Pasquale Iuso
Full Professor (SSD HIST-03/A – Contemporary History) at the Department of Political Science, University of Teramo
EDUCATION, CAREER, UNIVERSITY POSITIONS
Born in Rome on February 22, 1961
Graduated with a classical high school diploma in 1979
Graduated with honors in Political Science under the guidance of Prof. Carlo Vallauri at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1985, with a thesis on the History of Political Parties and Movements.
In the same year, he began collaborating with the Chair of History of International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science of the G. D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara
Researcher at the Italian Federation of Partisan Associations and at the Lazio Institute of Historical Studies, with which he published his first works. Since 1991, he has been a fellow at the Pietro Nenni Foundation.
In 1993, he took up a position as a researcher at the Faculty of Political Science of the Gabriele D'Annunzio University of Pescara-Chieti, now the University of Teramo, joining the Department of History and Political Criticism as a researcher (then group M04X - Contemporary History, later M/STO 04 - Contemporary History, now HIST-03/A).
Associate Professor in the same scientific disciplinary field.
President of the three-year degree course in Tourism Sciences (Giulianova campus). He remained in this position until 2009.
Since September 29, 2006, he has been Delegate of the Rector of the University of Teramo (Prof. Mauro Mattioli) for Orientation, as well as Coordinator of the Orientation and Tutoring Commission. In this context, in addition to his normal institutional activities, which became even more varied in light of the changes introduced by Ministerial Decree 270/04, he initiated the creation of a service for career guidance/job placement/matching supply and demand (job placement) and was responsible for the FixO project on behalf of the university.
December 2012. He took up the post of Extraordinary Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Teramo
January 2015. At the end of his term as Extraordinary Professor, he took up the post of Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Teramo
From April 30, 2013, to October 31, 2018, he was Delegate of the Rector (Prof. Luciano D'Amico) for teaching at the University of Teramo.
From 2013 to 2016, he was President of the University Quality Committee, initiating the construction of the AVA/ANVUR evaluation system.
From April 30, 2013, to September 2014, he was the Rector's (Prof. Luciano D'Amico) delegate for placement, coordinating several career guidance projects for undergraduates and graduates of the University.
From February 8, 2019, to January 2022, he was the Rector's (Prof. Dino Mastrocola) delegate for staff relations.
From March 12, 2019, for a three-year period, he was President of the Disciplinary Proceedings Commission for technical/administrative staff.
From 2019 to the present, he has been President of the Master's Degree Course in International and Sustainability Policies (previously called International Political Science) at the Department of Political Science.
Since November 1, 2025, he has been Director of the Department of Political Science.
He has been a member of many different rectoral appointment committees.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
From the 2003-2004 academic year to the present, he has taught and continues to teach Contemporary History in various degree programs, from Tourism Sciences to Political Science
During his academic career, he has taught: Contemporary History, History of Journalism, History of the Trade Union Movement, History of Political Movements, and History of Interest Representation Organizations.
He currently teaches: History and Geopolitics of the Twentieth Century in the master's degree course in International and Sustainability Policies; History of Republican Italy in the three-year degree course in Political Science; History of Travel and Tourism in the three-year degree course in Sustainable Tourism.
In the academic years 1998-1999 and 1999-2000, he taught several series of lectures as part of the course in History of European Integration at the School of Specialization in European Law at the University of Teramo on topics related to the strategic and economic integration of Europe, the Cold War, NATO, and the geopolitical scenarios of Western Europe and the Balkans.
As part of his activities as President of the Degree Course in Tourism Sciences, he promoted, coordinated, and organized a series of interdisciplinary meetings/lectures on cinema, history, and tourism, on the paths of European resistance, and, more generally, on the 20th century.
He also coordinated a series of meetings aimed at planning and implementing initiatives related to cultural tourism.
In the spring of 2006, he participated in and coordinated (as far as the Faculty of Political Science was concerned) the initiatives connected with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Republic promoted by the University of Teramo in the province's high schools.
Over the years, he has given lectures and talks at specialization schools, master's programs, doctoral programs, and secondary schools.
From February 1999 to 2003, he was a member of the teaching staff of the PhD program in History of the Trade Union Movement at the University of Teramo. As part of the teaching activities of the aforementioned PhD program, he organized and participated in seminars dedicated to the “History and teaching of the trade union movement” (May 6-7 and December 4-5, 1998).
From the 2004-05 academic year (20th PhD cycle) until the end of the PhD program, he was a member of the teaching staff of the PhD program in "History, Politics, and Representation of Interests in Italian and International Society. Filippo Mazzonis,“ within which he oversaw the planning and scientific coordination of seminar initiatives, including ”The Deportation of Workers from Occupied Italy“ in June 2004 and ”Historiography of the Trade Union and Workers' Movement: Assessments and Prospects" on May 16-17, 2007.
From 2013 to 2019, he was a member of the teaching staff for the PhD program in European History from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age (29th and 30th cycles) coordinated by Prof. F. Benigno.
From 2020 to 2022, he was a member of the teaching staff of the PhD program in Historical Studies from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age coordinated by Prof. Massimo Giannini
ORGANIZATION, PARTICIPATION, AND COORDINATION OF SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES IN THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTERNAL BODIES AND INSTITUTES
Over the years, he has collaborated in the planning, organization, and implementation of research at the Italian Federation of Partisan Associations (1986-1993), the Military Center for Strategic Studies (1989), the Pietro Nenni Foundation (1989-1995), the Ministry of Defense, IRES-Abruzzo (1996-1999), the Giuseppe Di Vittorio Foundation (1994-2019), the Abruzzo Riforme Foundation (since 2019), the Historical Office of the Army General Staff, the Central State Archives, and the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. the CGIL “L. Lama” Historical Archive; the Berneri-Chessa Family Archive in Reggio Emilia; the Franco Serantini Library - Archive and Documentation Center for Social and Contemporary History (Pisa); the Abruzzo Riforme Foundation in Pescara.
He was a member of the editorial committee of Trimestre, the journal of the Department of History and Political Criticism at the University of Teramo.
From 1993 to 1995, he was a member of the Editorial Committee of the Annals of the “Giuseppe Di Vittorio” Foundation in Rome.
He participated in the founding of the “Rivista Storica del Lazio” (Historical Review of Lazio) and was a member of its Editorial Committee from 1993 to 1998.
From 1996 to 1999, he was a member of the Scientific Committee, appointed by the University of Teramo, for the establishment of a Service Center for Cultural Tourism in Abruzzo (which gave rise to the subsequent degree course); a project included in the EU's P.O.M. 96/99 and the Department of Tourism of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. In this context, he coordinated the three research groups operating in the Abruzzo region and directly supervised one of them.
From 1998 to 2002, he was a member of the Scientific Committee of I.R.E.S.-Abruzzo.
From 2002 to 2019, he was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Giuseppe di Vittorio Foundation.
From 2002 to 2006, he was a member of the Scientific Committee of the “Rivista Storica dell'Anarchismo” (Historical Review of Anarchism).
In 2003-2004, he was a member of the Scientific Committee set up by the Municipality of Roccastrada (GR) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Ribolla mining disaster.
As President of the Degree Course in Tourism Sciences, he designed, coordinated, and participated in a series of interdisciplinary meetings called “I nodi – appuntamenti sul Turismo culturale” (The nodes – events on cultural tourism) dedicated – in a highly interdisciplinary context – to tourism in its aspects most closely linked to the cultural dimension and the connections between the culture of tourism and culture for tourism, and with regard to new perspectives for the development of the territory: “Local tourist districts: models of local development” (Giulianova – TE – March 24, 2004); “The fate of cultural and landscape heritage” (Giulianova – TE – May 12, 2004); “Innovations and new strategies for travel agencies” (Giulianova – TE – December 14, 2004).
He designed and coordinated (2003-2004) a study on the relationship between demo-ethno-anthropological heritage and tourism, funded by the Abruzzo Region – Department of Culture at the Department of History and Political Criticism of the University of Teramo.
In November 2004, he was appointed by the University of Teramo as project manager for INTERREG – Culturadria. Culture and tourism in historic Adriatic residences – for the part under the jurisdiction of the University of Teramo.
He collaborated with the Scientific Committee of the Berneri-Aurelio Chessa Family Archive in Reggio Emilia in the preparation of the National Conference “150 years of struggles for freedom and equality for a historiographical assessment of Italian anarchism” (2013-2014).
Head of Research Unit in the inter-university research program of significant national interest co-financed by MURST for the years 2000-2002 aimed at drafting a “Biographical Dictionary of Italian Anarchism” (2 vols., Pisa 2003, Pisa 2004), in which he coordinated the research unit on the anarchist movement in central Italy (Umbria, Marche, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, and Sardinia) and edited over 50 biographical entries in both volumes.
He has collaborated with the ISF/CGIL on the history of the Italian trade union movement from its origins to the present day, with particular focus on: The training of trade union leaders in southern Italy (January 2002), History and identity (November 2002), Trade unions between history and current affairs (April 2003).
He has collaborated with ‘Archivio Disarmo. Istituto di Ricerche internazionali’ (Disarmament Archive. Institute for International Research).
He was part of the national project to study the history of trade unions in Italy in the 20th century, coordinated by Prof. Adolfo Pepe (1996-2000).
From October 2000 to 2002, he was part of the research group “The impact of national socialist and fascist rule on Europe,” coordinated, for Italy, by Prof. Gustavo Corni of the University of Trento in collaboration with the European Science Foundation in Brussels.
He collaborated with the "Biblioteca Franco Serantini. Archive and Documentation Center for Social and Contemporary History" (Pisa), contributing to the project http://bfscollezionidigitali.org/, which transferred the contents and historical reconstructions contained in the Biographical Dictionary of Italian Anarchists to an increasingly interactive dimension, expanding this reference tool to include photographic, monumental, documentary, and territorial memory.
Since March 2019, he has been Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Abruzzo Riforme Foundation. In this capacity, he coordinates the study, dissemination, and planning of research and cultural initiatives of the same institute.
Since 2019, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Marco Pannella Archive, appointed by the University of Teramo.
Since 2019, he has been Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the journal Progressus, Rivista di Storia Scrittura e Società (reference number 1-2018).
Since 2020, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Acronia, Studi di storia dell'anarchismo e dei movimenti radicali.
Since May 2022, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the FAI Historical Archive in Imola.
2020-2023. Member of the FOSTER – FoodStreet Research and Development research group at the University of Teramo, funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 program.
In 2021, he was part of the Scientific Coordination of the SISSCO Seminars “Made in Italy: a cultural brand in the global market” (with Silvia Bianciardi, Gaetano Morese, Giacomo Zanibelli, Elisabetta Serraroli).
Member (August 2022) of the Scientific Committee of the Publishing Center of the SSML Unicollege University Institute (Mantua-Florence) (Unicollege Working Papers and Acta Unicollege series).
He has collaborated or collaborates, also participating through reviewing, refereeing, and commenting on: La Comunità Internazionale; Annali della Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vittorio; Storia e Civiltà; Abruzzo Contemporaneo; Rivista storica dell'anarchismo; Storia e problemi contemporanei; A-Rivista Anarchica; Archivio Famiglia Berneri-Aurelio Chessa; Archivio FAI di Imola; Giornale di Storia contemporanea; Quaderni di Rassegna Sindacale; Progressus Rivista di Storia Scrittura e Società; Quale Storia; Acronia, studi di storia dell’anarchismo e dei movimenti radicali, XXI Secolo, Bibliomanie.
Since 2024, he has been part of the scientific coordination of the series “Il 900” for Textus Edizioni.
PARTICIPATION IN AND ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND STUDY DAYS
The activities of the Italian military intelligence services in the Aegean and Turkey from July 25, 1943, to October 1944. Conference on "September 8, Fifty Years Later," Corinaldo (AN), September 3-5, 1993.
Images of the Birth of the Republic. Conference on "Reflections and Images on the Birth of the Republic," Montesilvano (Pescara), May 10-11, 1996.
Documentary and Oral Sources for the History of the Trade Union Movement in Abruzzo. Conference on "The Historical Memory of the L'Aquila Trade Union Movement," L'Aquila, November 27, 1997.
Giuseppe Di Vittorio and the Constituent Assembly. Report to the Third Subcommittee. Conference on "The Contribution of Labor and Trade Unions to the Republic and the Constitution," Rome, CNEL, December 2, 1997.
A False Confinement: The Ustasha (1934-1941). Conference on "Concentration Camps in Italy: From Internment to Deportation," University of Teramo, March 22-24, 1998.
Trade Union Memory in Abruzzo. Conference on "The Trade Union Movement in Abruzzo and Molise: History and Memory. Trade Unions and Regional Identities." Chieti/Pescara, G. D'Annunzio University, June 10-11, 1998.
Balkan Crises and the Mass Media. Conference on "The International Community and the Balkan Question," Rome, November 23, 2000.
Teaching the History of Labor and the Trade Union Movement in the Twentieth Century. Seminar organized by the Vera Nocentini Foundation, Turin, May 28, 2002
The Battle of Ortona in the Unfolding of the Italian Campaign, paper presented at the conference "Ortona, Little Stalingrad. From Historical Memory to Museum Reality," Ortona (CH), April 20, 2002
Italian Journeys in the Balkans in the Twentieth Century. Conference "The Other Sea," Teramo, November 2002.
From Abruzzo to the Maiella. Conference on the Centennial of the Miners' Union, Massa Marittima, January 18, 2003
Tourism, Culture, and University, paper presented at the study day on the theme "Tourism Occupies, Let's Take Care of Tourism," Giulianova (TE), May 9, 2003
Mines and Society. From the Unique Memorial to the Niccioleta Massacre. Castell’Azzara, March 6, 2004
Social Rights in the Draft Constitution of the Future Europe – The Evolution of the European Integration Process and Its Prospects, Teramo, March 18, 2004
Tourism and Sport: Future Challenges for Europe, Rome CNEL – EESC – Federturismo Rome, April 22, 2004
Anthropology and Cultural Tourism, Giulianova (Teramo), June 23, 2004
The Resistance and Deportation from Occupied Rome, presentation at the conference on Resistance and Deportation. The Roman Builders of Quadraro, Rome, March 4, 2005
Work between History and Law. Studies and Perspectives, Teramo, April 14, 2005
Major Events as a Tool for Promoting and Marketing Tourism in the Region, Pescara, May 19, 2005.
Round Table on “The Role of Railway Unionism in the History of Italy,” Sulmona (AQ), November 13-14, 2005
Biographies. Research, Sources, and Problems between the Modern and Contemporary Ages, Teramo, November 21-22, 2006
What Modernity for This Country? Documentaries and the Cultures of Development in Italy. 1948-1962, Teramo, May 3-4, 2007
Trade Unions in Europe. Paper presented at the national seminar on "The Historiography of the Trade Union and Workers' Movement. Assessments and Prospects," Teramo, May 16-17, 2007
Cultures and Tourism Development in the Provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Teramo. Possible Integration Scenarios, paper presented at the conference "Ascoli Piceno and Teramo: Possibilities for Cooperation between Two Border Provinces," Teramo, June 22, 2007
Culture, Development, and Tourism Sustainability, paper presented at the study day dedicated to the topic "Local Autonomies and Sustainable Development." Tourism Planning and the Role of University Education, Giulianova (TE), November 20, 2007
Paper presented at the seminar of the Advanced School of Contemporary History Studies of the National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement in Italy (INSMLI) entitled "The Balkans," Milan, February 9-12, 2009.
"From Degree to Work. University and the Productive World for Employment: Experiences and Prospects," with a presentation entitled "Placement for Graduates of the University of Teramo: Experiences and Results" (Teramo, March 12, 2009).
"Orienting Yourself to Choose, Choosing to Decide" (Roseto degli Abruzzi – Teramo, March 10, 2009) as part of regional coordination activities between the various levels of secondary education and university education.
"Pietro De Dominicis: Politics and Administration in Christian Democrat Abruzzo, 1944-1990" (University of Teramo – Giulianova Campus, March 3, 2009)
"Tourist Itineraries in Second Life" (University of Teramo – April 30, 2009)
"Sport and Tourism: A Winning Combination" (Teramo, May 26, 2009)
"Tourism, Security, Deseasonalization" (University of Teramo, March 24-25, 2010)
"The CGIL between Moscow and Brussels," 1st Conference of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Teramo, March 2012.
The Historiography of Italian Anarchism, Reggio Emilia, November 2013, dedicated to the historiography of Italian anarchism during the years of the Republic.
Work as an Interpretative Criterion of the 20th Century, Third Conference of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Teramo, March 2014.
Unions and Parties in the Europe of Integration, Teramo, April 10, 2014.
"150 Years of Struggles for Freedom and Equality: A Historiographical Review of Italian Anarchism," Reggio Emilia, May 10-11, 2014.
Unions Facing the Challenges of Political and Social Europe, Teramo, May 14-15, 2014.
"The CGIL and the Choice of Neutrality," paper at the conference "The European Unions and the First World War," Teramo, March 18-19, 2015.
Politics and Common Defense from the European Economic Community to New Scenarios, Fourth Faculty Conference, April 2015
“Unite with the Environment. Defining a Cultural Project on Environmental Issues,” Teramo, May 13, 2015
“The Decline of a Generation. From the End of the PCI to Renzi's Democratic Party.” Teramo, May 28, 2015.
“Permanent Values in the Rural World: Unionization as an Interpretative Parameter,” at the National Conference “When Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Rural World from South to North in the Time of Carlo Levi.” Cervi Institute – Emilio Sereni Archive Library, December 5, 2015.
“The Republic 1960/1978: History and Interpretations,” Teramo, April 7-8, 2016
“The Historical Dimension of the “Common Goods. Food for Thought,” Fifth Conference of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Teramo, April 2016
“Massacres and War on Civilians in Abruzzo (1943-44),” Teramo, April 2016
Presentation of G. Crainz’s book “History of the Republic,” Teramo, May 17, 2016
“Abruzzo and Molise: History, Institutions, and Society in the Modern and Contemporary Age,” Pescara, June 30, 2016
“New Themes and Basic Trends for the Study of the Italian Anarchist Movement” at the conference “Oral Sources for the Study of Libertarian Militancy in Italy in the Late Twentieth Century,” Reggio Emilia, November 2016
“War on Civilians: Massacres of Unarmed Persons in Italy and Abruzzo During the Second World War,” Montorio al Vomano (Teramo), April 18, 2017
“Fighting for an Ideal. Paola Del Din, MOVM, Teramo, May 23, 2017
Italy and Libya: From the Italian Occupation to the Post-Gaddafi Era, Teramo, April 12, 2018
Lecture at the Seminar "Six Encounters on the Long Nineteenth Century," Teramo, March-April 2018, Faculty of Political Science, University of Teramo; April 12, 2018, A Political Space Under Construction. Political and Trade Union Representation in Italy between the 19th and 20th Centuries.
The CGIL-CISL-UIL Federation, 1979-1984, Teramo, April 17, 2018
Who and Why Killed Aldo Moro, Teramo, May 3, 2018.
Presentation of the book "Anarchist Groups of Proletarian Action. Ideas, Organization, and Militants," edited by F. Bertolucci, Pisa BFS 2017, Rome, May 19 2018
"The Places of Libertarian Knowledge," Reggio Emilia, November 10, 2018
Presentation of the book by F. Benigno, "Terror and Terrorisms," Teramo, November 21, 2018
"The National Organizations of the Anarchist Movement in Republican Italy," Castel Bolognese, December 8, 2018, entitled "Anarchists in the Republic: From the Resistance to the Collapse of Communism. Explorations and Intersections."
Presentation at the workshop of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Teramo dedicated to "The Weimar Republic. 1919-2019," Teramo, April 17, 2019
Presentation and moderator at the conference "The Territories of the Republic. Geographies of the Referendum Vote (1946) and Political Cultures in the Spaces of Democratic Italy," Teramo, May 21, 2019
"Terrorism between History and New Perspectives. The Terrorist Phenomenon: The Case of Aldo Moro," Teramo, May 23, 2019, with a presentation entitled "Aldo Moro and the Context of the 1970s."
Presentation of Mario Ruffin's book, "Il Duce Si è fatto male," Teramo, November 20, 2019
Presentation of Gelasio Giardetti's book, "The Carabinieri in the History of Italy." In memory of their deportation to Nazi concentration camps, Teramo, November 26, 2019
Speaker at the workshop of the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Teramo dedicated to "The Middle East and its endless conflicts: the specificity of the Syrian case" with a presentation entitled "The geopolitical dimension of the endless Middle Eastern conflicts" (April 18 and 20, 2020)
Presentation of the book "History of Contemporary Italy" by Umberto Gentiloni Silveri (Teramo, May 20, 2020, Meet platform)
Presentation of the book "Reconstructed Europe" by Massimo Fragola (Teramo, May 16, 2020, Meet platform)
"The Seasons of a Newspaper. The Crucial Postwar Turning Points in Libertarian Self-Representation. Umanità Nova and the Anarchist Movement 1948-1965," Imola, October 17, 2020.
Participation in the study seminar, “The 19th Century,” with a presentation on The Birth of Political Representative Organizations in Post-Unification Italy and at the Turn of the Century, Teramo, October 23, 2020.
"Italian Emigration and Roots Tourism," 6th Conference of the Faculty of Political Sciences, December 2-3, 2020, presentation on
Presentation of the book by T. Forcellese, "The Sense of Our Limits. Andreotti and Italian-Soviet Relations in the Years of Détente," (Franco Angeli, Milan 2020), Teramo, January 28, 2021 (Meet Platform).
"The Red Biennium in Italy," Teramo, April 8, 2021 (Meet Platform)
Presentation of the book "Italian Soldiers after September 1943," edited by FIAP (second updated edition), May 5, 2021 (Zoom Platform)
"From the USSR to Russia. Between the Cold War and the New Millennium," Mantua UNIcollege, May 6, 2021 (Zoom Platform)
Conference on Aldo Moro, March-May 1978, May 7, 2021, Teramo (Meet Platform)
Presentation of the book "Referendum 2 June '46," Teramo, May 20, 2021 (Meet Platform)
"The Hammer of Carlo Tresca," (Gotomeeting Platform) May 21, 2021, Il Venerdì Libertario
Scientific coordination and participation in the interdisciplinary workshop of the Faculty of Political Sciences dedicated to "Germany: Political Laboratory," December 2 2021 (Meet Platform). Published online at https://youtu.be/fUO7KQyUQ-E (University of Teramo channel), organized with the Villa Vigoni Italian-German Studies Center and the Adenauer Foundation.
Presentation at the seminar "The Elderly, Social Media, and Trade Unions. The Second Half of the 20th Century Between Reality and Social Media," Teramo, March 1, 2022
Conference at the meeting "Ukraine: The Origins of the Conflict," Teramo, March 30, 2022
"Anarchists and the Italian Constitution," (Gotomeeting Platform), April 22, 2022.
Presentation of the book by Stevka Smitran, "Slavic History and Myth," Aracne 2020, Teramo, May 4, 2022
Participation and presentation at the SISSCO Seminar, "Made in Italy: A Cultural Brand in the Global Market," Florence, May 24, 2022
Participation in the XVI INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR "Environmental, Constitutional, and International Dialogue," dedicated to the topic "Energy Resources and Sovereignty - An Interdisciplinary Perspective," Teramo, June 21, 2022
The Historical Context of the Moro Affair. Teramo, October 19, 2022
Participation in the conference "Lotte nel Fucino," October 2022
"The Digital Dimension in the Transition from Fourth to Fifth Generation Conflicts," 8th Faculty Conference (1st Department Conference), December 1, 2022.
Presentation at the seminar of the Interuniversity Center for Historical-Military Studies and Research, University of Bologna, December 12, 2022, dedicated to The Strategy of Tension: Armed Forces and Intelligence, with a presentation on Maps and Hierarchies. Military and Politicians 1964-1973: Traces and Research Ideas.
Presentation of the book Carlo Tresca. Portrait of a Rebel, Sulmona, February 8, 2023
Presentation of the book "The Second Republic. Origins and Aporias of Bipolar Italy," edited by F. Bonini, L. Ornaghi, A. Spiri, Teramo, March 8, 2023
Presentation of the book "The End. 1992-1994. The End of the First Republic in the Secret American Archives," by Andrea Spiri, Rome, March 9, 2023
Planning, scientific coordination, and presentation at the conference "Building a Left-Wing Archive in Abruzzo: History and Memory," Teramo, May 9, 2023 (in collaboration with the Gramsci Foundation, the Luciano Lama Library/Archive, the Abruzzo Riforme Foundation, and the History Lab Research Center).
Organization and scientific coordination of the conference on the bicentenary of Silvio Spaventa, "Politics and Representation in the Nation-Building Process," Teramo, November 20, 2023
Presentation of the book by Paolo Morando, "The Massacre" Bologna, Feltrinelli, Teramo, Melchiorre Delfico Regional Library, November 22, 2023
"Italy in the 1970s and the Historic Compromise," paper at the conference "The Grass Almost Looks Like a Sea. Law, Culture, and Society in the 1970s," Teramo, November 23, 2023
"The Premises of Sustainability. Environmentalist Movements between Europe, the United States, and Italy,” a presentation at the Teramo Department conference, November 29-30, 2023.
Presentation of the book by Nunzio Pernicone, "Carlo Tresca. Portrait of a Rebel," L’Aquila, January 17, 2024.
Presentation of the book by A. Sangiovanni, Radiodays, Pescara, April 10, 2024.
Presentation of the book by Mirco Dondi, "Other People's Money," Vallecchi Editore 2024, Pescara, May 23, 2024.
Presentation at the conference "Homelands and Resistances in the Common European Home," Rome, May 29-30, 2024, with a paper on "Military, Nation, and Homeland in the September 8th Crisis."
Participation in the Study Day entitled "The Presidential Elections in the USA. The Historical and Institutional Roots of Recent Electoral Changes,” Teramo, March 18, 2025.
Participation in the study seminar “On the History of Trade Unions,” based on the book “History and Trade Unions. Essays and Contributions by Maurizio Antonioli,” Milan Chamber of Labor, March 24, 2025.
Participation in the presentation of Federico Romero’s book, “Global History of the Contemporary Age,” Teramo, April 17, 2025.
Presentation of F. Cammarano’s book, “Constituent Disquiet. Essays on Political History,” Teramo, May 7, 2025.
Planning, organization, and coordination of (among others):
Geopolitics and International Politics at the Turn of the Millennium, March/April 2022, with L. Trapassi, I, Workshop of the Master's Degree in International Political Science, University of Teramo
Geopolitics of Rights and Sustainability, October 2022-May 2023, with L. Trapassi et al., II, Workshop of the Master's Degree in International Politics and Sustainability, University of Teramo
Outlines of Applied Geopolitics, March-April 2023, with L. Noto, I Seminar-Workshop of the Master's Degree in International Politics and Sustainability, University of Teramo
Geopolitics of Rights and Sustainability, October 2023-May 2024, with L. Trapassi et al., III, Workshop of the Master's Degree in International Politics and Sustainability, University of Teramo Teramo
Applied Geopolitics, The Middle Ocean Faults, March-April 2024, with L. Noto, II Seminar of the Master's Degree in International and Sustainability Policies, University of Teramo
Geopolitics of Rights and Sustainability, with L. Trapassi et al. IV, Workshop of the Master's Degree in International and Sustainability Policies, Teramo March-April 2025
III Seminar of Applied Geopolitics entitled "Crisis and Geopolitical Contexts in a Changing World," Teramo March-April 2025
Participation in multiple University Radio broadcasts.
Research Areas
Initially, his research and study focused primarily on topics related to the Italian anarchist movement at the turn of the century and in the post-World War II period. Later, he focused on the associational and cooperative forms of the workers' movement and the forms of "political irregularity" that emerged during the Giolitti era and during the First World War, the latter seen as a rupture between the two centuries and a hotbed of mental and social transformation. His studies—primarily characterized by careful and in-depth archival research and reconstructive interventions—led him to encounter those seemingly "marginal" aspects of Giolitti's Italian history. Over the following years, these aspects became part of a broader and more nuanced historiographical interpretation, such as the one that highlighted the connection that had developed during that period between the world of labor, its social and trade union representation, and liberal institutions. Following this path of study, his research has found a logical continuity in the definition of biographical profiles of Italian anarchists, participating in and contributing to the creation of an important historiographical tool and historical reconstruction of Italian anarchism: the Dizionario Biografico. In this second phase, his focus has been primarily on considering individual militants and the entire libertarian movement from its organizational origins onward, an integral part of the national political and social history, embedded within the complex definition of the categories representing economic, trade union, and political interests in twentieth-century Italy. The development of this long research experience has led him, today, on the one hand, to begin a reconstruction and analysis of some of the key moments of international solidarity that characterized the Italian anarchist movement during its years of greatest expansion, and on the other, to hypothesize a more in-depth study of certain specific moments relating to its relations with the trade union world, particularly with regard to the splits that occurred within certain organizations following Italy's entry into the First World War. In this context, he has completed a volume on the history of Italian anarchists from the Resistance to the years of the movements; this study—providing further inspiration in this area of research—led him to explore some of the characteristic themes of Italian anarchism during the years of the Republic (in particular, the movement's political crisis, issues related to organizational issues, the search for a new trade union dimension, and new perspectives on the study of the libertarian movement in the 1970s and 1980s). It also led to reflection and research on the political history of the Italian Republic from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Subsequently, following the initial phase of research and study, coinciding with personal explorations of war-related issues and the emergence of questions surrounding the imprisonment of Italian soldiers during the Second World War, his interests shifted to a systematic study of these events, situated within the broader context of relations between the Allies (first German, then Anglo-American) and the postwar period. On the one hand, he addressed the imprisonment of Italian soldiers in Germany and Eastern Europe before and after the Armistice of September 1943; on the other, he turned to the Balkans and the Mediterranean basin, considering them areas within which the differences in post-Armistice events could best be captured, both with respect to the soldiers themselves and to relations with old and new allies. In this context, his research and scholarly output has been and continues to be conducted through in-depth research in Italian institutional archives (both civil and military), leading to the drafting of papers, volumes, and reports that accompany his entire career. This area continues to be one of his areas of study, with a systematic use of original documentation from an interpretative perspective attentive to recent methodological/interpretative findings and sources relating to political/military history. In this case, the basic project is the reconstruction and analysis of Italian policies of penetration and occupation during the Fascist and war years, also taking into consideration geopolitical and international approaches. This multifaceted topic still awaits a systematization that fully takes into account the sources made available in recent years, as well as the findings of the most recent research and the many implications associated with this policy: from the regime's secret activities to its policies of denationalization; from relations with its German ally to Italy's quest for international recognition as a power; from ties with clandestine organizations of Balkan nationalities to the actual military occupation; from the transformations brought about by the transition from imagined to real war and—later—to the trauma of the armistice and its subsequent phase; from the actual impact of the war to repatriation, as the war evolved (from occupiers to prisoners). Within this context—with a strong sense of continuity—the projects focus on two main contexts: one focusing on the lesser-known aspects of Italy's participation in World War II, and the other on the different war experiences of Italian soldiers at different times and phases of the conflict, not least the issue of repatriation and reintegration into civilian life. Both are framed within a perspective that also addresses the postwar years in terms of domestic politics and the democratic reconstruction of institutions, within the new bipolar international framework.
These lines of study were subsequently expanded to include the study of trade unions in the Italian Republic and the international dimension of representation, both in terms of their legitimacy in European and global organizations (WFTU, ETUC, ECSC), and in terms of labor protection efforts (Italian emigration, Italian miners in Belgium), both within a more political context (from the events in Hungary to those in Prague), and through a comparative approach between different European trade union models. The origins of these interests—linked to the scholarly encounter with particularly stimulating analytical methodologies and interpretative criteria, as well as to participation in university and non-university study and research organizations—are rooted in the attention he already paid to social/political and international issues, and have led him to a broad range of research and study activities, divided primarily into two areas. On the one hand, national trade union and organizational issues, explored and studied also through the use of historical memory, led him to address research topics previously unexplored from the perspective of trade union organization (such as the experience of the pensioners' union in Republican Italy, and the process of defining and establishing representation in the public sector during the 20th century), or to underscore the importance and contribution that the world of labor made to the rebirth and stabilization of institutions in the postwar years. On the other, the international dimension of labor representation and its political implications during the Cold War years, and the relationships and activities implemented by the CGIL at the European and international levels with respect to labor issues, and the most important issues related to bilateral relations between trade unions and the scenarios and crises of the Cold War. In this third strand, which—as noted—maintains both internal continuity and a transversal connection with the domestic social/political and international political approaches present in his other fields of research and reflection, his activity has led him to a series of interventions, essays, volumes, and research projects that, today, push him toward further fields of study. These new interests remain rooted in the implications of the Cold War on the process of rebuilding a pluralist representation of union interests, and have progressively expanded to the birth and development of republican democracy during the Cold War years, connecting union representation and—more generally—the political dynamics associated with it, with the stabilization and crises of Italian democracy.
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