Where Is Pete Panto?

Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable
Bill Ronayne, President

Where Is Pete Panto?
Memory and Activism in the Reclamation of a Working Class Hero

A presentation by
Joseph Sciorra
Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY
Ethnographer & Folklorist

Please note:
This event is only open to members of Casa Italiana and the
American Italian Cultural Roundtable.

In ENGLISH

Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College (City University of New York). He conceptualizes and implements scholarly research and public programs including symposiums, the Institute’s annual conference, the monthly “Writers Read” author series, the “Documented Italians” film and video series, and the “Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies,” as well as curates exhibitions.

Sciorra received his Ph.D. from the Department of Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania. As a folklorist, he researches and publishes on vernacular culture, including religious practices, cultural landscapes, and popular music, among other topics.

He is the author of R.I.P.: Memorial Wall Art (Henry Holt & Co., 1994; Thames and Hudson, 2002) and Built with Faith: Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City (University of Tennessee Press, 2015), which received the Italian American Studies Association 2016 book award.