Simone Cinotto: Gastrofascism and Empire: Food in Italian East Africa, 1935–1941

Using a decolonizing food-studies approach and unexplored Ethiopian and Italian sources, Cinotto describes the meanings of different foods for different people at various points along the imperial food chain. Exploring the subjectivities, agencies, and emotions of Ethiopians and Italians, Gastrofascism and Empire (Bloomsbury, 2024) goes beyond simple colonizer/colonized binaries and offers a nuanced picture of lived, multisensorial experiences.

Light refreshments will be served.

 

ILICA Celebrates 20 Years with Conference and Dinner

The Italian Language Inter Cultural Alliance (ILICA) commemorated its twentieth anniversary this weekend with a panel discussion on AI, held at Tribeca 360 in lower Manhattan. Free and open to the public, the conference portion of the event featured representatives from the US and Italy who specialize in a range of endeavors, from academia to medicine to technology and high finance. They gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in their respective fields. The panel consisted of Mr. Francesco Rulli (CEO Querlo), Pierluigi Di Tomassi, Esq. (Di Tomassi Law Firm), Prof. Dean Anthony J. Tamburri (John D. Calandra Italian American Institute), Prof. Dr. Antonio Giordano (Oncologist, Pathologist, Researcher & Environmentalist), and Mr. Alfred (Ted) Douglass IV (The Douglass Group- Merrill Lynch Allentown, PA).

The panel was moderated by Dr. Donna Chirico, president emerita of ILICA.

After the panel and discussion, Vincenzo Marra, chairman and founder of ILICA, played host to assembled guests for a lavish dinner including musical accompaniment by Matteo Fedeli and Antonio Scaioli.