Laura E. Ruberto
@laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social
I'm a Humanities professor at Berkeley City College. I write abt Italian migration/transnational/diaspora topics, film, material culture, vernacular culture, monuments, Gramsci, POWs and more.
Anti-fascist, pro-the-people, through and through.
Anti-fascist, pro-the-people, through and through.
Pinned
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
very cool to see this 3-D version of the exhibit I curated with @josephsciorra.bsky.social -- on view in person until September 26 in NYC @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
My recent review of Chasing the Lung Block directed by Stefano Gabbiani and co-written by Stefano Morello and Ilaria Tonelli
Out in the Italian American Review
@veritas44.bsky.social
Out in the Italian American Review
@veritas44.bsky.social
📽️A piece of memory work, one that cinematically fills the void of that material desire to “touch history.”
@laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social reviews "Chasing the Ghost of the Lung Block" in Italian American Review 15.2. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti...
@laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social reviews "Chasing the Ghost of the Lung Block" in Italian American Review 15.2. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My recent review of Chasing the Lung Block directed by Stefano Gabbiani and co-written by Stefano Morello and Ilaria Tonelli
Out in the Italian American Review
@veritas44.bsky.social
Out in the Italian American Review
@veritas44.bsky.social
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Parlare inglese non è cosa nostra: gli italiani ultimo Paese in Europa per conoscenza della lingua
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/11/19/news/parlare_inglese_non_e_cosa_nostra_gli_italiani_ultimo_paese_in_europa_per_conoscenza_della_lingua-424990989/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/11/19/news/parlare_inglese_non_e_cosa_nostra_gli_italiani_ultimo_paese_in_europa_per_conoscenza_della_lingua-424990989/?rss
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Parlare inglese non è cosa nostra: gli italiani ultimo Paese in Europa per conoscenza della lingua
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/11/19/news/parlare_inglese_non_e_cosa_nostra_gli_italiani_ultimo_paese_in_europa_per_conoscenza_della_lingua-424990989/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/11/19/news/parlare_inglese_non_e_cosa_nostra_gli_italiani_ultimo_paese_in_europa_per_conoscenza_della_lingua-424990989/?rss
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
DHS now terrorizing Charlotte NC
Homeland Security is not protecting us. It’s terrorizing us.
Man films Border Patrol agents smashing his car window in Charlotte
Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
DHS now terrorizing Charlotte NC
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
The southern European country has more than double the number of people aged over 100 than it did in 2009
The number of people in Italy living to aged 100 continues to grow sharply, with more than 2,000 reaching the milestone age in 2025, the vast majority of them women.
There are now 23,548 residents in Italy who are 100-years-old or over, compared with 21,211 in 2024, according to the latest figures from Istat, the national statistics agency. Italy has more than double the number of centenarians than it did in 2009, Istat said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Italian American Review 15.2 is now available! Check it out for a new article, new notes, book reviews, and a film review. Featuring contributions from @bgfirmani.bsky.social, @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social, and more. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Italian American Review 15.2 is now available! Check it out for a new article, new notes, book reviews, and a film review. Featuring contributions from @bgfirmani.bsky.social, @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social, and more. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Italian American Review Vol. 15, No. 1, a special issue on periodicals in the Italian Diaspora, also contains three new book reviews and a film review. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Italian American Review Vol. 15, No. 1, a special issue on periodicals in the Italian Diaspora, also contains three new book reviews and a film review. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Milano, caos al corteo per Gaza: assalto alla stazione, scontri pro Pal-Polizia | Piantedosi: "Isolare i violenti ma non vieteremo i cortei"
http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_settembre_22/milano-manifestazione-gaza-pro-pal-scontri-stazione-0a42d9bc-02c2-44fd-a68a-8080ec949xlk.shtml
http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_settembre_22/milano-manifestazione-gaza-pro-pal-scontri-stazione-0a42d9bc-02c2-44fd-a68a-8080ec949xlk.shtml
September 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Milano, caos al corteo per Gaza: assalto alla stazione, scontri pro Pal-Polizia | Piantedosi: "Isolare i violenti ma non vieteremo i cortei"
http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_settembre_22/milano-manifestazione-gaza-pro-pal-scontri-stazione-0a42d9bc-02c2-44fd-a68a-8080ec949xlk.shtml
http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_settembre_22/milano-manifestazione-gaza-pro-pal-scontri-stazione-0a42d9bc-02c2-44fd-a68a-8080ec949xlk.shtml
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
MILANO, 50.000 IN PIAZZA PER GAZA
Folla oceanica oggi al corteo dello sciopero per la Palestina. Assedio alla Stazione Centrale con violenti scontri
#FreePalestine
#StopBombingGaza
#CeasefireNow
#StopGenocide
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
Folla oceanica oggi al corteo dello sciopero per la Palestina. Assedio alla Stazione Centrale con violenti scontri
#FreePalestine
#StopBombingGaza
#CeasefireNow
#StopGenocide
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
MILANO, 50.000 IN PIAZZA PER GAZA
Folla oceanica oggi al corteo dello sciopero per la Palestina. Assedio alla Stazione Centrale con violenti scontri
#FreePalestine
#StopBombingGaza
#CeasefireNow
#StopGenocide
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
Folla oceanica oggi al corteo dello sciopero per la Palestina. Assedio alla Stazione Centrale con violenti scontri
#FreePalestine
#StopBombingGaza
#CeasefireNow
#StopGenocide
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
In Italian American Review 15.1, Marcella Martin focuses on a late 20th-century periodical published at a time when many were predicting the end of the Italian ethnic press in the US. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti...
September 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In Italian American Review 15.1, Marcella Martin focuses on a late 20th-century periodical published at a time when many were predicting the end of the Italian ethnic press in the US. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti...
Happy to share that the exhibit I curated w/ @josephsciorra.bsky.social , Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States, has been extended through November 26, 2025. Check it out!
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
25 W 43rd St Fl 17, New York, NY
@calandrainstitute.bsky.social
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
25 W 43rd St Fl 17, New York, NY
@calandrainstitute.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Happy to share that the exhibit I curated w/ @josephsciorra.bsky.social , Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States, has been extended through November 26, 2025. Check it out!
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
25 W 43rd St Fl 17, New York, NY
@calandrainstitute.bsky.social
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
25 W 43rd St Fl 17, New York, NY
@calandrainstitute.bsky.social
💜 seeing this! #Italianpows
Cool 3D rendering of an exhibit I co-curated!
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
💜 seeing this! #Italianpows
Glad the @nytimes.com finally recognized Tina Modotti by running an obituary of this immigrant activist and artist.
I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series
I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series
I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Overlooked No More: Tina Modotti, Whose Life Was as Striking as Her Photographs
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Glad the @nytimes.com finally recognized Tina Modotti by running an obituary of this immigrant activist and artist.
I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series
I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series
I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
nuovo libro a cura di Lorenzo Marmo su Scorsese con un capitolo mio sul film "Domenica in chiesa, lunedì all'inferno" / New book out edited by Lorenzo Marmo un Scorsese with a chapter of mine on "Mean Streets" - Marsilio Editori
www.sololibri.net/Martin-Scors...
www.sololibri.net/Martin-Scors...
“Martin Scorsese” di Lorenzo Marmo (a cura di)
Marsilio, 2025 - Un'immersione nel cinema del grande regista, fra i suoi film di denuncia sociale e riflessione sul senso di fallimento e del peccato, che hanno fatto della violenza un campo di indagi...
www.sololibri.net
August 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
nuovo libro a cura di Lorenzo Marmo su Scorsese con un capitolo mio sul film "Domenica in chiesa, lunedì all'inferno" / New book out edited by Lorenzo Marmo un Scorsese with a chapter of mine on "Mean Streets" - Marsilio Editori
www.sololibri.net/Martin-Scors...
www.sololibri.net/Martin-Scors...
very cool to see this 3-D version of the exhibit I curated with @josephsciorra.bsky.social -- on view in person until September 26 in NYC @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
very cool to see this 3-D version of the exhibit I curated with @josephsciorra.bsky.social -- on view in person until September 26 in NYC @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
Asylum-seekers thought they were following the rules. Now some are told to start over
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
n.pr
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Mattarella ricorda Marcinelle: “Tutela dei lavoratori e lotta allo sfruttamento urgente necessità”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/08/news/mattarella_marcinelle_tragedia_1956_lavoratori_morti-424778814/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/08/news/mattarella_marcinelle_tragedia_1956_lavoratori_morti-424778814/?rss
August 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Mattarella ricorda Marcinelle: “Tutela dei lavoratori e lotta allo sfruttamento urgente necessità”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/08/news/mattarella_marcinelle_tragedia_1956_lavoratori_morti-424778814/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/08/news/mattarella_marcinelle_tragedia_1956_lavoratori_morti-424778814/?rss
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
L’avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960
Sometimes migration themes are on the margins of a film’s story but are no less revealing or impactful.
Screening Migration at www.instagram.com/p/DMMHTvKSoA...
Sometimes migration themes are on the margins of a film’s story but are no less revealing or impactful.
Screening Migration at www.instagram.com/p/DMMHTvKSoA...
July 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
L’avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960
Sometimes migration themes are on the margins of a film’s story but are no less revealing or impactful.
Screening Migration at www.instagram.com/p/DMMHTvKSoA...
Sometimes migration themes are on the margins of a film’s story but are no less revealing or impactful.
Screening Migration at www.instagram.com/p/DMMHTvKSoA...
“when someone wants to go somewhere else so badly that they’ll risk their life then it’s time for me to help them, not send them away”
A Lady Without Passport, 1950, Joseph H. Lewis
See also: www.instagram.com/p/DL7sdspRUs...
#immigrants
#refugees
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5...
A Lady Without Passport, 1950, Joseph H. Lewis
See also: www.instagram.com/p/DL7sdspRUs...
#immigrants
#refugees
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5...
Lady Without Passport, A Original Trailer
YouTube video by Вайнах Лига
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“when someone wants to go somewhere else so badly that they’ll risk their life then it’s time for me to help them, not send them away”
A Lady Without Passport, 1950, Joseph H. Lewis
See also: www.instagram.com/p/DL7sdspRUs...
#immigrants
#refugees
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5...
A Lady Without Passport, 1950, Joseph H. Lewis
See also: www.instagram.com/p/DL7sdspRUs...
#immigrants
#refugees
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5...
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
***Digital History Seed Grants***
The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.
Deadline: 8/1/25
iehs.org/awards/seed_...
The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.
Deadline: 8/1/25
iehs.org/awards/seed_...
Digital History Seed Grants
Visit the post for more.
iehs.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
***Digital History Seed Grants***
The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.
Deadline: 8/1/25
iehs.org/awards/seed_...
The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.
Deadline: 8/1/25
iehs.org/awards/seed_...
Reposted by Laura E. Ruberto
Migrant Screens
I teach a course that traces the cinematic representations of immigrations—considering borders, journeys, assimilation, historical & ongoing policies around refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, etc.
kicking-off a related IG profile-join me
www.instagram.com/migrantscree...
I teach a course that traces the cinematic representations of immigrations—considering borders, journeys, assimilation, historical & ongoing policies around refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, etc.
kicking-off a related IG profile-join me
www.instagram.com/migrantscree...
June 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Migrant Screens
I teach a course that traces the cinematic representations of immigrations—considering borders, journeys, assimilation, historical & ongoing policies around refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, etc.
kicking-off a related IG profile-join me
www.instagram.com/migrantscree...
I teach a course that traces the cinematic representations of immigrations—considering borders, journeys, assimilation, historical & ongoing policies around refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, etc.
kicking-off a related IG profile-join me
www.instagram.com/migrantscree...