Hidden Little Italy

Join us for an illuminating exploration of Italian identity and topography in San Diego with distinguished UCSD Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature Pasquale Verdicchio, PhD.

Drawing from his extensive research, Professor Verdicchio’s presentation will discuss the Italian diaspora, the history of San Diego's Italian community and the changes that the neighborhood now known as Little Italy has undergone throughout time.

Photography plays a major role in communicating changes to communities, their design and role as communal spaces. This dialogue will take place around a series of photographs that by our direct experience and communal memory might begin to create a context of enquiry. What is visible or hidden, what is there to re-discover in today’s Little Italy. How is its immigrant and working class history remembered or acknowledged, and what are the signs we might look for during a visit.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage with one of the region's leading scholars in Italian cultural studies and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about identity, migration and cultural transformation in our city.

Aperitivo by Romano's Restaurant will follow.

Photo: "Little Italy Little Maidens" by Pasquale Verdicchio

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