2026 ASMI–SISSCO Dialogues – Eighty Years of the Italian Republic (Macerata, 9 October 2026)

The 2026 ASMI–SISSCO Dialogues, Eighty Years of the Italian Republic: Historiographical Perspectives and Dialogues between Italy and the United Kingdom, will take place on Friday 9 October 2026 in Macerata.

The event will bring together scholars based in Italy, the United Kingdom and beyond for a series of conversations on the history of the Italian Republic, eighty years after its foundation. The sessions will explore key themes in the study of Republican Italy, with particular attention to the ways in which these histories have been approached and debated in Italian and British historiography.

The Dialogues will open with welcome remarks by Angelo Ventrone (Director of SPOCRI), Marco De Nicolò (SISSCO) and John Foot (ASMI). The first session, Between the Resistance and the Republic: Building and Defending Democracy, will feature Marco De Nicolò, Nadia Urbinati and Phil Cooke.

The programme will continue with sessions on identities, cultures and memories in the study of the Republic, with Paul Corner, Patrizia Dogliani and Simona Storchi; on political violence, terrorism and the massacre strategy, with Angelo Ventrone, John Foot and John Dickie; and on Italy’s transnational histories, with Uoldelul Chelati Dirar, Valeria Galimi and Gianmarco Mancosu.

The event will conclude with final remarks by Valeria Galimi and Gianmarco Mancosu.

Venue: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, della Comunicazione e delle Relazioni Internazionali (SPOCRI), Loggia del Grano, via Don Minzoni 22/a, Macerata.