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December 31, 2025

Call for Contributions for International Symposium 2025

The Italian Ethnic Press in North America
Expanding Scholarship on Language, Education and Identity

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International Symposium
September 23, 2025
Chancellor’s Suite
Seton Hall University

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Organizers

Matteo BRERA
William J. CONNELL

Keynote Speaker

Bénédicte DESCHAMPS

Book Project

Call for Contributions

Program

Click here for the symposium program and the full list of participants

Conference Video

Photos from the Symposium

Opening remarks by Professor William J. Connell, Seton Hall University
Opening remarks Jonathan Farina, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seton Hall University
Opening remarks by Dr. Matteo Brera, Università degli Studi di Padova/Seton Hall University
Opening remarks by Claudio Pagliara, Director, Italian Cultural Institute New York, joined
Mark Rotella (Coccia Institute, Montclair State University) chairing the panel on 'Politics, Education and Ideology in the Italian Ethnic Press'
Carmen Petruzzi (University of Foggia) presenting 'A Year of Rebellious Words. A Socio-Educational Analysis of Il Martello (1918)'
Carmen Petruzzi's presentation
Matteo Brera (UniPd/SHU) presenting 'Schools, Societies and Newspapers: Education and the Italian Ethnic Press in Louisiana'
Matteo Brera's presentation
Matteo Brera's presentation
David Aliano (University of Mount Saint Vincent) presenting 'Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Italian Language Press in Argentina'
David Aliano's presentation
Panel discussion of 'Politics, Education and Ideology in the Italian Ethnic Press'
David Aliano (University of Mount Saint Vincent) chairing the panel on 'Between Print and Digital Culture: Voices and Visions of the Italian Ethnic Press'
Marcella Martin (New York University) presenting 'L’Italia Oggi: An Analysis of Bilingual Articles in Attenzione Magazine'
Marcella Martin's presentation
Marcella Martin's presentation
Marcella Martin's presentation
Fred L. Gardaphe (Queens College, CUNY and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute) presenting 'Forty Years on the Masthead: My Life as an Ethnic Journalist'
Stefano Morello (CUNY, Graduate Center) presenting 'Making the Invisible Visible: Digital Humanities Approaches to Italian American Ethnic Periodicals in North America'
Stefano Morello's presentation
Stefano Morello's presentation
Panel discussion of 'Between Print and Digital Culture: Voices and Visions of the Italian Ethnic Press'
Panel discussion of 'Between Print and Digital Culture: Voices and Visions of the Italian Ethnic Press'
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Donna Chirico (York College, CUNY and Resident Faculty, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute) chairing the panel on 'Readers and Readerships: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on the Italian Ethnic Press'
Brando Francesco Bonsanti (Roma Tre University) presenting '«Il Progresso Italo-Americano» and Its Readership: A Critical and Literary Analysis'
Brando Francesco Bonsanti's presentation
James Periconi (Independent Scholar) presenting 'The Role of the Ethnic Press in the Development of a Book Culture among Italian Immigrant Readers during the Great Migration'
James Periconi's presentation
James Periconi's presentation
Luigi Cepparrone (University of Bergamo) presenting 'Il canone muto. Letteratura e narrazione nei meccanismi di costruzione dell’identità nei giornali di una comunità italo-americana.'
Panel discussion of 'Readers and Readerships: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on the Italian Ethnic Press'
Quinn Christie (SHU Libraries) demonstrating the digitial archives of the University
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Quinn Christie's exhibition of SHU's digital archives of Italian-American newspapers
Matteo Brera demonstrating the digital aspects of the MSCA DaShoW Project (the website)
Matteo Brera demonstrating the digital aspects of the MSCA DaShoW Project (online exhibits)
Matteo Brera demonstrating the digital aspects of the MSCA DaShoW Project (the Primo Bartolini exhibit)
Matteo Brera demonstrating the digital aspects of the MSCA DaShoW Project (historical map of New Orlean's showing old Italian businesses)
William J. Connell as the discussant of the roundtable panel on 'Ethnic Voices in Print: Italian American, Italian Canadian, and African American Presses'
David Aliano, Matteo Brera and Larry Greene as the participants in the roundtable 'Ethnic Voices in Print: Italian American, Italian Canadian, and African American Presses'
Keynote speech by Bénédicte Dechamps(Université Paris Cité) presenting 'Historicizing the U.S. Ethnic Press: The Case of Italian American Journalism'
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