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Ita l ian American Values

The 48th Annual Conference of

Italian American Studies Association

October 15-17, 2015 Washington, DC

Marriott Wardman Park

IASA CONFERENCE 2015, WASHINGTON, DC

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IASA

Italian American Studies Association www.ItalianAmericanStudies.net

48th Annual Conference October 15-17, 2015

Italian American Values

Sponsors We are grateful for the support of our sponsors and encourage you to thank their representatives while they are here. Fordham University Press The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY The National Italian American Foundation

Conference Committee Rose De Angelis, Marist College Jessica Femiani, Binghamton University, SUNY Alan Gravano, American University in Dubai Joey Nicoletti, Buffalo State, SUNY Lisa Marie Paolucci, Teachers College, Columbia University

NIAF Conference Coordinators Andrea Bartlett, Events Manager Jerry Jones, Chief of Staff John Viola, President and Chief Operating Officer


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Conference Calendar

Thursday, October 15 Registration and Information 2:00 pm-6:00 pm IASA Executive Council Meeting 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Calabria Summer Institute Panel 6:00 pm-7:00 pm IASA Keynote Speaker Robert Cohen 7:30 pm-8:30 pm Opening Reception 8:30 pm-9:30 pm

Friday, October 16 Coffee and Continental Breakfast 8:00 am-8:30 am Registration and Information 9:00 am-4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 1 8:30 am-9:45 am Concurrent Sessions 2 10:00 am-11:15 am Featured Panel: Changes in Italian American Ancestry 11:30 am-12:30 pm Lunch 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions 3 1:30 pm-2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions 4 3:00 pm-4:15 pm Concurrent Sessions 5 4:30 pm-5:45 pm NIAF On-Campus Conference 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Graduate Fellowship Presentation 6:00 pm-6:30 pm NIAF: Joe Piscopo and Friends Celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday 9:30 pm

Saturday, October 17 Coffee and Continental Breakfast 8:00 am-8:30 am Registration and Information 9:00 am-12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 6 8:30 am-9:45 am Concurrent Sessions 7 10:00 am-11:15 am Featured Reading: Frank Lentricchia 11:30 am-12:30 pm Lunch 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions 8 1:30 pm-2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions 9 3:00 pm-4:15 pm NIAF 40th Anniversary Gala Reception 5:30 pm-6:30 pm NIAF 40th Anniversary Gala 7:00 pm-10:00 pm


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A Message from the President of IASA

Welcome to the 48th Annual Conference of Italian American Studies Association. I would like to extend a warm greeting to all participants, whether this is your first IASA conference, or you are a veteran of many decades. It is an exciting time for Italian American Studies as we continue to grow and adapt, remaining always motivated and responsive to the ever-changing field. Our organization is also confronting a time of many changes. The world of Italian American Studies is a challenging field in which to work, and we will continue to meet and bring inspired individuals together in forums like this, ensuring that IASA contributes to the interdisciplinarity of the current moment while simultaneously remaining committed to our traditional concerns. Four groups of people are responsible for the great experience you are about to have, and we all owe them our thanks:

1. The Conference Program Committee led by Chair Joey Nicoletti (SUNY Buffalo State), with members Rose De Angelis (Marist College), Jessica Femiani (SUNY Binghamton), and Lisa Paolucci (Teacher’s College, Columbia University);

2. The National Italian American Foundation President and Chief Operating Officer, John M. Viola;

3. The NIAF office team led by Events Manager Andrea Bartlett; 4. The exhibitors and donors who contribute both opportunities for learning and those

many extras that make a conference exceptional. Please thank each of them when you have the opportunity. And, choose among the many excellent presentations—tough choices are everywhere. The conference begins with your attending on the first night and listening to experiences of several participants of the University of Calabria and Queens College Italian Diaspora Summer Program 2015 followed by the opening keynote address by guest speaker Robert Cohen. On Saturday morning from 11:30 to 12:30, Frank Lentricchia will read from his newest work, The Morelli Thing, the 1947 unsolved murder of Frank Morelli in Utica, New York. Finally, Saturday night brings the conference to a close with the NIAF Gala Reception. In closing, the Executive Council and Conference Committee would like to thank all the authors who submitted papers and the attendees for their participation. Without their strong support, we could not have a successful conference. You are truly our greatest asset today and tomorrow, for we could not accomplish what we do without your continued support. Throughout this conference and beyond, I ask you to stay engaged, keep us proactive, and help us shape the future of the Italian American Studies Association. My many thanks go out to all of you. Alan J. Gravano President, Italian American Studies Association


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About the Conference

Registration and Information Exhibition Hall C The Conference Registration Desk is in the Marriott Wardman, Exhibition Hall C. It is open Thursday, October 15 from 2:00 pm-6:00 pm, Friday, October 16 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm, and Saturday, October 17 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Coffee and Continental Breakfast Exhibition Hall C Coffee and a continental breakfast will be available the mornings of Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 from 8:00 am-8:30 am. Keynote Address, Opening Reception and Featured Events Exhibition Hall C The opening session with Keynote speaker Robert Cohen and Opening Reception Thursday evening as well as a featured panel or reading on each day provide opportunities for conference participants to meet as a group. Concurrent Sessions and Event Locations Exhibition Hall C All concurrent sessions and conference events are located in Exhibition Hall C on the Exhibition Level of the Marriott Wardman hotel. Book Display Room Park Tower Room 8229 The Book Display room features a wide variety of books representing Italian American culture and identity and includes books by conference participants and featured speakers. Many are offered at discounts to conference attendees. To visit the room, take the Park Tower elevator from the Lobby Level.


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Thursday, October 15

Registration and Information Exhibition Hall C 2:00 pm-6:00 pm IASA Executive Council Meeting Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2 2:00 pm-5:00 pm

Calabria Summer Institute 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

“Diaspora or Migration?: The Italian Diaspora Institute’s Project Proposals” Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Chair : Michele Fazio, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Speakers : Jessica Femiani, Binghamton University, SUNY, “Negotiating

Transnational Identity” Anna Ciamparella, Louisiana State University, “Discovering Italian Canadian

Literature” Anthony Dion Mitzel, University of Bologna, “Integrating ESL and Diaspora

Studies in Italy” Michele Fazio, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, “Memorializing Sacco

and Vanzetti in the U.S. and Italy”


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IASA Keynote Speaker Robert Cohen 7:30 pm-8:30 pm

“Mario, Bob. Bob, Mario: The Making of an Italian American

Radical” Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Robert Cohen, Professor of Social Studies Education, New York University Robert Cohen is the author of the first Mario Savio biography, Freedom’s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s. His historical scholarship focuses on politics, higher education, and social protest in twentieth-century America. Cohen is a professor of history and social studies in NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Opening Reception 8:30 pm-9:30 pm

Lincoln Room 5

Enjoy all that Italian American culture has to offer at the NIAF Expo throughout Exhibit Hall C. This weekend event features food and drink

tastings, live music, dancing and products from vendors across America and Europe.


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Friday, October 16

Coffee and Continental Breakfast Exhibition Hall C 8:00 am-8:30 am Registration and Information Exhibition Hall C 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions 1 8:30 am-9:45 am

1A. Added Value: Food as Symbol in Italian American Writing Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Rose Solari, Independent Author Speakers : Chloe Yelena Miller, University Maryland University College and

Fairleigh Dickinson University Rose Solari, Independent Author

1B. Institutionalized Italian-Language Book Reading Values &

Copyright Law Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Robert Viscusi, Brooklyn College, CUNY Speakers : Alexandra de Luise, Queens College, CUNY, “Book Reading 1880-

1920: Examining Italian American Values” James J. Periconi, Independent Scholar, “The Evolution of Italian-language

Book Selling and Publishing in Late 19th and Early 20th Century New York and the U.S.”

Maria Protti, Independent Scholar, “The Collective Value of Innovation: WWII Takings of Creative Ownership Rights”


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1C. Italian American Histories: Pride, Politics, and the Protection of Labor

Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Chair : Salvatore La Gumina, Nassau Community College Speakers : Teresa Fava Thomas, Fitchburgh State University, “Columbus Day

1938: Why Celebrate? Italian Americans in Massachusetts and the Hurricane of ‘38”

Salvatore La Gumina, Nassau Community College, “The OSS in World War II: The Italian American Dimension”

Patrizia Fama Stahle, College of Coastal Georgia, “Protection of Italian Laborers on U.S. Soil, Proposals of a Federal Anti-Lynching Law, and Relations between Italy and the United States”

Concurrent Sessions 2

10:00 am-11:15 am 2A. Death: Italian American Style Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Rita Ciresi, University of South Florida Speakers : Joseph Bathanti, Appalachian State University Marisa Labozzetta, Independent Author Lisa Romeo, Bay Path University Rita Ciresi, University of South Florida

2B. Italian American Cinema I: Food as Agent in Italian American

Culture Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, University of Arkansas Speakers : Alan Gravano, American University in Dubai, “‘Don’t Forget the

Cannoli’: Exploring Food Porn in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather and John Badham’s Saturday Night Fever”

Alessandra Galassi, Pace University, “‘Tutti a tavola!’ Family, Food, and Stereotypes in Moonstruck”


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2C. Italian American Literary Significance in Children’s Literature, Creative Non-fiction, and Contemporary Fiction


Chair : Rose De Angelis, Marist College Speakers : Caroline Pari-Pfisterer, Borough of Manhattan Community College,

CUNY, “Conflicting Values: Italian American Women’s Educational Journeys”

Lisa Marie Paolucci, Teachers College, Columbia University, “Empowering Forces: Italian Grandparents in Contemporary Children’s Literature”

Rose De Angelis, Marist College, “Revisiting Women’s Roles: Motherhood, Family, and the Italian Way”

Featured Panel 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Changes in Italian American Ancestry from 1980 to 2012 Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Vincenzo Milione, Itala Pelizzoli, and Carmine Pizzirusso John D. Calandra Italian American Institute


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Lunch 12:30 pm-1:30 pm

Lunch break on your own.

Concurrent Sessions 3 1:30 pm-2:45 pm

3A. Memoir in Contemporary Italian American Poetry: Balancing

Family and Values Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Chloe Yelena Miller, University Maryland University College and Fairleigh Dickinson University

Speakers : Chloe Yelena Miller, University Maryland University College and Fairleigh Dickinson University

Joey Nicoletti, Buffalo State, SUNY Rachel Guido deVries, Independent Author

3B. The Risk of Sentimentality in Literature and Performance Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Chair : Roseanne Giannini Quinn, De Anza College Speakers : Joseph Tumolo, University of Connecticut, Storrs, “A Conflicted Self:

A Postmodern Reading of Diverging Narratives of Values & Identity in John Fante’s Ask the Dust”

Dennis Barone, University of Saint Joseph, “Dangers in Imagining Italy and Italians: John Fante’s and Joseph Luzzi’s Two Italies”

Roseanne Giannini Quinn, De Anza College, “What Place Nostaglia?: Italian American Feminist Comparative Constructs in Literature by Diane Di Prima and Carole Maso and Performance by Lady Gaga”


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3C. Youngstown Italian American Values Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Carla Simonini, Youngstown State University Speakers : Paula Schaefer, Youngstown State University Ryan Antonucci, Youngstown State University Chris Rutushin, Ohio State University Respondent : Anthony Dion Mitzel, University of Bologna

Concurrent Sessions 4

3:00 pm-4:15 pm 4A. The Next Generation of Italian American Poets Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Nicole Santalucia, Shippensburg University Speakers : Dante Di Stefano, Binghamton University Brian Fanelli, Lackawanna College Nicole Santalucia, Shippensburg University

4B. The End of Italian American Culture: Costs and Consequences Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Margherita Ganeri, University of Calabria Speakers : Donna Chirico, York College, CUNY, “How Pasta Fazool is

Destroying Your Heritage: The Negative Impact of the Bastardization of Language in Psychological Development”

Fred Gardaphé, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute & Queens College, CUNY, “Beyond the Basciument: The Future of Italian Diaspora Studies”

Anthony Tamburri, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute & Queens College, CUNY, “The Dynamics of Amor Proprio and Short Arms and Deep Pockets”


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4C. Writers Read Memoir and Poetry Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Chair : Nancy Caronia, University of Rhode Island Speakers : Joanne DeTore, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, “Pendulums

and Poetry” Dennis Barone, University of Saint Joseph, “A Reading of A Thousand Words” Nancy Caronia, University of Rhode Island, “Sex, Drugs, and AIDS:

Excavating Memories of My Cousins, My Life” Amy Riolo, Independent Author, “The Role of Food in Italian American

Culture and Identity”


5A. Family Relations, Motherhood, Death, Catholicism, and

Immigration Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Joelle Biele, Independent Author Speakers : BK Fischer, Columbia University Jennifer Militello, New England College Joelle Biele, Independent Author

5B. Creating Italian Diaspora Studies Programs: A Case History Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Anthony Julian Tamburri, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute & Queens College, CUNY

Speakers : Margherita Ganeri, University of Calabria Gianpiero Barbuto, University of Calabria Marcella Bencivenni, Hostos Community College, CUNY Respondent : Fred Gardaphé, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute &

Queens College, CUNY


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5C. Caricatures of Italian Americans in Literature, Labor History, and New Media


Chair : Eva P. Sañudo, University of Oviedo Speakers : Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Penn State University, “Making Italian

Americans Productive: Notes from A Cultural History of New Media and Labor Management”

Eva P. Sañudo, University of Oviedo “Permeating and Contested Images: Italian Americans Perceived, Imagined, and (Re)Invented Values”

Graduate Fellowship and Travel Stipend Awards

6:00 pm-6:30 pm Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 5

NIAF: Joe Piscopo and Friends Celebrate Frank

Sinatra’s 100th Birthday (Ticketed Event) 9:30 pm - Morning

Marriott Ballroom


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Saturday, October 17

Coffee and Continental Breakfast Exhibition Hall C 8:00 am-8:30 am Registration and Information Exhibition Hall C 9:00 am-12:00 pm


6A. Celebrating Italian American Values in Literature Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Rachel Guido deVries, Independent Author Speakers : Rachel Guido deVries, Independent Author Susan Lembo Balik, Passaic County Community College Grace Cavalieri, Independent Author and National Public Radio Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Binghamton University, SUNY George Guida, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

6B. Italian American Cinema Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, University of Arkansas Speakers : Peter Carravetta, Stony Brook University, SUNY, “Italian American

Social History through Cinema” Mary Ann McDonald Carolan, Fairfield University, “A Fistful of Focaccia: Italy

and America in Nico Cirasola’s Focaccia Blues” Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, University of Arkansas, “From Wise Guys to Honest

Men: Food as Aphrodisiac in Bob Giraldi’s Dinner Rush”


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6C. The Power of Image, Figure, and Performance in Italian American Cinema


Chair : Courtney Ruffner Grieneisen, State College of Florida Speakers : Vincent Piturro, Metropolitan State University of Denver “Preening,

Pageantry, and Performance: Italian Americans in Martin Scorsese’s Films” Courtney Ruffner Grieneisen, State College of Florida, “Overlooked and Under-

Represented: The Essential Lupino Anthony Cavaluzzi, SUNY Adirondack, “Armed with Art: Beniamino Bufano’s

Politics of Sculpture”


7A. Crafting Truth: Challenging the Stereotypes of Working-Class

Italian American Women Through Creative Writing Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Olivia Kate Cerrone, Independent Author Speakers : Vanessa Blakeslee, Independent Author Jennifer Colella Martelli, Independent Author Diana Lynch, Boston University Olivia Kate Cerrone, Independent Author

7B. The Logic of Art and Identity: The Poetics of Maria Mazziotti

Gillan Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Nicole Santalucia, Shippensburg University Speakers : Anthony Tamburri, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute &

Queens College, CUNY Dante Di Stefano, Binghamton University, SUNY Jessica Femiani, Binghamton University, SUNY Nicole Santalucia, Shippensburg University


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7C. Proceedings From Italian America’s Historical Remnants Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Chair : Christine Scodari, Florida Atlantic University Speakers : Christine Scodari, Florida Atlantic University, “Bridging Generations,

Bridging Cultures? Italian Americans, Identification, and Family History Texts and Practices”

Vince Romano, Editor, Independent Scholar, “Ethnic Cleansing 101: The Historic Lobotomy at the Jane Addams’ Hull House Museum”

Featured Reading 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Frank Lentricchia, Duke University Reading from The Morelli Thing (Guernica Editions) Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Lunch 12:30 pm-1:30 pm

Lunch on your own.

The George L. Graziadio Center at California State University, Long Beach is proud to hose the 2016 IASA conference on the CSULB campus next year. Watch for the call for proposals in the spring!


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8A. Babbo : Creative Writers on Italian American Fathers Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Fred Misurella, East Stroudsburg University Speakers : Vittoria Repetto, Independent Scholar and Author Joey Nicoletti, Buffalo State, SUNY Edvige Giunta, New Jersey City University Joseph Ricapito, Louisiana State University Fred Misurella, East Stroudsburg University Respondent : George Guida, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

8B. Subjective Manifestations of Ethnicity in Americana Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Anthony Dion Mitzel, University of Bologna Speakers : Anthony Dion Mitzel, University of Bologna, “Breaking Bread:

Appropriating Italian Cuisine on TV Cooking Shows” Amy Riolo, Independent Author, “Beyond Pizza and Pasta: Italian Influences on

American Cuisine and Culture” Michael J. Agovino, Independent Author, “Italian American Memoirs”

8C. The Complexity of Influence: Italian Americans on Jazz and

Literature Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 4

Chair : Samuele Pardini, Elon University Speakers : David Witter & Bill Del Cerro, Independent Authors, “Jazz and the

Italian American Experience” Samuele Pardini, Elon University, “The White Shadow: Sinatra, Davis Jr., and the

Subversion of Racial Politics”


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9A. Family and Gender in Italian American Identity Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 2

Chair : Laurence Basirico, Elon University Speakers : Anna Ciamparella, Louisiana State University, “Becoming ‘Something

Else’ as a Means of Belonging: Discussing Italian American-ness in Giuseppe Ungaretti's Work”

Laurence Basirico, Elon University, “Moving from Adversity to Pride: Italian Immigration, Crisis, Inter-generational Juxtaposition, and Adult Identity”

John Champagne, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, “Liminal Masculinities, Liminal Italians/Americas: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Corrado Cagli”

Giuseppe Sorrentino, Ramapo College of New Jersey, “Ideas of gender in Italian American poets of the Beat generation: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, and Diane di Prima”

9B. Italian American Daughters and Dads: Love and Loss Exhibition Hall C, Lincoln Room 3

Chair : Lorraine Mangione, Antioch University New England Speakers : Lorraine Mangione, Antioch University New England B. Amore, Independent Author Karen DeLuca Stephens, Writers Institute Fellow, CUNY

Be sure to visit the events, screening and tastings with our NIAF partners throughout the weekend! The complete schedule for the 40th Anniversary Gala is available from the NIAF website at: www.niaf.org.


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NIAF 40th Anniversary Gala Reception 5:30 pm-6:30 pm

Marriott Foyer

NIAF 40th Anniversary Gala 7:00 pm-10:00 pm

Marriott Ballroom


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Executive Council

IASA Officers Alan Gravano – President Samuele F. S. Pardini - Vice-President Fred Misurella – Treasurer Alexandra de Luise – Secretary Maria Protti - Curator

Executive Council Dennis Barone Rose De Angelis Joanne L. Detore Jessica Femiani Chiara Mazzucchelli Joey Nicoletti Robert Oppedisano Lisa Marie Paolucci John Paul Russo Nicole Santalucia Anthony Julian Tamburri

2015 Conference Theme: Italian American Values This year's conference features scholarly and creative presentations and panels focused on the broad theme of the conference: the nature, history, dynamics, and problematics of an Italian American system of values—current and historical, perceived or imagined, personal or social. Present-day Italian American identities are often grounded in systems of values and beliefs emergent from transnational histories. Family structure, religion, state politics, economics, social class, and the experience of migration itself shape these systems of value, which finds expression in personal and communal behavior, expressive, and material culture, and forms of social life, from the family to the larger communities. The persistent American concern with values and ethics in U. S. society has, since the earliest Italian immigration, continued to raise questions about the nature of Italian American and other "ethnic" values in U. S. society.


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Individual Conference Planner

Thursday, October 15 Friday, October 16 Saturday, October 17 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Calabria Summer Institute Panel

8:00 am-8:30 am Coffee and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am-8:30 am Coffee and Continental Breakfast

7:30 pm-8:30 pm IASA Keynote Speaker Robert Cohen

8:30 am-9:45 am Session 1 __________

8:30 am-9:45 am Session 6 __________

8:30 pm-9:30 pm Opening Reception

10:00 am-11:15 am Session 2 __________

10:00 am-11:15 am Session 7 __________

11:30 am-12:30 pm Featured Panel: John D. Calandra Institute

11:30 am-12:30 pm Featured Reading: Frank Lentricchia

12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch on your own

12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch on your own

1:30 pm-2:45 pm Session 3 __________

1:30 pm-2:45 pm Session 8 __________

3:00 pm-4:15 pm Session 4 __________

3:00 pm-4:15 pm Session 9 __________

4:30 pm-5:45 pm Session 5 __________

5:30 pm-6:30 pm NIAF Gala Reception

6:00 pm-6:30 pm Graduate Fellowship Presentation

7:00 pm-10:00 pm NIAF Gala (Ticketed Event)

9:30 pm – Morning NIAF: Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday Celebration (Ticketed Event)


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Conference Map

All IASA events will take place in Exhibition Hall C. The Book Display Room and some NIAF events are also held in the Park Tower. To visit them, take the Park Tower elevator from the Lobby Level. The Book Display is in room 8229.

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Italian American Values - Amazon Web Servicessilkstart.s3.amazonaws.com/5612bea3a6b3f101780d40e1.pdf · Italian American Values Sponsors ... Lisa Marie Paolucci, Teachers College,