Elena Musiani
- 1997:
graduation with honours in Political Sciences at the University of
Bologna with a thesis in Comparative Political History on:
L'immagine della ricostruzione italiana nella stampa estera
1947-1951. Il caso britannico.
- 1996/1997:
Master of Philosophy in European Politics and Society at the
University of Oxford
- 2002: PhD
graduation with honours in “History and computing” at the
University of Bologna with a thesis on: Via Zamboni 1801-1889:
trasformazioni sociali e urbanistiche. Gestione delle
informazioni.
- 2002:
Post-doctoral Fellowship at Cineca (University of Bologna).
- 2005/2006:
Post-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Paris X (France)
My principal research interests are on Social and Urban History
- with a particular attention to social, economical and political
transformation - and on Women's History between XIXth and XXth
centuries.
I started my research inside the Nu.M.E. Project (New Electronic
Museum of the city of Bologna) in order to study the development
and transformation of the city of Bologna from Middle Ages to
modern times and I particularly studied the social, economical and
political transformation of the city during the XIXth century.
I now work together with some cultural and research centres in
Bologna and in Italy such as the Institute for the History of
Risorgimento; the Museum of Risorgimento and the National Centre
for Women's studies with researches about the History of Bologna;
women's History and in particular the relationship between “women
and culture”, with a special attention to women' literary
production.
I published several articles and two books: Da una strada
alla città. Il volto di Bologna nell'Ottocento (Bologna,
2003) e Circoli e salotti femminili nell'Ottocento. Le donne
bolognesi tra politica e sociabilità (Bologna, 2003).
I am now ending a research about Pizzardi family, an important
family of Bologna during the XIXth and XXth centuries.
I have worked for the Women's centre of Bologna to realize a
women's Digital Library and with a research about Tradizioni
politiche, scientifiche, artistiche e sapienziali delle donne,
a comparative reflection on European scale. The first results are
published in Donne contro la guerra. Donne per la
pace, (con Elda Guerra e Fiorenza Tarozzi),
«Bollettino del Museo del Risorgimento», n.m., anno L,
Bologna, 2005.
I also participated at the creation of the “Virtual Museum”
of the Certosa (cemetery) of Bologna.
From 2005 my research attained a European comparative
dimension. During my post-PhD fellowship at the University of Paris
X (France) I helped to create the Maison de l'Europe contemporaine,
a study centre created to organize conference and seminars on an
interdisciplinary and international level. My duty was that
of building a European network of researchers.
During this period I also participated at many international
conferences.
I am at the moment assistant professor at the University of
Bologna.
