HASTAC Commons | Alan J. Gravano | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/gravano/activity/ Activity feed for Alan J. Gravano. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:19:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c23f25bb6cc60a98c5d3ace8df172618 Alan J. Gravano edited the event NOL'italiano: Italian American New Orleans (Session 204) in the groups LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian, LLC Italian American, TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905467/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:25:46 +0000 0 2eea160d3987912e8c23a0168a270196 Alan J. Gravano changed their profile picture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905464/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:36:50 +0000 0 07d9f3d9553b11542ac3cc1f8b414d2c Alan J. Gravano started the topic Enhancing Engagement Within the MLA LLC Italian American Forum in the forum LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/enhancing-engagement-within-the-mla-llc-italian-american-forum/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:28:59 +0000 Dear Members,

We hope this message finds you well. As we continue to grow and expand our community, we are excited to reach out to our 70 members of the MLA LLC Italian American Forum. Your participation and insights are invaluable, and we aim to create a vibrant and dynamic space for dialogue and collaboration.

We are keen to hear your thoughts…[Read more]

]]> 0 4b531d708fe1a6a17d41d176a3afdcdb Alan J. Gravano created the site LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905377/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:12:52 +0000 0 6c291a7fee8bc5012aae1f28b0c7620f Alan J. Gravano created the event (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies (Session 11) in the groups LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian, LLC Italian American, TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905370/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:34:53 +0000 Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies (Session 11)

Description: What You Don’t See Is What We Don’t Get: Invisibility and Italian Diaspora StudiesFred L. Gardaphe, Queens C, City U of New York

        Illness, AIDS, and Affect in Robert Ferro’s NovelsRyan Calabretta-Sajder, U of Arkansas, Fayet…[Read more]

        ]]>         0         b7a46ac8d398d1e36d6b8ec0a11aa770 Alan J. Gravano created the event Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas (Session 406) in the groups LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian, LLC Italian American, TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905359/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:24:40 +0000 Title: Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas (Session 406)

        Description: Exploring Italian Identity through Memory and Politics in Zélia Gattai’s ‘Anarchists, Thanks to God’Chiara Caputi, Graduate Center, City U of New York

              Carcamanos to Comendadores: Illegality and the Making of Italians in São PauloGiulia Riccò…[Read more]

              ]]>               0               ccf70108ad19728c137c633416392273 Alan J. Gravano created the event NOL'italiano: Italian American New Orleans in the groups LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian, LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1905354/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:20:57 +0000 Title: NOL’italiano: Italian American New Orleans

              Description: Italian Theater Set Designers in New Orleans between Freemasonry and Slavery: Antonio Mondelli and Giovan Battista FogliardiGianni Cicali, Georgetown U

                    Questioning Creole Authenticity: Italian American Family-Owned Establishments in New OrleansAlan J. Gravano, Rocky Mountain U…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     6f8f8fe604a8d2b55782447115edf0f0 Alan J. Gravano's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1899656/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:32:20 +0000 0 00389ed1c49f1486378328e2521bc47a Alan J. Gravano uploaded the file: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies to LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1881735/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:57:13 +0000 IASA Guaranteed Allied Organization Session
                    Session Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies
                    Session Chair: Alan J. Gravano
                    Abstract: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be th…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     80d6a47b9732c963ecaaa555596d4f87 Alan J. Gravano's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1878668/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:25:55 +0000 0 583238d4880008c95636f50a3bf552ad Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26425 - Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers in the discussion LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/26425-italian-american-llc-guaranteed-session-call-for-papers-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:15:12 +0000 #26425 – Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers

                    Title: Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas

                    New Orleans has for centuries been a port of call and interstitial space beckoning people to its banks, whether through choice, coercion, or bondage.

                    For the Italian diaspora, New Orleans has been one…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     28b4170e87bb60b5957ca6597aa19b00 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26425 - Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26425-italian-american-llc-guaranteed-session-call-for-papers/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:15:08 +0000 #26425 – Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers

                    Title: Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas

                    New Orleans has for centuries been a port of call and interstitial space beckoning people to its banks, whether through choice, coercion, or bondage.

                    For the Italian diaspora, New Orleans has been one of the…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     e903db105c16658b452a2750b9efd075 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session in the discussion LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/26426-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-session-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:10:53 +0000 #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session

                    Title: Italian Creole: Accents and Intersections

                    This panel takes the rich history of Italian Americans in New Orleans as a starting point for exploring the politics and power of ethnic visibility in New Orleans. Italians and Italian Americans were foundational to the early infrastructure…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     9c1c00b39ff516c2e808144a5be0dbbb Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26426-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-session/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:10:50 +0000 #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session

                    Title: Italian Creole: Accents and Intersections

                    This panel takes the rich history of Italian Americans in New Orleans as a starting point for exploring the politics and power of ethnic visibility in New Orleans. Italians and Italian Americans were foundational to the early infrastructure of…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     5f36217dcaa6136d36924bb8c7825f3b Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/26428-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-and-aati-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:07:58 +0000 #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI Nonguaranteed Session

                    Title:  Helen Barolini’s Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women at Forty

                    This panel celebrates one of the seminal classics of Italian American literature on the advent of its fortieth anniversary. Helen Barolini’s 1985 anthology marked a fundam…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     817533eba02d9936a04461e39c8eeb59 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/26428-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-and-aati/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:07:55 +0000 #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI Nonguaranteed Session

                    Title:  Helen Barolini’s Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women at Forty

                    This panel celebrates one of the seminal classics of Italian American literature on the advent of its fortieth anniversary. Helen Barolini’s 1985 anthology marked a fundam…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     4e8f08b9eb09ab00a8e0a5eb284bc2e1 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #25997: Guaranteed Allied Organization Session for IASA in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/25997-guaranteed-allied-organization-session-for-iasa-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:04:41 +0000 #25997: Allied Organization Session for IASA Guaranteed

                    Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies

                    MLA Description: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be the “right…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     5e3382b23a801b14ce61576b0b8405f3 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #25997: Guaranteed Allied Organization Session for IASA in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/25997-guaranteed-allied-organization-session-for-iasa/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:04:38 +0000 #25997: Allied Organization Session for IASA Guaranteed

                    Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies

                    MLA Description: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be the “right reader[s…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     6578de5aeebefc6f8b87090f4affc6b3 Alan J. Gravano started the topic LLC Italian American 1998-2023 (Twenty-fifth Anniversary) in the discussion LLC Italian American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/llc-italian-american-1998-2023-twenty-fifth-anniversary/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:19:08 +0000 After the meeting today, I thought about anniversaries. The first LLC IA was San Francisco in 1998. Thus, 2023 will be the 25th anniversary of the LLC.

                    ]]>                     0                     544e14ff79ac1a50133da5ff2feb7aa2 Alan J. Gravano started the topic 2020 Italian Americans on the Page in the discussion Working Group: Italian Americans on the Page https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/working-group-italian-americans-on-the-page/forum/topic/2020-italian-americans-on-the-page/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:12:09 +0000 Dear MaryJo and Ryan,

                    The three of us are the only ones with current MLA affiliation. This page was created for us today. Perhaps, we can use it as we get closer to the MLA Convention in Seattle.

                    Alan

                    ]]>                     0                     ee623439de258dc70d3ed5e32fd10a40 Alan J. Gravano posted an update: Dear all, I realize this article is about the AHA and their […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639513/ Fri, 03 May 2019 16:45:57 +0000 Dear all,
                    I realize this article is about the AHA and their situation; many of the issues cross disciplines.

                    https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Moral-Stain-on-the/246197

                    Alan

                    ]]>                     0                     980eb40e112656dc83da7a5a6d393de6 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: I just received notification that the 2017 MLA elections for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1585830/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:55:24 +0000 I just received notification that the 2017 MLA elections for the forum executive committees are now under way.

                    I am asking each of you to vote for me as the new Delegate of the Italian American Discussion Group. Unlike the other nominee, I have taught Italian/American Literature courses and I am President of the Italian American Studies…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     4098e11d422099763ba5a548f90d84bc Alan J. Gravano created the event 51st Annual Italian American Studies Conference Thursday, October 18 through Saturday, October 20, 2018 in the group LLC Italian American. https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582818/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:54:44 +0000 0 2a832b28a65e4cac5c1912053fe8c1f5 Alan J. Gravano created the event 50th Annual Italian American Studies Conference Thursday, Nov. 2-Saturday, Nov. 4 in the group LLC Italian American. https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582814/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:53:00 +0000 0 a2a7fe84a4d9ab562957371d3bd7a3d7 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: We are pleased to announce that our 51 annual Italian […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582810/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:43:39 +0000 We are pleased to announce that our 51 annual Italian American Studies Association (IASA) conference will be hosted by Loyola University, Chicago. The conference dates are Thursday, October 18 through Saturday, October 20 2018. More information to follow.

                    http://www.italianamericanstudies.net/cpages/conference-2018

                    ]]>                     0                     df4aed1d1c1f1d2e464a80ddf30a4f69 Alan J. Gravano posted an update in the group LLC Italian American: Faith, (Ir)reverence, and the Italian Diaspora Fifty Years […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582809/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 18:39:13 +0000 Faith, (Ir)reverence, and the Italian Diaspora Fifty Years of Italian American Studies

                    Marriott Wardman Park

                    2660 Woodley Road NW Washington, DC 2008

                    November 2-4, 2017

                    The Italian American Studies Association (IASA) formerly the American Italian Historical Association (AIHA) celebrates its fiftieth year of academic inquiry into all things…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     c76054f1ac3f2c250b72536acc59ca55 Alan J. Gravano's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1582780/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:46:32 +0000 0 8a61c849ff4d38808d0b4171c7c608f7 Dr. Alan J. Gravano started the topic Alan Gravano: Fall 2016 MLA Forum Executive Committee Elections in the discussion Italian American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/italian-american/forum/topic/alan-gravano-fall-2016-mla-forum-executive-committee-elections/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:24:31 +0000 Hi everyone,

                    My name is Alan Gravano, and I am running for the Italian American Discussion Group. I sat in on the meeting last year in Austin and presented a paper on teaching Italian American beat poets. Yesterday, my paper on Ferlinghetti and di Prima challenging the conventional definitions of multi-ethnic literature was accepted by the Beat…[Read more]

                    ]]>                     0                     60895c2de8a4c3585908b07358596ccf Alan J. Gravano changed their profile picture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/986/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:15:39 +0000 0