Francesca Piana, Author at Allegra Lab Anthropology for Radical Optimism Thu, 21 May 2015 09:07:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png Francesca Piana, Author at Allegra Lab 32 32 A hundred years apart: An intimate history of Italian migration to the US https://allegralaboratory.net/a-hundred-years-apart-an-intimate-history-of-italina-migration-to-the-us/ https://allegralaboratory.net/a-hundred-years-apart-an-intimate-history-of-italina-migration-to-the-us/#respond Thu, 21 May 2015 08:00:53 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=13032 “…Here being my Italy – Where memories spring like geysers, Crying at me where I place my feet; Italy which […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/snowflake-snowdrops-and-other-stories-poem/feed/ 0 What do SWISS MOUNTAINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, and THE BOSPHORUS have to do with history and refugee studies? https://allegralaboratory.net/what-do-swiss-mountains-aretha-franklin-and-the-bosphorus-have-to-do-with-history-and-refugees-studies/ https://allegralaboratory.net/what-do-swiss-mountains-aretha-franklin-and-the-bosphorus-have-to-do-with-history-and-refugees-studies/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:01:41 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=2748 When I introduce myself as an historian, I am usually met with any one of a number of different reactions. […]

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