“The Rise of Americanism in Italy, 1888-1919<\/a>” (University of Toronto Press, 2025)<\/p>\n “Il fabbricante di cioccolato. Nel mondo di Michele Ferrero<\/a>.” Piemme, 2023.<\/p>\n “The Art of Objects.\u00a0The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928<\/a>.\u201d University of Toronto Press, 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cI Passaggi obbligati <\/em>di Italo Calvino. Autobiografia, memoria, identit\u00e0.<\/a>\u201d Longo Editore, Ravenna, 2017.<\/p>\n “Italian Innovators<\/a>”\u00a0tells the stories of great modern Italians in the fields of fashion, technology, business, music\u00a0and design\u00a0from the 19th\u00a0century to the present. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n * \u201cThe Italian Occupation in the Dodecanese (1912-1923): Italy\u2019s Early Project of a Mediterranean Modernity.\u201d Italica<\/em>. Spring 2021, 98, I: 177-194.<\/p>\n *\u201cPierrot, Perel\u00e0, and the Italian Saltimbanco. French Fumisme <\/em>and the Italian Modernist Imagination<\/a>.\u201d \u2013 Incontri,<\/em>33, 2018, 27-37.<\/p>\n * \u201cPalazzeschi\u2019s La passeggiata <\/em>and the Urban Miniatures of the Modern World.\u201d \u2013 Italica, <\/em>94.3 Fall 2017. 488-513.<\/p>\n * \u201cIl caso Papini nel panorama modernista italiano<\/a>.\u201d \u2013 Mosaici. Journal of Italian Poetry<\/em>. Vol. 5, Summer 2017 – Special Issue on Italian Modernism.<\/p>\n * \u201cMemorie oltre il mito. Il caso di Due Imperi Mancati di Aldo Palazzeschi.\u201d \u2013 Italianistica. Rivista di Letteratura italiana. <\/em>vol. 1, 2017. 107-114.<\/p>\n * \u201cD\u2019Annunzio, Bernini, and the Baroque Prelude of Il Piacere.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> – Forum Italicum<\/em>, vol. 51, n.2, Summer 2017 – Special Issue on D\u2019Annunzio. 1-21.<\/p>\n *\u00a0\u201cRicordare l\u2019indicibile: I Vent\u2019anni <\/em>di Alvaro e la memoria della grande guerra\u201d<\/a> in Rivista di Studi Italiani<\/em>, Anno XXXIV, n.2, August 2016: 279-297.<\/p>\n \u201cAn Italian in Paris. De Amicis, the World Exposition of 1878, and the New Culture of Industrial Modernity\u201d in Romance Studies, <\/em>vol. 33 Nos. 3-4, November 2015, 216-229.<\/p>\n \u201cPresente! The Latent Memory of Italy\u2019s Great War in its Photographic Portraits<\/a>.\u201d in Minghelli, Giuliana, and Sally Hill edts. Stillness in Motion: Italy, Photography and the Meanings of Modernity. University of Toronto Press, 2014.<\/p>\n \u201c1914. La cultura italiana prima dell\u2019abisso<\/a>\u201d, in LineaTempo, n.4, October 2014 (9 pp.), web.<\/p>\n \u201cLa Novit\u00e0 di Maciste Alpino<\/a>.\u201d Italian Culture, XXVII, I, March 2009: 43-59.<\/p>\n \u201cI Sentieri che si Biforcano di Fenoglio e di Calvino<\/a>.\u201d Atelier Poesia, X, September 2005: 49-59.<\/p>\n \u201cL\u2019Autobiografia di uno Spettatore: un Passaggio Obbligato di Italo Calvino<\/a>.\u201d Acme, LVIII, II, May-August 2005: 333-345.<\/p>\n Interviews & Media<\/strong><\/p>\n TV & Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n * New Books Network <\/em>(Podcast). \u201cThe Rise of Americanism in Italy, 1888-1919.\u201d Interview by Caleb Zakarin. February 2, 2026.<\/p>\n * RMC Story <\/em>(TV channel). \u201cLa folle histoire de Nutella.\u201d First aired on November 27, 2025.<\/p>\n * Family Business <\/em>(Podcast). <\/em>\u201cMichele Ferrero: The Innovator Behind Nutella, Kinder, and Tic Tac<\/a>.\u201d Interview by Luke Hansen-MacDonald. April 25, 2025.<\/p>\n * Beauty at Work <\/em>(Podcast). “Beauty and innovation: Italian science, art, and business<\/a>“. Interview by Brandon Vaidyanathan. November 15, 2022.<\/p>\n * BBC International <\/em>(Radio). <\/em>\u201cHow the Paparazzi transformed photojournalism<\/a>.\u201d Interview by Radek Boschetty. October 6, 2022.<\/p>\n Newspapers & Journals<\/strong><\/p>\n * Newsweek. <\/em>Interview on the death of Giorgio Armani<\/a> (September 4, 2025)<\/p>\n * City Life Magazine (Toronto)<\/em>. \u201cWhen we think about immigration, let\u2019s not forget.<\/a>\u201d Interview by Marc Cataldo, December 2, 2025<\/p>\n * Lost and found magazine. <\/em>\u201cItalian Innovators. Unveiling the Essence of Italian Luxury and Innovation.\u201d Interview by Giovanna Bonomo. October 2023.<\/p>\n * We the Italians.<\/em> \u201cTelling the Italian Innovators to the Americans<\/a>.\u201d Interview by Umberto Mucci, 152, pp. 67-84, June 2022.<\/p>\n * Istituzioni 24.<\/em> \u201cLuca Cottini racconta Italian Innovators<\/a>.\u201d Interview by Veronica Bonelli. May 12, 2022.<\/p>\n * Sole 24 Ore <\/em>\u201cDa Marconi a Campari, le storie dei pionieri del made in Italy in un podcast<\/a>.\u201d Interview by Andrea Franceschi. 27 aprile 2022.<\/p>\n * Insula Europea. <\/em>Fare accademia su YouTube: l\u2019esperimento di \u201cItalian Innovators.\u201d.<\/em><\/a> Interview by Ginevra Amadio. August 20, 2021.<\/p>\n * L\u2019idea.<\/em> Italian Innovators: A Podcast, A Website, A Classroom About Italy And Italians<\/em><\/a>\u2026 Interview by Tiziano Dossena.March 6, 2021.<\/p>\n * La Stampa.<\/em> Raccontare l\u2019Italia in inglese. La sfida passa per piattaforme e podcast<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Interview by Filomena Fantarella. February 16, 2021.<\/p>\n Conference Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n * The Unexpected Other. American Visions of Italy at the Turn of the 20th<\/sup> Century. <\/em>March 7, 2026. Conference of the Northeast Modern Languages Association (NeMLA), Pittsburgh<\/p>\n * The Birth of National industry and the Crisis of Advertising. The Italian 1930s Through the Eyes of Marcello Dudovich<\/em>. May 5, 2023. International Conference \u201cItalian Posters Day,\u201d Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA), New York City<\/p>\n * Can YouTube be a part of an Italian class? The pedagogy of<\/em> Italian Innovators.<\/em> October 21, 2022. \u00a0<\/em>XV Teaching Symposium \u201cItalian + STEM\u201d, Montclair State University<\/p>\n * The Pursuit of Excellence. The Italian Way to Distinction.<\/em> June 5, 2022. International Conference of the Canadian Association of Italian Studies (CAIS)<\/p>\n * What is the Source of Originality? Italian Design & Cultural Imagination<\/em>. April 23, 2022. Chapman University. Design & Culture: An Italian Perspective. <\/em><\/p>\n * The Pursuit of Excellence. Experimentation, Creativity, and Innovation in the Italian Milieu. <\/em>March 25, 2021. International Conference \u201cItalian Experiments\u201d organized by the California Interdisciplinary Consortium for Italian Studies (CICIS)<\/p>\n * L\u2019immaginario del prodotto italiano negli Stati Uniti del dopoguerra, <\/em>June 26, 2021. International Conference \u201cConsumismi Transatlantici Moderni: Culture del consumo e prodotti italiani negli Stati Uniti del dopoguerra, 1949-1972\u201d organized by the Universit\u00e0 di Scienze Gastronomiche in Pollenzo, Italy<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Corporate Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n * Speaking Details. The Accessories of Italian Fashion. <\/em>April 22, 2026. Italian Institute of Fashion Management<\/p>\n * The Rise of Americanism in Italy. <\/em>March 3, 2026. Italian Community & Cultural Center, Houston<\/p>\n * Luxury and Speed. The Legend of Italian Carmaking. <\/em>February 12, 2026. Simeone Automotive Foundation, Philadelphia<\/p>\n * The Italian Flair. Is there an Italian Way to Innovation? <\/em>April 11, 2025. \u201cMade in Italy Day\u201d. Innovit. Italian Innovation and Culture Hub. San Francisco<\/p>\n * Italiana-Mente. A discussion Exploring How Creativity Drives Success<\/em>. March 8, 2025. Presentation of the exhibit \u201cCreative Minds. Italian American Inventors and Innovators\u201d, Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA), Los Angeles<\/p>\n * The Italian Way. What Makes Italian Design Unique?<\/em> June 24, 2022. Superyacht Design festival, organized by Boat International Magazine in Milan, Italy<\/p>\n \n Invited Guest Lecturer <\/strong><\/p>\n * The Early Americanization of Italy. American Influencers in the Peninsula at the Turn of the 20th<\/sup> Century. <\/em>March 11, 2026. New York University<\/p>\n * Genealogies and Models of Italian Fashion. <\/em>February 16, 2026. Colorado University<\/p>\n * An Object-Based History of Italian Design. <\/em>July 16, 2025. Santa Clara University<\/p>\n * The Rise of Americanism in Italy. <\/em>April 10, 2025. Stanford University<\/p>\n * What Makes \u201cMade in Italy\u201d Italian? An Object-Based Reflection on a Complex Label<\/em>. March 25, 2024. University of Central Florida<\/p>\n * The Aesthetic Re-Making of the World. The Italian Renaissance in 10 Artifacts<\/em>. March 20, 2024. The College of New Jersey<\/p>\n * What Do Stories Do? The Added Value of Italian Entrepreneurship<\/em>. February 21, 2024. Chapman University<\/p>\n * What is the Value of Literature in the Internet Age? Calvino\u2019s Six Memos for the Next Millennium as a Guide to Meaningful Digital Communication<\/em>. November 15, 2023. Princeton University<\/p>\n * Florence & Fashion. Gucci, Ferragamo, and Pucci, and the Birth of Italian Moda.<\/em> November 22, 2022. Saint Jerome\u2019s University<\/p>\n * The Italian Cultural Mindset as an Archetype of Design Thinking<\/em>. October 26, 2022. The College of New Jersey<\/p>\n * The Renaissance model. At the roots of Italian design, innovation & entrepreneurship. <\/em>May 27, 2022. Stanford University<\/p>\n * Four Faces of Fashion. What Lies Behind Italian Glamour? <\/em>February 2, 2022. Fresno State University<\/p>\n * At the origin of Made in Italy. Fashioning Italian Industrial culture. <\/em>March 26, 2021. Seton Hall University.<\/p>\n * Industrious objects. Enterprising subjects<\/em>. February 22, 2021. University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n * On Italian still life painting <\/em>(seminar). <\/em>January 29, 2021. Dartmouth College<\/p>\n * The Adventure of Academic Podcasting<\/em>. September 27, 2019. Brown University<\/p>\n * Smoke, Cigarettes, and the Modernist Ideal of a Light Being. February 20, 2015. Yale University<\/p>\n * Gramophones, Sound Recording, and the New Languages of Music. 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