International Symposium
September 23, 2025
Chancellor’s Suite
Seton Hall University
Click on underlined participant’s name to see the abstract of their paper and their biography
Matteo BRERA
William J. CONNELL
Barbara.Ritchie@shu.edu / 973-275-2967
9:00 a.m.
Matteo BRERA, William J. CONNELL, Seton Hall University
Jonathan FARINA, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seton Hall University
Claudio PAGLIARA, Director, Italian Cultural Institute New York
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Politics, Education and Ideology in the Italian Ethnic Press
Chair: Mark ROTELLA (Coccia Institute, Montclair State University)
Carmen PETRUZZI (University of Foggia)
A Year of Rebellious Words. A Socio-Educational Analysis of Il Martello (1918)
Matteo BRERA (University of Padova / Seton Hall University)
Schools, Societies and Newspapers: Education and the Italian Ethnic Press in Louisiana
David ALIANO (University of Mount Saint Vincent)
Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Italian Language Press in Argentina
11:00 a.m.– 11:15 a.m.
11:15 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.
Between Print and Digital Culture: Voices and Visions of the Italian Ethnic Press
Chair: David ALIANO (University of Mount Saint Vincent)
Marcella MARTIN (New York University)
L’Italia Oggi: An Analysis of Bilingual Articles in Attenzione Magazine
Fred L. GARDAPHE (Queens College, CUNY and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute)
Forty Years on the Masthead: My Life as an Ethnic Journalist
Stefano MORELLO (CUNY, Graduate Center)
Making the Invisible Visible: Digital Humanities Approaches to Italian American Ethnic Periodicals in North America
1:00 p.m.– 2:15 p.m.
2:15 p.m.– 3:45 p.m.
Readers and Readerships: Literary and Cultural Perspectives on the Italian Ethnic Press
Chair: Donna CHIRICO (York College, CUNY and Resident Faculty, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute)
Brando Francesco BONSANTI (Roma Tre University)
«Il Progresso Italo-Americano» and Its Readership: A Critical and Literary Analysis
James PERICONI (Independent Scholar)
The Role of the Ethnic Press in the Development of a Book Culture among Italian Immigrant Readers during the Great Migration
Luigi CEPPARRONE (University of Bergamo)
Il canone muto. Letteratura e narrazione nei meccanismi di costruzione dell’identità nei giornali di una comunità italo-americana.
3:45 p.m.– 3:55 p.m.
4:00 p.m.– 4:20 p.m.
Digital Windows onto the Italian Ethnic Press: The DaShoW Newspapers Collections and the Newark Tribune Digitization Project
Matteo BRERA (University of Padova / SHU), Quinn CHRISTIE (SHU Libraries)
4:20 p.m.– 5:20 p.m.
Ethnic Voices in Print: Italian American, Italian Canadian, and African American Presses
Discussant: William J. CONNELL (Seton Hall University)
Participants: David ALIANO (Mount Saint Vincent University), Matteo BRERA (University of Padova / SHU), Larry GREENE (Seton Hall University)
6:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m.
Bénédicte DESCHAMPS (Université Paris Cité)
Historicizing the U.S. Ethnic Press: The Case of Italian American Journalism
7:30 p.m.
