November 2005 · Los Angeles
Speaking Memory
The thirty eighth annual conference of the American Italian Historical Association, devoted to oral history, oral culture and Italians in America.
Events
Past Programs
A record of the festivals, concerts, exhibitions and symposia the Institute has produced with its partners.
Selected programs
What the Institute has presented
Each of these programs grew from research, from a partnership, or from both. Dates are given as they appear in the Institute's records.
24 October to 5 November 2001 · Los Angeles
Italian Jews: Memory, Music, Celebration
A festival and symposium on the Italian Jewish experience, with films, concerts and a scholarly program presented with a group of cultural and academic partners.
October 2000 · Los Angeles
Performing Ecstasies
A conference on music, dance and ritual in the Mediterranean, with exhibitions, workshops and concerts, and a photographic record kept in the archive.
16 April 2000 · Los Angeles
Mountains of Cheese, Rivers of Wine
A food program on the Italian dream of plenty, with an illustrated lecture, a talk on the Slow Food movement and tastings of artisanal wines and cheeses.
October 1998 · Los Angeles
Essential Salento
A festival of the culture of the Salento region of Apulia, presented with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Province of Lecce and the University of California, Los Angeles.
From 2000 · Los Angeles
St. Joseph's Day Tables
An exhibition drawn from fieldwork on the Sicilian custom of the St. Joseph's table, shown at a university museum in Westwood.
Partners
These programs were made possible by institutions including the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Los Angeles, the University of California, Los Angeles, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the Slow Food convivium of Los Angeles.