Resources for Teaching and Research
Selected archives, bibliographies, teaching materials, and digital projects for the study of Italian American history and the Italian diaspora.
American Italian Historical Association Records (CMS 008)
Document collection of the founding of the American Italian Historical Association chronicling the first eight years of its activities from 1966-1975. The collection has two addenda, CMS 008A and CMS 008B.
A project of the Data + Feminism Lab, MIT, directed by Catherine D'Ignazio, conducting audits of the U.S. Heritage landscape. Among its projects is the study of Christopher Columbus monuments, which produced the student-designed digital zine, WE NEVER WANTED HIM HERE :: Data + Feminism Lab, MIT offering a brief history of protests, takedowns, and counterproposals to the commemoration of Christopher Columbus in the United States.
A place of transnational research, meeting and cultural cooperation on Italian migrations.
Demographics Research — Calandra Italian American Institute
Socio-demographic studies of Italian Americans in the United States conducted by researchers at the Calandra Italian American Institute and available to the public.
Includes Passenger and Ship records, genealogy tips, and other educational resources.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Online resources include a list of experts, educational resources, and virtual events.
Essential topics, readings, and multimedia that provide historical context to current debates over immigration reform, integration, and citizenship. Created by immigration historians affiliated with the Immigration History Research Center | College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Italian American and Italian Diaspora Studies Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of publications that deal with the Italian American and Italian Diaspora experience including more than 1700 items.
Italian-American Literature — Oxford Bibliographies
Annotated bibliography that surveys Italian American literature.
Italian American Studies Open Syllabus
A crowd-sourced digital collection of remixable resources to explore and teach the Italian diaspora in the United States.
Site dedicated to research on Italian cinema.
James J. Periconi Collection of Italian-Language American Imprints
The James J. Periconi collection of Italian-language American imprints offers a unique insight into what Italian immigrants to the United States were reading, writing, and thinking about at the end of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries.
A resource hub and guide to Black Italy produced by the students of NYU's Black Italia course.
Online exhibit covering the internment of people of Italian descent in the United States during World War II created by the Western Regional Chapter of IASA under the direction of Lawrence DiStasi.
A visual podcast that uses the dynamic format of roundtable discussions to talk about a wide array of topics and delve into complex issues within the Italian diaspora.