It has been over 20 years since Donna R. Gabaccia's seminal work Italy's Many Diasporas was published (London & New York, 2000), an overview of the social, cultural and economic history of Italy's various migrations. Much has changed since then, but this book remains a classic. In this roundtable, historians Lucy Riall, Pamela Ballinger and Konstantina Zanou reflect on the value of Gabaccia's work and on the historical moment of its production. They discuss with the author the developments in the historiography of Italian and other diasporas during the last two decades, and offer insights on new avenues of research including settler colonialism, race and belonging, migration and environmental change, global microhistory and biography, and the Mediterranean context of Italy's migrations.

自从唐娜· R·加巴恰的开创性著作《意大利的许多侨民》出版以来已经过去了20多年（伦敦和纽约，2000年），该书概述了意大利各种移民的社会、文化和经济历史。从那时起，情况发生了很大变化，但这本书仍然是经典之作。在这次圆桌会议上，历史学家 Lucy Riall、Pamela Ballinger 和 Konstantina Zanou 反思了 Gabaccia 作品的价值及其制作的历史时刻。他们与作者讨论了过去二十年意大利和其他侨民史学的发展，并提供了关于新研究途径的见解，包括定居者殖民主义、种族和归属感、移民和环境变化、全球微观历史和传记，以及意大利移民的地中海背景。