Mannella Endowed Lecturer Series at Villanova University

Please join us on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner of Falvey Memorial Library for the Alfred F. Mannella and Rose T. Lauria-Mannella Endowed Distinguished Speaker Series lecture featuring Richard N. Juliani, PhD.

Dr. Juliani is a Villanova University retired Sociology professor. He has titled his talk, "The Forgotten War: Little Italy in World War I." The presentation will focus on Italy in the Great War, the American role on the Italian Front, and particularly the participation of Philadelphia's immigrants in the Italian army against the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany and as members of the U.S. Army with the Allies on the Western Front. Along with examining Little Italy as a distinctive homefront during the course of the war, we shall also consider the long term consequences for the assimilation of Italians in Philadelphia and America.

This is the second time Dr. Juliani will be speaking as part of the event series. He was the first official speaker in 2009 when the Mannella series began.

Light refreshments will be served.

This event, sponsored by Falvey Memorial Library, is free and open to the public.

http://library.villanova.edu/events/event_series/mannella-endowment-lecture-series/alfred-f-mannella-and-rose-t-lauria-mannella-endowed-distinguished-speaker-series-lecture-featuring-richard-n-juliani-phd