Anthony Julian Tamburri

ANTHONY JULIAN TAMBURRI is Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. He is co-founder and co-director of Bordighera Press, past president of the Italian American Studies Association and of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. Concentrating on cinema, literature, and semiotics, his more recent books on the subject include: ”Re-reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism” (Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2014); ”Scrittori Italiano[-]Americani: trattino sì trattino no” (MNM Edizioni, 2018), ”Un biculturalismo negato: La scrittura ’italiana’ negli Stati Uniti” (Franco Cesati Editore, 2018), ”Signing Italian/American Cinema: A More Focused Look” (Ovunque Siamo P, 2021), and ”The Columbus Affairs. Imperatives for an Italian/American Agenda” (Casa Lago Press, 2021). He is executive producer and host of the Calandra Institute’s TV program, Italics, produced in collaboration with CUNY TV. He also writes a column for La Voce di New York, entitled “The Italian diaspora.” For more information see his website, www.anthonyjuliantamburri.org.