Browse Exhibits (125 total)
Building Italian Presence on our Jesuit Campus-ITAL 185 W2024
This exhibit will explore the presence of Jesuit influence on Santa Clara University's campus. We will touch on the early Jesuits and how they traveled to Italy, the founding of Santa Clara College as well as the implentation of religion, the architecture and gardens on campus, Vari and Casa Italiana, and John A. Sobrato.
Italian belonging in the SF Bay Area-ITAL 185 W2024
This exhibit investigates the integration of Italian-American migrants, and their descendants, into various parts of American life.
The pages under Beyond Little Italy: The Unrecognized Legacy of Italian-Americans in the Bay Area examine the 'model colony' of San Francisco and dives into the lives of affluent Italian American figures in the Bay Area such as Amadeo P. Giannini, and Domenico Ghirardelli. Through exploring their persistent legacy and impact on the Bay Area and greater United States in the face of consistent prejudices, stereotypes, and difficulties assimilating, we gain a deeper appreciation for their impressive legacy that continues to prevail today.
For Political Assimilation, there is a focus on the history and answering the question of "why is political assimilation so important?", along with comparing and contrasting Italian-American politicians' experiences from interviews from Illinois and California. This will highlight diversity and empowerment for Italian-Americans post WWII.
Under the section for New York verse San Francisco assimilation, it explores the complex history of Italian Americans journey of assimilation to American culture on both the east coast and west coast. It compares and contrasts the hardships these immigrants had to face. It also showcases the period of time when Italian immigrants were first arriving to America and the time period of immigration during the start of WW2.
"Worlds Apart," aims to address intercontinental narratives of immigration, specifically between the unique experiences of Italian and Latino immigrants. It investigates why Italian and Latino immigrants identified with one another through detailing their cultural values, process of assimilation, and confrontations with outside forces over the course of the 20th Century.
The section exploring the Italian-American experience during the interwar period through the end of the second world war explores how Italian-American attitudes towards politics, war, and culture changed during that turbulent time in world history.
Credits: Sofia Recupero, Tessa D'Alessandro, Francesca Penati, Tyler Pineda, Davis Letsinger, Brianna McDaniel
Classical Transvestism
This exhibition aims to explore transvestism in Late Antiquity, particularly in the plays produced then.
Eleanor's Italian Exibit
A painting based on the Intersectionality between race and gender exemplified as African Americans and Women
