Program

Public Programs: Special Projects

Period of Performance

8/1/1979 - 1/31/1980

Funding Totals

$41,919.00 (approved)
$41,919.00 (awarded)


Development of a Series of Italian American Symposia

FAIN: GP-*1187-79

National Italian-American Foundation (Washington, DC 20036)
Alfred Rotondaro (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

Supports planning and development of a national series of symposia on issues important to Ital-Amers. Themes to be explored are: the nature of ethnic identity, trends in modern Italian history education and Ital-Amer neighborhood history.

To a series of panel presentations and discussions in ten U.S. cities to help convey to the public the role that both Italians and Italian Americans have played in American Society.