“ ”The Italian Diaspora Seminar was an unforgettable and deeply inspiring experience. Held in the heart of Southern Italy, it brought together an incredible community of scholars, artists, and local voices to explore the rich and complex stories of Italian migration. The combination of rigorous discussion, moving personal narratives, and immersive site visits created a powerful connection between past and present, between here and there.
What stood out most was the seminar’s commitment to bridging academic work with lived experience. It was intellectually stimulating, emotionally resonant, and beautifully organized. I left with new insights, meaningful connections, and a renewed sense of purpos in my work. I can’t recommend it highly enough!””
— Wanda Balzano, Founding Chair, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Wake Forest University, USA
“The magic often found in setting conjured in words words words full of echoes.
Our ear attuned too well distorts the trek of language. Consider di-as-po-ra—scattered blown by winds of circumstance across the globe, perhaps is the only human condition in sync with the circularity of the universe. Italian migration, immigration, emigration, and generational roots crisscross oceans in search of place.
Professoressa Margherita Ganeri gives the condition its rightful name. Trauma. Italian Diaspora Studies applies the balm of knowledge in the community writers cloistered in panoramic splendor, feasted on Calabrian bounty, nourished on narrative.
Return! Return! Return! My mantra until next year. And do consider publication (insert journal title) of your work begun during your participation in the most inspirational writing seminars. Certainly by far I ever had the immense satisfaction of participating in.
