Academic Position
2019 – Present: Associate Professor in Contemporary History, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna
Education
2001-2004: PhD student in History of Contemporary Societies at the University of Turin. Awarded PhD with full marks on March 30th, 2004. Phd thesis title: Industria, valute, armamenti. Il Ministero per gli scambi e le valute e la politica economica del fascismo (supervisors: Daniela Adorni, Brunello Mantelli, Dora Marucco, Paride Rugafiori)
2000: Faculty of Humanities, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy), Degree in Philosophy, 110/110 cum laude. Dissertation in Contemporary History. Thesis title: Fra economia di mercato e Stato corporativo. Il Consiglio nazionale delle corporazioni 1930-1934 (supervisor Giovanni Sabbatucci)
Academic titles
2012 – 2019: Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) in Contemporary History, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna
March 2017: National Scientific Qualification to Associate Professor in Contemporary History (11/A3)
2009 – 2011: Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, University of l’Aquila. Research project on History of banking system in L’Aquila
2008: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Fondazione Luigi Firpo in Turin
2005 – 2006: Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Turin. Research project on Un ministero fascista. Lo Scambi e valute tra politica estera e politica estera economica
Prizes and grants
2018: «Luigi Di Rosa» National Award for the Best Book on Italian Contemporary History
2002: «Progetto giovani ricercatori», Università di Torino
Participation in nationally and internationally funded research groups
Member of Rede científica para o estudo dos fascismos, autoritarismos, totalitarismos e transicións á democracia (REFAT, Scientific network for the study of fascism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and transitions to democracy)
Member of International Network for Studies on Corporatism and the Organized Interests (NETCOR)
Member of the Italian national research group 2019 (PRIN - Progetto di ricerca di rilevante interesse nazionale, Prin), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, on How Communism went global. Building connections between Soviet, European, and African communists, 1920s to 1960s (Prot. 2017J2AFW5) directed by Silvio Pons
Member of the Italian national research group 2017 (PRIN - Progetto di ricerca di rilevante interesse nazionale, Prin), funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, on Monetary Transitions: the Introduction of Colonial Currencies in East Africa and their Impact on Indigenous Societies and Institutions (Prot. 2015JXPLWF), directed by Karin Pallaver
Member of the international research group Mapping and Analysing Organized Interests in Europe: from 1900 until our days (MAOIE), funded by Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, directed by Paula Borges Santos, 2016
Member of the international research group (Italy-France) on L’impact des violences politiques et sociales sur la démocratie italienne, funded by the École française de Rome, directed by Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci e Patrizia Dogliani (2012-2016)
Organization of conferences, workshops and seminars
Organizing committee of the conference Cent’anni dopo. Il fascismo nella storiografia e nella sfera pubblica (Bologna, 11 e 25 maggio 2023), Department of History and Culture – University of Bologna, Department of the Arts – University of Bologna,, Istituto storico Parri Bologna metropolitana
2017-2018: Member of scientific committee of Sissco (Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History) Research Seminar on Political violence in the Italian History (1861-1989) (University of Padova)
2013-2014: Between two crises. State, political parties and social transformations in Italy from the 1930 to the 1970s (University of Bologna and University of Padova)
Organizing committee of Storie in corso. Sissco (Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History) national Seminar for PhD researchers, L’Aquila, June 19-21, 2013
International Conference Il regime fascista e l'Europa tra le due guerre. Una storia transnazionale, Rome October 18-19, 2012, funded by Biblioteca del Senato «Giovanni Spadolini», Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom and École Française de Rome
Conference Il fascismo nella storia d’Italia. Tradizione e modernità del regime, Cagliari, October 20-22, 2011
2008-2010: Member of organizing committee of Sissco SISSCO (Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History) Research Seminar on Rethinking Fascism
