A two-day study seminar organized by the Department of Political Science to mark the 70th anniversary of Alcide De Gasperi's death

June 12, 2024, 3:30 PM

Institutional greetings
Opening by the Scientific Committee

Chair
Giovanni Orsina, Luiss Guido Carli University

Speaker
Gaetano Quagliariello, Luiss Guido Carli University
Craveri's De Gasperi

Session I - Empire, Europe, and Nation in the Thought of De Gasperi
Chaired by
Simona Colarizi, Sapienza University of Rome

Speakers
Martin Conway, University of Oxford
The Entangled History of Europe and Christian Democracy: The Case of De Gasperi

Maurizio Cau, FBK-ISIG
De Gasperi and Popularism. An itinerary between Vienna and Rome

Marialuisa Lucia Sergio Roma Tre University
The Church and post-war reconstruction: between Empire, Europe, and Nation

Vera Capperucci Luiss Guido Carli University
De Gasperi and the reflection on representation. Imperial, national, and supranational dimensions

Discussant
Francesco Bonini, LUMSA University

Q&A

June 13, 2024, 9:30 AM

Session II - De Gasperi, the national builder: forgotten pages
Chair
Agostino Giovagnoli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Milan

Speakers
Eugenio Capozzi, Suor Orsola Benincasa University
The Birth of the Christian Democracy: Continuity and Breaks with Populism

Gerardo Nicolosi, University of Siena
De Gasperi and Italian liberalism: from anti-fascism to the Republican era

Lorenzo Castellani Luiss Guido Carli University
Putting government to the test: De Gasperi, the experts, and managing the economy

Nicola Lupo Luiss Guido Carli University
Parliamentarism put to the test: De Gasperi and the first Republican legislature

Emanuele Bernardi, Sapienza University of Rome
De Gasperi, the nation, and the South

Giovanni Mario Ceci Roma Tre University
De Gasperi after De Gasperi. The De Gasperi of Aldo Moro, Giulio Andreotti, and Augusto Del Noce

Discussant
Renato Moro Roma Tre University

Q&A

Buffet lunch

3:00 PM - Session III - De Gasperi and Europe: A Mediation Between Empire and Nation?
Chair
Lorenzo Mechi, University of Padua

Speakers
Maria Elena Cavallaro, Luiss Guido Carli University
Europeism from the First to the Second Post-War Period

Antonio Varsori, University of Padua and Luiss Guido Carli University
De Gasperi: between patriotic choices, European decisions, and Atlantic loyalties

Rosario Forlenza Luiss Guido Carli University
De Gasperi's interpretation of the concept of the Abendland

Michele Marchi University of Bologna
De Gasperi and the CD between national interest and European revitalization

Discussant
Daniele Pasquinucci, University of Siena

Q&A

Closing remarks

Registration