Italian-American Links

Academics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzAV3rFOJCO
Professor Dominic Candeloroon on the importance of preserving the history of the 5 million Italians who immigrated to the United States.

www.aihaweb.org
AIHA - American Italian Historical Association.

www.i-italy.org
A group of journalists, academics and "public Intellectuals" determined to create an authoritative point of encounter, information, and debate on the Internet concerning Italy and Italian America.

Anti-Defamation

The Annotico Report
Views and selections by Richard Annotico, an authoritative Italian American.

Italian-American One Voice Coalition
A national network of activists, enabling the 26 milion members of the Italian-American community to act as one united voice when dealing with defamation, discrimination, and negative stereotyping of our culture and heritage. Founded by Dr. Emanuele Alfano.

OSIA Committee On Social Justice
Anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy. The CSJ works to ensure equal concern, treatment, respect, freedom, and opportunity for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, creed, age, or sex. The CSJ is particularly concerned with false and discriminatory portrayals of Italian Americans and replacing them with true, positive, and affirming representations. Washington DC office: (202) 547-0121.

Stereotype This!
Increase your knowledge of Italian-American culture and how Hollywood has distorted this image. Presented by Bill Dal Cerro.

Cultural Blog

Italian American Girl
A cultural blog about growing up Italian American in the USA.

Genealogy

ItalianAncestry.com
Jenny Floro-Khalaf has put together the largest and most extensive compilation of Italian resources on the web. THE ULTIMATE JUMPSITE FOR ALL THINGS ITALIAN.

The Italian Heritage and Genealogy Home Page
Illya James D'Addezio, Director

My Italian Family
Bianca Ottone, your personal genealogist in Rome. 207 Via Panisperna 00184 Roma, Italia or telephone her New York office at (888) 472-0171. Your ancestry expert.

Ellis Island Foundation, Genealogy Database.

Higher Education

American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)
Promotes the study of Italian language, literature, and culture in schools, colleges, and universities in North America.

Italian American Studies at Stony Book
Stony Brook State University of New York. Program Director: Fred Gardaphè.

John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
Queens College/The City University of New York.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
French & Italian Department
The largest Italian program in the United States, in terms of students and faculty.

Italian-American Books and Publishers

The Italian American Press
Promotes Italian-American and other self-published authors.

Italian-American Organizations

Keep our Italian customs and traditions alive and vibrant by participating in an Italian-American organization in your area. Here are the Web page listings of some of the major Italian-American organizations in the United States that may have a local chapter in your area.

Italian Catholic Federation

National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)

Order Sons of Italy in America

UNICO National
Language, Culture, and Travel Sites

About.com's Italian Language Resource
by Michael San Filippo.

Italiansrus.com
Anthony Parente's guide to Italy and its language with this email group at Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups - Italian

Share your passion for Italy and its language with this email group at Yahoo!

ItalianAmericans.com
hosted by Daniel Cononico.

ItaliaUSA.com
by Franco Gianotti.

lst Rome Hotels

Offers an extensive directory of hotels and other lodging in and around Rome, Italy.

Magazines, Newspapers, and Book Reviews

Thirty-One Days of Italians

Book Review by Janice Mancuso of Author Leon Radomile's Heritage Italian-American Style, a book that highlights the endless contributions made by Italians and Italian Americans to Western civilization.  From Julius Caesar to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, from Galileo to Sinatra, who says education can't be fun?

Ambassador Magazine
Published quarterly by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).

Primo Magazine Online
A taste of Italy in America.

DolceVita
The insider's guide to Italy.

Italian America Magazine
The official publication of the Order Sons of Italy in America, the nation's largest and longest-established organization for men and women of Italian heritage.

The Italian Tribune
Italian-American weekly newspaper since 1931.

Italy Italy Magazine

L'Italo Americano
Newspaper for the Italian-American community.

La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian-American newspaper for Northern Ohio, published monthly since 1992.

Media

Italian American Network
The Italian American Network showcases the style and culture of Italy and the Italian-American experience.  Online and coming soon to TV, mobile and other medial platforms, the IAN's family-oriented programming features shows about food, fashion, style, travel, music, history, reality, and education as well as movies, sports, dramas, comedies, documentaries, and biographies.