Event Title
Il Nuovo Colosso
Location
Diamond 342
Start Date
30-4-2015 1:33 PM
End Date
30-4-2015 2:25 PM
Project Type
Presentation- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
A presentation for the culminating research project of Professor Elizabeth Leonard's HI200 class. The title is the Italian translation of Emma Lazarus' poem, The New Colossus, written in 1886. This poem tied the Statue of Liberty to The Colossus of Rhodes, which celebrates the power of the titan Helios. It reveals the locus of attraction many immigrants felt when coming to 'the land of opportunity.' For my Italian ancestors, who came from Giulianova, it was the ideals of freedom and economic opportunity that allowed them to leave their homeland. This project is a capstone that aims to focus on my ancestors' experience as a microcosm of a larger movement, both for Italians and immigrants in a larger way. I will frisk the personal topics of my research paper in a relatable way, while also commenting on the verbose aspects of tenement life and industrial labor.
Faculty Sponsor
Elizabeth Leonard
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. History Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1705
Il Nuovo Colosso
Diamond 342
A presentation for the culminating research project of Professor Elizabeth Leonard's HI200 class. The title is the Italian translation of Emma Lazarus' poem, The New Colossus, written in 1886. This poem tied the Statue of Liberty to The Colossus of Rhodes, which celebrates the power of the titan Helios. It reveals the locus of attraction many immigrants felt when coming to 'the land of opportunity.' For my Italian ancestors, who came from Giulianova, it was the ideals of freedom and economic opportunity that allowed them to leave their homeland. This project is a capstone that aims to focus on my ancestors' experience as a microcosm of a larger movement, both for Italians and immigrants in a larger way. I will frisk the personal topics of my research paper in a relatable way, while also commenting on the verbose aspects of tenement life and industrial labor.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/443