{"id":206702,"date":"2019-06-24T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/?p=206702"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:38:09","slug":"dr-fiores-book-pre-occupied-spaces-new-prize-invited-lectures-and-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/2019\/06\/24\/dr-fiores-book-pre-occupied-spaces-new-prize-invited-lectures-and-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fiore\u2019s book Pre-Occupied Spaces: New Prize, Invited Lectures and Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2019 Pre-Occupied Spaces: Remapping Italy\u2019s Transnational Migrations and Colonial Legacies <\/em><\/a>was assigned the Runner Up Gadda Prize<\/a> which is granted by the University of Edinburgh. Fiore\u2019s book was selected among 93 monographs in the Established Scholars category. The Award Ceremony will take place at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 26 June, 6-8pm.<\/p>\n

The book had previously been awarded the 2017 AAIS\/American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize<\/a> in the 20th-21st centuries category, received an Honorable Mention at the 2018 MLA Marraro Prize in Comparative Literature involving Italian<\/a>, and was nominated for the 2018 Bridge Book Award.<\/p>\n

Dr. Fiore\u2019s award-winning book also continues to be part of and to foster rich discussions about migration on different campuses, while it is still reviewed in journals around the world (Italy, Brazil, England) two years after its publication.<\/p>\n

The book was at the center of a diverse series of commitments at The Ohio State University of Columbus<\/a> when Dr. Fiore was invited as scholar in residence. As part of the Migration, Mobility, and Immobility Project of the Global Arts and Discovery Theme she gave a public lecture on \u201cItaly in the Transnational Space of Migration and Colonial Routes,\u201d visited two classes, introduced a film screening of Nuovomondo<\/em> (The Golden Door, Crialese, 2006) with the Global Mediterranean Working Group, attended a meeting with graduate students, conducted a workshop with the Migration Studies Working Group on \u201cTransnational Cities: Reading Spaces as Texts of Mobility,\u201d and met with members of the Italian American community of Columbus.<\/p>\n

In April 2019 she was invited to Miami University at Oxford, Ohio<\/a> where she gave a lecture as part of the L. P. Irvin lecture series. Additionally, she gave an in-class talk about recent immigration from Italy to the U.S.<\/p>\n

Pre-Occupied Spaces<\/em> was also presented in the NJ<\/a>\u2013NY<\/a> area in May: Calandra Institute<\/a> as part of their scholarly series and the Montclair Public Library<\/a> as part of their Adult Classes.<\/p>\n

The book is still reviewed by scholars active in different disciplines.<\/p>\n