Migration Museums Network

Altreitalie

The Centre is part of the Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli and supported and managed also by the Compagnia di San Paolo.
The Centre is part of the Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli and supported and managed also by the Compagnia di San Paolo.

Programs:
- Annual workshop
Workshop 2006: analisi del voto italiano all’estero.
Workshop 2007: Convegno 5-6 luglio 2007 Con gli occhi della globalizzazione. I nuovi studiosi e la ricerca sulle migrazioni italiane
- Travelling exhibition
- Annual research grant
- 2 awards for thesis (one Italian and one foreign)

The Library has 2,500+ publications, including a collection of rare books, on the following subject fields:
* History of the Italian migrations and of the people of Italian origin in the world
* Italian culture in the world
* Demographic, sociological, ethno-anthropological studies on ethnic minorities (with a special focus on groups of Italian origin) and on contemporary migration movements
The Library also owns a collection of 160+ periodicals (journals, bulletins, newsletter) and the complete collection of Altreitalie (International Journal of studies on the people of Italian origin in the world started in 1989).
The Documentation Center has a small photo collection on Italian migrations to the United States, Argentina, and Brazil.

Presentation of the Centre (Italian pdf)


Address
Giovanni Agnelli Foundation
Documentation Center and Library
on the people of Italian origin in the world
38, via Giacosa - 10125 Turin (Italy)
 centrodoc@altreitalie.it

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