April 25, 80 years later

An event organized by the Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) and the journal Modern Italy, to mark the release of the special issue of Modern Italy titled Rethinking the Italian Resistance: Historical Junctures in Perspectives, edited by Gianluca Fantoni and Rosario Forlenza.

The event is organized by the Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) and the journal Modern Italy. It marks the presentation of the special issue of Modern Italy titled “Rethinking the Italian Resistance: Historical Junctures in Perspectives,” edited by Gianluca Fantoni and Rosario Forlenza. 

1:30 PM: Greetings
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss Guido Carli University

Introduction by
Gianluca Fantoni, Nottingham Trent University and Editor of Modern Italy
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss Guido Carli University

2:00 PM Keynote - The Image of the Enemy. Perspectives and representations that intersect in the civil war
Toni Rovatti, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Chaired and moderated by
Phil Cooke, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

4:00 PM Panel Discussion
Gaetano Quagliariello, Dean of the Luiss School of Government and Luiss Guido Carli University
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Department of Political Science, Luiss Guido Carli University
Mariachiara Conti, Historical Institute of the Resistance and the Contemporary Era of Parma
Roberto Balzani, President of the Historical Museum of the Liberation and Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Marc Lazar, Luiss Guido Carli University
Santo Peli, University of Padua
Toni Rovatti, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Featuring the authors of the special issue
Andrea Rapini, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Alessandro Santagata, University of Padua
Iara Meloni, Independent Scholar
Chiara Nencioni, University of Pisa
Rossella Pace, University of Suor Orsola Benincasa
Francesco Fusi, University of Pisa

Chair:
Marco Damilano, Journalist

6:30 PM: Conclusions
Gianluca Fantoni, Nottingham Trent University and Editor of Modern Italy
Rosario Forlenza, Luiss Guido Carli University

 

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