Announcements

ACTION NEEDED
H. Res 367 resolution would permanently make October "Italian and Italian American Heritage Month" across the United States. And as you are well aware of ... this resolution has been a project for quite a few years.

AIHA urges you to phone and write your representatives in Congress, to express your support for this resolution.

HELP MAKE OCTOBER NATIONAL
ITALIAN & ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

• To recognize the enormous contributions made by Italians and Italian Americans to the Americas and the world;
• To show appreciations for Italian culture showing how it has enriched the lives of all Americans;
• To make people aware of the many struggles Italian Americans faced;
• To defuse and expose the unjust negative stereotyping of Italians and Italian Americans.

VOTING RESULTS July 20, 2011
Dear AIHA Member,
In 1997 members of the American Italian Historical Association voted down a proposal to change the association's name. Since then, as one might expect, the membership itself has changed. In recent years talk of renaming has reemerged. Last year AIHA's Executive Council, led by President Josephine Gattuso Hendin, once again broached the subject and considered alternatives. The consensus choice of Council members was the Italian American Studies Association. This year AIHA once again put to a membership vote a proposal to change the association's name. This time the vote passed by a wide margin.
Nearly seventy-eight per cent of members who voted cast their ballots in favor of the change. As a result, beginning in 2012 AIHA will be known as IASA, the Italian American Studies Association. I firmly believe, as I hope you do, that our new name will more clearly represent the nature of our work. Thank you for your participation in the vote and all things AIHA (IASA).
Sincerely,
George Guida, President
The American Italian Historical Association
(posted 8/2011)

Website Manager Needed
The American Italian Historical Association (soon to be the Italian American Studies Association) seeks an organized person with good communication skills, who is familiar with basic Web site content uploading, to manage the content of its new Web site currently in development. This part-time position requires one to three hours per week, including collaboration with association officers and the Web site production team. This is an excellent position for an advanced student interested in Italian American studies. Compensation will be in the form of an annual stipend.
Please send a letter of interest and resume to AIHA President George Guida, gguida@citytech.cuny.edu.
(posted 8/2011)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Advocacy and Activism: Italian Heritage and Cultural Change
co-edited by Jennifer-Ann DiGregorio Kightlinger and Peter G. Vellon

We are now accepting submissions for a volume of selected papers from the 43rd annual AIHA conference: Advocacy and Activism: Italian Heritage and Cultural Change held in New York City. Although the conference included valuable papers on the themes of political and cultural activism and cultural innovation, we will also consider papers on related topics of cross-fertilization and/or milestones in the development of politics, art, education and literature. All papers will be peer reviewed by an editorial advisory committee.

Submit a digital copy of your 15-20 page essay (as a Microsoft Word.doc file), double-spaced (12 pt), with page numbers (no other header) in the upper right of the page, and with endnotes (not footnotes). Papers should be double spaced, with no extra spaces between paragraphs. Please follow the Chicago Manual or MLA Style and provide appropriate critical apparatus (notes, bibliography, and/or illustrations). On first page please label essays either Literature or Social Science.

Send your submissions to both the volume's editors.

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011.

Thank you very much for your interest in the conference proceedings. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely yours,
Peter G. Vellon
Queens College/The City University of New York
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu

Jennifer-Ann DiGregorio Kightlinger
jbkite@optonline.net
CLICK HERE for complete information in a .doc file.
(posted 6/2011, updated 7/2011)

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Whitney Tarella is an acquisitions editor at The History Press which specializes in publishing local and regional history titles with a wide appeal:
"I am actively seeking historians and writers to author books on Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans in various regions of the United States, which is why I am contacting you today. Perhaps you or someone you have worked with through the American Italian Historical Association would be interested in this opportunity.

"A little about us: The History Press is a traditional publisher and handles all parts of the publishing process, including finance, editorial, layout and design, and sales and marketing, and we compensate authors with royalties. We publish several core series of books, including Brief History, American Heritage, Haunted America, Landmarks, Food and Drink, and many non-series titles as well. To learn more about them and to see our c omplete catalogue of current titles, please visit our website: www.historypress.net.

"If you or someone you know might be interested in learning more, I would be happy to send you a packet of information or answer any questions. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!"
Sincerely,
Whitney M. Tarella
Commissioning Editor, The History Press
635 Rutledge Avenue, Suite 107
Charleston, SC 29403
843.577.5971 extension 152
www.historypress.net
(posted 5/2011)

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
The 2012
Annual Meeting of the
American Historical Association
is scheduled for JANUARY 5-8 in CHICAGO.
If any members of AIHA plan to attend the AHA conference, we ask that you please contact George Guida (gguida@citytech.cuny.edu), about helping raise awareness of AIHA at the conference.
Click here for more information in a .pdf file.
Click here information about ONLINE SUBMISSION
(posted 3/2011, updated 5/2011)

REVISED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Southern Exposures: Locations and Relocations of Italian Culture,
co-edited by Alan J. Gravano and Ilaria Serra
Due date: March 15, 2011

We are now accepting submissions for a volume of selected papers from the 42th annual AIHA conference: Southern Exposures: Locations and Relocations of Italian Culture. Although the conference included valuable papers on the themes of Italian immigration and ethnicity in the American South, any paper presented will be considered including memoir, fiction, and poetry.

All papers will be reviewed by an editorial advisory committee.

Submit a digital copy of your 15-20 page essay (as a Microsoft Word .doc file), double-spaced (12 pt), with page number (no other header) in the upper right of the page, and with endnotes (not footnotes). Papers should be double spaced, with no extra spaces between paragraphs. Please follow the Chicago Manual of Style or MLA Style. Appropriate critical apparatus (notes and bibliography) as well as illustrations.

Send materials to either of the two volume co-editors.
Thank you very much for your interest in the conference proceedings. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to either of us.
Sincerely yours,
Alan J. Gravano
Marshall University
Department of English
Huntington, WV 25755
304-696-5831
gravanoa@marshall.edu

Ilaria Serra
Florida Atlantic University—GS212
Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton FL 33431
561-297-3623
iserra1@fau.edu
CLICK HERE for complete information in a .doc file.
(posted 2/2011)

CALL FOR PAPERS
The MLA Italian American Literature Discussion Group seeks submissions for the 127th MLA Annual Convention in Seattle, 5–8 January 2012. There are two panels this year. The first panel has guaranteed acceptance:

Scrittura e Cultura in Movimento: Italophone Literatures/Literatures of Italian Diaspora
Seeking papers on Italian diasporic literatures: North & South America, Europe translations, original works in English, Italian, beyond . 300-word abstract & Bio by 15 March 2011; Michael A. Antonucci (mantonucci@keene.edu).

The second cfp is for a proposed collaborative panel with the Jewish American Literature Discussion Group and will have to be accepted for inclusion by the MLA:

Ethno-Graphic Encounters: Jewish American & Italian AmericanGraphic Narratives
Seeking papers examining Italian American & Jewish American representations in comics & graphic narratives revealing inter/intra-ethnic engagements, current & historical collaborations, conflicts, relationships. 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2011; JoAnne Ruvoli (joanneruvoli@sbcglobal.net ) and Monica Osborne (mrosborne@ucla.edu).
(posted 2/2011)

AIHA IS NOW ON FACEBOOK

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Italians in the Americas
Towards a renegotiation of identities?
Papers should be devoted to the experiences of the Italians on the American continent in the light of the process of transculturation, and of the evolution and renegotiation of ethnic identity. The approaches adopted may be historical, sociological, literary, economic etc.

Colleagues interested by the topic may send their papers, in English only and about 10-12 pages long (notes and bibliography included), until September 2011, to marie-christine.michaud@univ-ubs.fr.

CLICK HERE for complete information in a .doc file.
(posted 2/2011)

ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT
Results of the AIHA 2010 elections
From: AIHA Nominating Committee
To: AIHA membership

We are pleased to inform you about the results of the 2010 AIHA Elections:

George Guida (President)
Michael Eula (Vice President)
Alan Gravano (Secretary)
Dawn Esposito (Treasurer)
Ottorino Cappelli (Curator)

We would like to thank the candidates for running in this election and wish them a productive two-year term starting January 2011.

Nominating Committee
Teresa Fiore - Chair,
Nancy Carnevale,
and Chiara Mazzucchelli
(posted 1/24/2011)

ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT
*Candidates' bios for AIHA elections 2010*
Dear AIHA members,
Elections for the AIHA five officer positions will take place by mail ballots. Ballots will be sent out by Dec. 6th and must be returned via the provided self-addressed stamped envelope to the Calandra Institute in NY (postmark date: Sat. Jan. 8, 2010).
CLICK HERE TO see the bios of the five candidates.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Nominating Committee
(Teresa Fiore - Chair,
Nancy Carnevale,
and Chiara Mazzucchelli)
(posted 12/4/2010)

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