Italian Professor Receives Fulbright Foundation for Southern Italy Award

Ryan Calabretta-SajderDepartment of World Languages, Literatures & CulturesJ. William Fulbright College of Arts and SciencesFulbrightThis award is an incredible honorAnd it will allow me to pursue my research interests, including intersections of critical theory, particularly queer and feminist theories, with Italian and Italian American literature and cinemaBeyond the Margin or Within the Canon: The Novels of Amara LakhousDivergenze in celluloide: Colore, migrazione e identità nei film gay di Ferzan Özpetek The University of Calabria, ArcavacataDiaspora Literature for the MastersQueering Italian Americana, explores LGBTQ Italian American authors and their struggles with gender, cultural, and social class identity issuesRealismo Nella Letteratura ItalianaNEH Summer ProgramSource “University of Arkansas”