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After four days of movies, conferences, and debates, the first festival dedicated to the "New Italian America Cinema" ended on Saturday. Its success encourages hopes for a second edition next year.

While on summer hiatus, the "Italian American TV Magazine" produced by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute re-broadcasts 5 of its most important episodes from the past season (CUNY TV, Cable Channel 75)

A conversation with Anthony Julian Tamburri at the end of the conference on “Italians in the Americas”. The Dean makes a point on the degrees of perception and diffusion of Italian American culture both in the United States and in Italy. There is much to do and topics such as politics and psychology must be examined in depth and studied. Today the Calandra Institute, under the aegis of CUNY, has got what it takes to become an out-and-out Italian think-tank in America.

April 24-26, 2008. Dozens of scholars and experts will meet at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) to explore the diasporic experiences of Italians in the New World. The "Italians in the Americas" conference is dedicated to the myriad experiences of Italians in the Americas. It is a unique opportunity for scholarly communities in North and South America to come together and explore the past one hundred twenty-five years of diasporic activity in the western hemisphere.