Calandra Italian American Institute

When Niccolo Machiavelli penned his masterpiece, The Prince, Italy was a land divided and besieged by many foreign forces.  In his last chapter, “An Exhortation to free Italy from the Hands of the Barbarians,” he calls for new weapons and formations...

An interview with the Dean of the City University of New York’s research institute, as part of an inquiry into the Italian heritage that Americans love

Quarto capitolo di una serie di cinque articoli focalizzata sui centri culturali italiani a New York. (Servizio fotografico di Terry W. Sanders)

“This wasn’t just the old man who limped everywhere. The more I learned about my grandfather, the more I felt distant from him,” said Mark Pedri. In his expedition-based documentary “Dear Sirs,” director Mark Pedri and his wife, producer Carrie...

The announcement below appears on a regular basis (annually at the very least) in the NY Times and is to include Italian Americans, a group designated a “protected class” back in 1976. It appeared this Sunday (February 27, 2022) in...

Given all the annual galas on the local, regional, and national levels, why is it that intellectuals like Robert Viscusi are never celebrated? Why is it that, at best, a popular filmmaker or a novelist may be recognized, but never...

Mancava fino ad oggi un quadro generale della diaspora italiana nel mondo anglofono. Su impulso del Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero ora lo disegna una serie di volumi dedicati agli USA, Canada, Australia, Repubblica del Sudafrica. Raccontare la storia della...

January 27, 2021 will mark twenty years since the first commemoration of Giorno della Memoria (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Italy. You can follow the online event organized this year by the Italian Consulate General and the Primo Levi Center for...