IHSI Board Member and local author, Carol Faenzi will take us on a trip through the place where many of our ancestors passed into America. What did an immigrant experience during the first 24 hours? A fascinating walk through its history and photographs. Lawrence Public Library 7898 Hague Road Sunday, June 2, 2019 2:00 pm Refreshment served
Italian Heritage Society Lecture Series Back By Popular Demand! Obtaining Dual Citizenship: What You Need to Know! Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Nora Library 2:00-4:00 pm Always Free - No RSVP required. IHSI member Marlene Adami walk us through the complex process of applying for Italian Citizenship. This is not to be missed if you […]
Senior Lecturer, Elisa Lucchi-Riester is a Professor of 18 years in Butler University’s Spanish Department. She speaks four languages, including her native Italian. She taught Italian until the University cut the program in 2013. Passionate about languages, she also serves as a volunteer translator in communities and as a medical interpreter. No RSVP is required. […]
Speaker: Dr. James Glass We are honored to have as our next presenter, and for the second time, Dr. James Glass who will be speaking on the subject of Renaissance Architecture. Come and learn during this visually stunning presentation, how Renaissance architects such as Brunelleschi and others created buildings and monuments that have lasted 500 […]
Join professor of history and founding member of IU’s Food Institute Carl Ipsen for a special presentation in Indianapolis. Hosted at the Glendale Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, Professor Ipsen will discuss his recent sabbatical research on olive oil in the Puglia region of Italy. The Italian Heritage Society of Indiana is excited to […]
IHSI Lecture Series – Pompeii Our first lecture in 2025 will be presented by fellow Society member and local author, Sandra Hurt.Author of the historical novel, Priestess of Pompeii, Sandra Hurt has made many research trips to Italy and Greece which has allowed her to work with art historians and archaeologists, giving her a rich […]
IHSI Lecture Series – Down in the Delta: Race Relations between African and Italian Americans in Mississippi, 1880-1940 by Charlene J. Fletcher, Ph.D. This lecture will explore Italian migration and experiences in the Mississippi Delta between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. It interrogates the Italian padrone system as a form of confinement and examines […]
IHSI Lecture Series – Masking the Theatre: Traditions from Ancient Rome to Commedia dell’Arte Christopher Bungard, Professor of Classics - Department of History, Anthropology, and ClassicsButler UniversitySunday, October 5, 20252pmFort Ben Library; 9330 East 56 th St. Indianapolis, IN 46216This talk will trace the uses of masks in Italy from the ancient Roman period through […]
