The Italian American Experience - Student Involvement

Date: Thursday October 28, 2021 (This event occurred in the past.)
Time: 12:30 PM
  • Description:

    This 45-minute Zoom lecture will focus on the Italian American experience across four generations, beginning with the first wave of immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century up through the modern-day. Topics of discussion will include push and pull factors that contributed to the Italian diaspora; areas of settlement and "Little Italy's "; the role of Catholicism in the Italian American community then and now; the role of the family among Italian Americans; the loss of the Italian language in the second and third generation and its role in reshaping Italian-American identity; Italian Americans post WWII, the settling of suburbia, and cross-ethnic marriage; Italian American cuisine then and now; the creation of the Italian American stereotype; the future of Italian America; open discussion.

    All are welcome. 

    https://hacc.zoom.us/j/95690491280

  • Location: https://hacc.zoom.us/j/95690491280
  • Categories:
    - All are welcome
    - Harrisburg Campus
    - Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging
    - Lebanon Campus
    - Special Events
    - York Campus
    - Gettysburg Campus
    - Lancaster Campus
    - Online Learning
    - Student Life
Back to calendar
Top