October 5, 2024

Upcoming Presentation at the Next IASA Annual Conference

Italian settlement in 'Dago City' (West Blocton, AL), circa 1912

As part of his Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, Dr. Matteo Brera will present at the upcoming Italian American Studies Association (IASA) annual conference at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. His talk on “Crossing the Racial Divide: The Italian Language Press and the Making of Italian Whiteness in Jim Crow Alabama” will be delivered on Friday, October 18, 2024 @ 8:30 a.m. as part of the ‘Race, Labor, and Gender’ panel.