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)
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
**AIHA Nominating Committee Now Accepting Nominations
for Executive Council Officer Positions**
Dear AIHA Members:
The Nominating Committee is soliciting nominations and self-nominations for the following five officer positions:
1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Secretary
4. Treasurer
5. Curator
To qualify for these positions, the candidate must have been a member of AIHA for two years. The term for which officers shall be elected is two years.
If you would like to nominate someone, please check with the person first to make sure that he or she would like to run for the position. All nominations and self-nominations should be sent to the Chair of the
Nominating Committee, Teresa Fiore, by Nov. 28th, 2010, at: fiorete@montclair.edu
Please attach a short bio (no more than 100 words) in which you highlight your main accomplishments in the field of Italian American Studies, your involvement with AIHA, and your projected contribution as AIHA officer.
Paper ballots with the bios of candidates will be sent by Dec. 1st (bios will be available on the AIHA web site as well). Ballots must be returned via the provided SAS envelope by Dec. 31st, 2010 (postmark date). The new officers will take office in January.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Southern Exposures: Locations and Relocations of Italian Culture, co-edited by Alan J. Gravano and Ilaria Serra
Due date: December 31, 2010
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, held in Baton Rouge last October.
Although the conference included valuable papers on the themes of Italian
immigration and ethnicity in the American South, we will also consider papers
on related topics of cultural cross-fertilization in politics, fiction,
religious customs, music (jazz), identity construction or the
transplantation of Italian culture. All papers will be peer
reviewed by an editorial advisory committee.
AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT Nancy C. Carnevale is the recipient of a 2010 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation
for A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945.
(posted 9/2010)
CALL FOR APPLICANTS American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize 2011
Competition Deadline: 1 November 2010
Extended Deadline: 15 November 2010*
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition.
For further information, or to apply, visit the Academys website at
or contact the American Academy in Rome, 7 East 60 Street, New York, NY 10022, Att: Programs.
212-751-7200 ext. 47
info@aarome.org. Please state specific field of interest when requesting information.
Click here for complete information.
(posted 7/2010)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2010 AIHA Conference Information--Call for Papers 43rd Annual Conference of The American Italian Historical Association
November 11-13, 2010
New York, New York
Advocacy and Activism:
Italian Heritage and Cultural Change (posted 5/2010)
AIHA ANNOUNCEMENT AIHA's Statement on the Arizona Law Concerning Ethnic Studies
The American Italian Historical Association* deplores HB2281 which
restricts the teaching of ethnic studies courses in the State of Arizona's
public school system. Ethnic studies courses belong to the
education of all Americans. These courses allow students to explore
the diversity of cultures in the United States. They promote self
awareness and awareness of others. Ethnic studies courses prepare
students for the responsibilities of citizenship in the contemporary
world.
*see aihaweb.org
(posted 5/2010)
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
New, from Bordighera Press Such is Life, A Memoir / Ma la vita e' fatta cosi'
(A bilingual edition)
Written by: Leonilde Frieri Ruberto
Translation and Preface by: Laura E. Ruberto
Introduction by: Ilaria Serra
Bordighera Press/Crossings, 2010
*Available at spdbooks.org (Small Press Distribution), amazon.com, barneandnoble.com, or bordigherapress.org*
Click here for complete information.
and click here for book flyer and ordering.
(posted 4/2010)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
The Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative: Art, Migrations, Development
[Submission deadline: May 15, 2010]
UCLA Conference: October 22-24, 2010
Los Angeles Festival: September, 2010 March, 2011
Click here for complete information.
(posted 3/2010)
SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT Fordham Press announces the launch of a New Series: Critical Studies in Italian America
Series Editors Nancy C. Carnevale, Montclair State University Laura E. Ruberto, Berkeley City College
Click here for more information,
and
(posted 3/2010)
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear Colleague,
I wanted to share good news with you: my monograph, By the Breath of Their
Mouths: Narratives of Resistance in Italian America, is now available.
Below, I attach a link to SUNY Press that makes an order for this book
just one click away! I hope that you will support ethnic American
literature and the lasting importance of storytelling by adding my book to
your library shelves.
Many thanks! Mary Jo Bona
Professor, Italian American Studies
Chair, Women and Gender Studies
Stony Brook University Print information in a word.doc format.
(posted 1/2010)
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!
Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation
of Women's Work in Italy and the U.S.
by Laura E. Ruberto
Paperback edition, 2010 (Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield)
Hardcover edition, 2007 (Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield) Print flyer in .pdf format with ordering information.
(posted 1/2010)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The MLA Italian American Literature Discussion Group seeks submissions for the 2011 MLA
Conference in Los Angeles, 69 January 2011. There are two panels this year. The first panel has guaranteed acceptance:
Humor in Italian American Literature
Inviting papers that address linguistic, situational, parodic, ironic, sarcastic,
or satiric humor to define, negotiate, or critique Italian American ethnicity.
500-word abstracts and brief CV by 15 Mar. to JoAnne Ruvoli (joanneruvoli@sbcglobal.net)
The second cfp is for a proposed collaborative panel with MELUS and will have to be accepted for
inclusion by the MLA:
Diasporas of the Pacific Rim
Inviting papers that address representations of diasporic communities in a comparative
perspective inclusive of European, Asian and African migrations. 500-word abstracts
and brief CV by 15 Mar. to JoAnne Ruvoli (joanneruvoli@sbcglobal.net) and Wenxin Li
(liw@sunysuffolk.edu)
(posted 1/2010)
ELECTION RESULTS
To the Membership:
The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce election results
for the five open seats on the Executive Council:
Carol Bonomo Albright
Dominic Candeloro
Luisa Del Giudice
Fred Gardaphe'
Robert Viscusi
The Committee would like to congratulate the winners
and thank all of the nominees for running. We look
forward to a productive year for AIHA.
The Nominating Committee
Nancy Carnevale
Teresa Fiore
Chiara Mazzucchelli
(posted 1/2010)