The following list summarizes the programs on Italian American culture organized and sponsored by the Inserra Chair since its inception in the academic year 2010-2011. Numerous topics pertaining to a wide array of disciplines (film/documentary, photography, art, literature) have been addressed in order to provide a dynamic overview of a complex, richly varied culture. Topics have included food practices, religious activities, artistic movements such as futurism, as well as commonalities and discontinuities between old and new migrations.
In several instances, the programs have also been supported by external funding. Special thanks go to UNICO National, the Columbian Foundation, the Calandra Italian American Institute and the Coccia Institute for the Italian American Experience.
Ongoing research project:
Events:
- (Sept. 12, 2019)
- If You Saw What I Saw in Corleone, A Town of Mafia, Anti-Mafia and Mafia-Tourism (March 26, 2019)
- Through the Golden Door Then and Now: A Conversation with Actor Vincenzo Amato (January 29, 2019)
- (Feb. 23, 2017)
- (April 12, 2016)
- (February 8, 2016)
- TV documentary featuring the Inserra Chair, Dr. Teresa Fiore. See the (2015)
- (November 18, 2014)
- (October 2, 2014) See
- (November 18, 2013) See
- (November 8, 2012) See
- (September 27, 2012) See
- (March 6-7, 2012) with a presentation by Donna Gabaccia (Vecoli Endowed Chair, University of Minnesota): “Globalizing and Nationalizing ‘Italian’ Food in the Diaspora.” See
- (November 10, 2011) See
- (September 30, 2011) See
