Italian Diaspora Summer Seminar - CUNY - UniCal - Calabria 2016

The second edition of this three-week summer program at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) takes place June 13 through July 1, 2016, and is designed to introduce participants to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic perspectives and to foster development of individual projects responding to the materials covered in the series of seminars in literature, film, and the social sciences. All participants will engage in a special research project.
All of the six courses are taught by leading scholars in the field. Faculty includes: Mary Jo Bona, Fred Gardaphe, Margherita Ganeri, Donato Santeramo, Joan Saverino, Maddalena Tirabassi, and Anthony Julian Tamburri. Seminars will be visited by leading artists and scholars from a variety of disciplines.
The Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar is open to graduate students (doctorate; advanced MA students may be considered) and professors from colleges and universities worldwide. This is a collaborative program between the University of Calabria and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute / Queens College of The City University of New York. Professors from these two institutions and others will comprise the teaching faculty of the entire three weeks.
Guest Lecturers: Peter Carravetta, Rosemary Serra, Alessandra Di Maio.
Program Partecipant: Nancy Caronia, Stephen Cerulli, Francesco Corigliano, Nicholas DiChario, Jennifer Griffiths, Melissa Mandell, Susan Miceli, Robert Oppedisano, Samantha Pinto, Annamaria Scorza, Paola Severo, Giuseppe Sorrentino, Lucia Cristina Tirri.
Special Thanks:
National Italian American Foundation
Italian Language InterCultural Alliance
Order Sons of Italy in America
Italian American Studies Association
U.S. Consulate General to Southern Italy
Gino Mirocle Crisci - rector of UniCal, Guerino D’Ignazio - vice-rector of UniCal, Raffaele Perrelli - director of Dept. Humanistic Studies, Gianpiero Barbuto - manager UniCal.
Aragon Castle Museum - Proloco Le Castella - Isola Capo Rizzato, Mario Celestino - Bottega Storica del Tessuto d’Arte - Camigliatello Silano (Spezzano della Sila) - Longobucco, La Nave della Sila - Museo Narrante dell'Emigrazione - Camigliatello Silano (Spezzano della Sila), La Tavernetta di Pietro Lecce - Restaurant - Camigliatello Silano (Spezzano della Sila), Sila National Park - Cupone Visitor Center, Ente Parco Nazionale della Sila, Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Museo Demologico dell'Economia del Lavoro e della Storia Sociale Silana - San Giovanni in Fiore, Tappeti Artigianali Caruso - San Giovanni in Fiore - Cosenza, International Center for Joachimist Studies - San Giovanni in Fiore, La Sorgente Restaurant - San Vincenzo La costa.
Antonia Prosperati - Tourist Guide, Filomena Lopez - Assessore Comune di San Giovanni in Fiore, Giuseppe Riccardo Succubo, President of International Center for Joachimist Studies, Eugenio Cannata - Operatore Forestale.

Music by Iacopo Schiavo, Daniele Greco and Dario Giacovelli.
«New Nostoi Series» by Alessandro Tarsia.