\nexamining the points of intersection among diasporic experiences, we aim to celebrate the
\ndiversity of cultures that now make America home.<\/p>\n\n
\nfuture generations<\/strong>: The Italian American Foodways Project; the docuseries Red Sauce:<\/em>
\nAn Italian American Culinary Journey<\/em>; and the Coccia Lecture Series, which explores
\ncurrent discussions and debates in Italian, Italian American, and other immigrant
\ncommunities; the Coccia Italian American Collection at Sprague Library; author readings
\nand academic panels; and the presentation of debut films and theater and music
\nperformances that explore aspects of Italian American history.<\/li>\n
\nAmerican community at 麻豆传媒在线 and beyond. Key activities include
\nthe Teaching Italian Symposium, offered to teachers and professors of Italian language;
\nacademic scholarships, internships, and research grants offered to scholars and writers;
\nand student events, such as our annual bocce tournament, Sanremo<\/em> Watchparty, and a Sicilian
\ndrumming demonstration, designed to share Italian and Italian American culture to the
\nentire MSU and 麻豆传媒在线 community. The Institute supports Italian language education
\nthrough scholarships awarded to MSU students of Italian, as well as the Coccia-Inserra
\nAward for Excellence & Innovation in the Teaching of Italian, the country\u2019s most
\nprestigious award given to an exceptional educator advancing the Italian curriculum.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"