We are proud to be the publisher of the official journal of the Italian American Studies Association, Diasporic Italy. We also have several other Italian Studies journals that you can learn more about below, along with additional recommended reading, listening, and viewing.
We’ll be in the exhibit hall with sample journal copies, library request postcards, and more, so stop by if you have any questions about any of the University of Illinois Press’s journals. Or, if you’re not able to make it to the conference, follow along with us on Bluesky or X and by viewing this virtual exhibit.
Featured Journals
Diasporic Italy is the official journal of the Italian American Studies Association.
Other related journals:
Recommended Reading, Listening, and Viewing
Don’t miss our Italian American Heritage Month blog post from October, featuring free to access articles from Italian Americana, Diasporic Italy, Italica, Italian American Review, and Journal of American Ethnic History!
Read our other blog posts to further explore Italian Studies journals:
- Spotlight on Diasporic Italy
- Q & A with Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, Guest Editors of a special issue of Italian American Review
- Italian Americana Creative Nonfiction Feature
- Diasporic Italy, Italica, and Italian American Review were all featured in our 2025 Journals Q1 – Q2 UPdate
Listen to our podcast, The UPside, with many relevant episodes with the following guests:
- Diasporic Italy editor Ryan Calabretta-Sajder
- Italian American Review editor David Aliano
- Italica editor Giovanna Summerfield
- Journal of American Ethnic History editor Suzanne Sinke
Watch these special issue video introductions to Italica:
- “Emerging Horizons: New Directions in Italian Culture & Language Pedagogy” guest edited by Sara Dallavalle
- “Real Women and Imagined Femininity: Images of Womanhood in Modern Italy” guest edited by Sara Delmedico and Manuela Di Franco
- “Weaving Media in Modern and Contemporary Italian Poetry” guest edited by Adele Bardazzi
Let’s Talk
Mary Warner is the Journals Marketing Assistant at the University of Illinois Press. Stop by to chat if you’re interested in learning more, subscribing, and/or submitting to any of our journals. Or, if you’re already a published author in our journals, please stop by and introduce yourself!
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Ready for More Italian Studies?
To recommend any of these titles to your library, fill out our online Library Request Form. You can even select all four of our Italian Studies journals in one request and include Journal of American Ethnic History as well! If you don’t know your librarian’s contact information, we can send it on your behalf.
If you’re ready to submit or subscribe, please see each journal’s webpage for more information: