Latest Past Events

Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Book presentation: Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora (2014, University Press of Mississippi) Edited by Joseph Sciorra and Edvige Giunta Presented by Joseph Sciorra and Edvige Giunta For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. The lives of these Italian women are woven into the artifacts…

Beyond Diasporas from the Balkans and Refugee Routes Today: Academic and Policy Implications

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism 2950 Broadway, New York City

Please join us for a workshop convened by Tanya Domi, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Harriman Institute Affiliated Faculty, Columbia University and Dženeta Karabegović, Ph.D. Researcher, University of Warwick, UK. Program 9:30am: Introductory remarks by Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute 9:40am: Welcome and Introductory Remarks Tanya Domi and Dženeta Karabegović 9:55am: Presentation by Tim Clancy, Humanitarian Worker 10:20am – 12:00pm: Diaspora…

The Afro-Atlantic Playwrights Festival

This event will recur Every Day until Dec. 7, 2019 Tisch Drama Stage in collaboration with the Camargo Foundation presents a festival of new readings on the African experience. Camargo Foundation’s Cultural Diaspora Playwrights Residency was conceived and curated by award-winning Minneapolis-based playwright Carlyle Brown and theater director Chuck Mike. The residency’s goal was to bring together mid-career and established…