Announcements

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
UPDATE: The following incumbent officers will not be running for re-election: Mary Jo Bona (President), Josephine Gattuso Hendin (Vice President). The following incumbent officers will be seeking another term: George Guida (Secretary), Dawn Esposito (Treasurer). Please send a 25-50 word biography indicating your desire to run for one of the offices or one of the openings on the Executive Committee Board.

To: Membership
American Italian Historical Association

From: The Election Committee
Angela Danzi, Chairperson
Anthony Tamburri
Jerry Krase

RE: Call for Nominations
Preparation of the Slate of Officers and Executive Council
Election will take place in December 2008. All current officers, Bona, Hendin, Guida, Esposito, Basile, and the seats of Executive Council members Alduino, Cerasuola, Ciavarelli, Fiore, Maruggi, and Russo are up for election. The seat currently held by Tamburri as the former president has a two-year term, and will be vacated at the end of this year.

If you are interested in running for any of these positions, please prepare a 25 - 50 word biography specific to your interests and contributions regarding the AIHA, and forward to Angela.Danzi@farmingdale.edu no later than November 12, 2008.
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(posted 11/2008)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The Fulbright Scholar Program offers U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars. For information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at www.cies.org for descriptions of awards and new eligibility requirements. If you are interested in more information, please write to scholars@cies.iie.org.
(posted 10/2008)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Rome Prize 2008-2009.
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize. Winners reside at the Academy's eleven-acre center in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend.
Deadline: November 1, 2008
Website at www.aarome.org
(posted 7/2008)

CALL FOR PAPERS
THE LAND OF OUR RETURN: Diasporic Encounters with Italy
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Annual Conference
APRIL 23-25, 2009, Manhattan
Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2008
(posted 5/2008)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Contributions are sought for a collection of essays
dealing with the Italian-American experience.
Completed essays of 20-25 pages will be due by March 15, 2009.
Send proposals, inquiries, or papers to:
Rose De Angelis, Marist College
rose.deangelis@marist.edu
(posted 5/2008)

CALL FOR PAPERS
41st Annual AIHA Conference
6-8 November 2008, New Haven, Connecticut
Deadline for proposals extended to June 1st, 2008
“Small Towns, Big Cities: The Urban Experience of Italian Americans”
Printable AIHA Call for Papers--2008
(posted 2/2008, updated 5/2008)

CALL FOR PAPERS
Neapolitan Postcards
The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject 2/19/08
March 20-21, 2009; Manhattan;
(posted 2/2008)

SYMPOSIUM
The Ethnic Eye / I: Memoir and Italian American Cultures
Friday, March 7, 2008
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340
Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY
(posted 2/2008)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to:
Italian American Passages: Collected Essays,
edited by John Paul Russo and Teri Ann Bengiveno
(posted 1/2008, updated 4/2008)