Modern Italian History Seminar, IHR, 3 December 2025: “Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead”

As part of the IHR Modern Italian History seminars, sponsored by ASMI, on Wednesday 3 December 2025 (5.30–7.00 pm, UK time) there will be a roundtable titled “Neofascism and the Memory of Italy’s Years of Lead.” Speakers: Simone Brioni (Stony Brook University) and Amy King (University of Bristol), in conversation with Prof. John Foot (University of Bristol).

The discussion examines how acts of terror from the 1970s have been remembered and politicised. Brioni, curator of Shrapnel (Casa della memoria, 2025), reflects on the enduring power of photographs from the Piazza della Loggia massacre (Brescia, 28 May 1974), while King, author of The Politics of Sacrifice: Remembering Italy’s Rogo di Primavalle (Palgrave, 2024), explores the contested memory of the Primavalle arson attack in Rome (16 April 1973) and its politicised afterlives. The roundtable will consider how photographs, oral testimony and other sources mediate remembrance, and the ethical and political stakes of public commemoration.

Format: Online via Zoom. Free, but registration is required — please book via the IHR event page, where you’ll find full details and joining instructions