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Activist Advocates. France and Italy in the Twentieth Century. Lawyers who are considered in this paper are called in Usa cause lawyers, in France and Italy activist advocates. Their peculiarity lies in their commitment in the defense of political activists charged in trials and in the defense of victims of any violence and discrimination. The topic of causelawyering has been studied by American and French sociologists but it is quite neglected by historians. This paper aims to start a historical research by considering in a comparative perspective a group of French and Italian lawyers belonging to different generations who practiced along the XXth century. Most of them were political activists and their commitment in acting the legal profession made them witnesses of the Twentieth century. In this perspective this paper focuses lawyers of both countries engaged in the defense of Communist activists, French advocates who defended Algerian nationalists, Italian lawyers who represented in court resistant fighters accused after the Second world war, and Italian Red brigades imprisoned in the Seventies and Eighties. In the conclusion of the paper, the opening of a new research field is suggested to study lawyers commitment in the XXth century, that of trials against health and environment crimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paul Valéry and literary interpretation: form, history, diacrony. The paper aims to address the dialectic between morphology and diacrony canon based on the theoretical reflections of Paul Valéry. The paper will start by observing his project of generalized morphology – the premises of which recall the Goethian studies – which remained incomplete but carried forward in different works and forms through all his intellectual work and his reflections. Starting with a few examples, the paper will measure how the analysis of form, understood as Bildung, runs through all of Valéry's intellectual work from the Cahiers to his public speeches. Valéry’s reflections still offer interesting insights and open up to reflection on very lively issues in the current debate around literature.

The journey of the Florentine clerics Bernardo Michelozzi (1455-1519) and Bonsignore Bonsignori (1468-1530) to Jerusalem, via Edessa, Constantinople and the west coast of Anatolia (1497-98), is one of the most celebrated “humanist" pilgrimages in the early Renaissance. Michelozzi's passionate search for geek books and Bonsignori's unusual attention for ancient sites and monuments has long since attracted scholars interested in the history of ancient heritage. By means of a new transcription (made available by Bruno Figliuolo) of Bonsignori's letters and travel report, the paper offers an ‘archaeological' commentary of the stages of the journey in the light of the up-to-date literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Written documents about Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been known since the Itinerarium burdigalense (fourth century). Since then, pilgrims' travels have never stopped, but the fall of Acre (1291) was a dramatic turning-point. This paper aims to reconstruct the pilgrim's life in partibus infidelium during the late mamluk period (1291-1517): how pilgrims travelled, where they sleep, what they eat, when, how and how long they visited churches and holy places. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the phenomenon of intra-urban residential mobility in early 18th century Nantes. Drawing mainly on military sources (soldiers' housing lists from 1719 to 1734 identifying those authorized to house soldiers), it aims to describe this practice among the second peuple of Nantes, defined as precarious and unsettled inhabitants of the city. To do so, the paper focuses on three neighbourhoods in the city: the Saint-Léonard parish, La Fosse and the Bignon-Lestard faubourg. After having quantified and highlighted the high turnover characterizing this population, the article discusses some possible causes, including a failure to pay taxes, work that was not under guild control and seasonal mobility in the countryside. The paper then describes the most frequent instance of intra-urban mobility, door-to-door moves, and explains this practice in relation to the local oral circulation of information that resulted in a residential segmentation of the urban space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article elaborates and develops two speeches I made at the Forum of the General States of the Historical Re-enactment held in Florence on 9-10 April 2016 and will be included in the White Paper as a result of the Forum. The first part is also a preview of the long field work at a number of archaeological open museums, better known as archeoparks, during the last four years, I conducted as a participant observer, who has not remained a 'marginal native', but in some cases took a leading role. Thanks to this period of intense fieldwork, I was able to see the strengths and weaknesses of a number of Italian archeoparks. The second part, however, is more theoretical and concerns the problem of the "authentic reconstruction" of the past and the tension between traditional roles and modern requirements in the historical re-enactment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The theme of this paper concerns the dedications that Neapolitan authors and publishers of the Seventeenth Century put before their books on the genealogies of noble families, family stories and the feats accomplished by captains in the pay of Spain. Dedications to personalities linked with people and families mentioned in the books represent the way to transfer the qualities of the mentioned subjects to the addressees of those dedications. This fact testifies also a customer relationship, patronage and service between the author/publisher and anyone to whom the book is dedicated, suggesting useful considerations about the conditions of the intellectuals in the ‘600. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper critically examines Theodore Herzl’s canonical Zionist novel, Altneuland /Old New Land as a frontier narrative which depicts the process of Jewish immigration to Palestine as an inevitable historical process aiming to rescue European Jews from persecution and establish a multi-national Utopia on the land of Palestine. Unlike radical Zionist narratives which underlie the necessity of founding a purely Jewish state in the holy land, Altneuland depicts an egalitarian and cosmopolitan community shared by Jews, Arabs and other races. The paper emphasizes that Herzl’s Zionist project in Altneuland is not an extension of western colonialism par excellence. Herzl’s narrative is a pragmatic appropriation of frontier literature depicting Palestine as a new frontier and promoting a construct of mythology about enthusiastic individuals who thrived in the desert while serving the needs of an enterprising and progressive society. Unlike western colonial narratives which necessitate the elimination of the colonized natives, Herzl’s novel assimilates the indigenous population in the emerging frontier community.

The concept of revolution is one of the seminal ideas of the culture and ideology of fascism, especially of Italian fascism. Through the pages of ≪Gerarchia≫, which was founded in January 1922 by Benito Mussolini and was one of the most prestigious periodicals of the ventennio, this essay tries to analyse the ways in which the regime faced the concept of revolution in its main ramifications. Therefore, this paper will consider the construction of a new sense of time and, thus, of history; the substitution of the trinomial born with the French Revolution (liberte, egalite and fraternite) with new political categories; and eventually the issues of legitimacy, legacy and violence in the years of the regime. The aim is to highlight the permanent relationship between fascism and revolution, as well as the importance of the concept in the construction of the ideology and the politics of the Fascist Era (Era Fascista). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Public Law 480 (PL 480), signed by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1954, inaugurated the most important and enduring international food security program launched by the United States. This paper focuses on the application of this law, from its approval, to its transformation into the Food for Peace Program (1961), and relies particularly on Congressional Records and the collection of records of the Foreign Relations of United States (FRUS). By analyzing the application of the PL 480 in Colombia, the paper argues that this program, initially designed to eliminate the surpluses of US agricultural production, became a cornerstone of US economic assistance towards developing world. The study of the impact of PL 480 on Colombian economy, made through the reports produced by Colombian and US agencies, shows that the proceeds of the sales of US products were reinvested into programs of technical assistance aimed at improving the productivity of the agricultural sector in Colombia. This use of sales proceeds corresponds to a turning point in US-Latin American relations in which food aid and foreign technical assistance coincided. Colombia is a particularly important example of this dynamic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The IIW White Paper is a booklet produced by a panel of 80 experts of the IIW, aimed at providing reader with a picture on welding and allied technologies dated 2012, but mainly focused on the challenges and direction of these technologies for the next 20 years. Statistical data on value added by welding and welding related occupation are included in the first part, while the main content is devoted to evaluating technologies, processes, materials, inspection and testing techniques, standard and codes which can potentially become state of the art in the next years. A section is also devoted to identify those changes in the industrial world that can impress a driving force to welding and allied technologies. The article is a non-exhaustive resume of the IIW White Paper, while the full document is available for free on the IIW website (www.iiwelding.org). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper discusses the final work (Effetto Sicilia, 2007) of one of the most significant scholars of Italian modern novel, Carlo Alberto Madrignani (1936-2008), by focusing on the interaction between three historical, literary and intellectual elements: 1) the scientifically rigorous civil tradition Madrignani belonged to, 2) the peculiar realistic code which arose in Sicily after the Italian unification and has been constantly renewed till our times in an astonishing, problematic continuity, 3) the Italian conflictual and dramatic modernity which triggered the birth of Sicilian modem novel and at the same time is provoked by the 'outrageous' kind of literature. The key issues of both the literary tradition and Italian modem history are 1) the violent and ambiguous sociopolitical control on collective and individual bodies (especially female), 2) the ambivalence of myth 3) the contradiction between individual and collective expectations on one side and institutions on the other 4) the uncertainty of truth and the dissolution of theological and religious compensations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Previous studies have highlighted the importance of having long term data for the study of cities, but such sources are relatively scarce. This is especially the case for data about relations between cities, which is a crucial aspect of urban dynamics. Over the last two decades, many efforts have been made to digitalize texts, including books and newspapers, which are primary sources on most of our societies. Researchers have shown that these massive digital archives can be used to identify macroscopic trends related to historical and cultural changes. The wealth of geographic information in such digital archives has not been used much, while they are very valuable for the study of cities. In this paper, we present DIGGER, a newly developed dataset that we built on Delpher, the digital archive of historical newspapers of the National Library of the Netherlands, by extracting geographical information from a selection of 102 million of news items. This dataset allowed us to study the spatial diffusion of information on and between the Dutch cities from a corpus of 81 newspapers published in 29 different cities between 1869 and 1994. This paper presents the method developed to build the dataset as well as the validation steps for the accuracy of the place name recognition. This dataset can be used to study the evolution of the Dutch urban system as well as aspects related to the spatial diffusion of information and geographical bias in media coverage.

A conference paper is presented on the historiography and biography of Italian unification leader Vincenzo Malenchini and his residence in Nugola, Italy. Topics discussed include background information on the Malenchini family, the residence of Malenchini during his participation in the Italian unification of the 19th century, and the political activities of Malenchini during this time.

A conference paper is presented on volunteers in the Italian unification army and the leadership of the unification forces, including leader Vincenzo Malenchini, during the 19th century in Italy. Topics discussed include the role of the Società Nazionale Italiana independence society in leading the unification effort, the participation of Malenchini in the unification, and the role of volunteers in the unification forces.

This paper focuses on the feudal and genealogical narratives within the Kingdom of Naples through the analysis of Famiglie nobili delli tre seggi della città di Salerno, the so-called Manoscritto Pinto. The book traces the genealogies of 98 noble families aggregated to the "seggi" of Salerno (Campo, Portarotese and Portanova). The Manoscritto Pinto is studied comparatively so as to identify those family strategies aiming at the creation of "genealogie incredibili", and also the legitimization of their status within the town. In fact, their status was expected to come from an ancient aristocracy based on blood purity, and that was in response to the State "honour" policies, especially after Charles of Bourbon's Tavola della nobiltà (1756). Like other similar texts, the Manoscritto Pinto circulated on a large scale between the Modern and the Contemporary Ages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper proposes a critical investigation of the discursive constructions supporting the othering of the African native in both the liberal and Fascist phases of Italian colonialism. It focuses on the production of narratives describing African populations and investigates their participation in the crystallization of a self/other dichotomy, to frame the participation of colonialism in the development of the Italian national consciousness from the late 19th century onwards. The research addresses the experiences and comments of explorers, journalists, jurists and relevant personalities of the colonial administration to tackle what they thought of their African counterparts, and how they portrayed them to the Italian public. In particular, the paper recognizes the existence of a plurality of othering categories and stereotypes attributed to African populations and addresses their development and transformation alongside the socio-political transformation of Italian nationalism and Italian colonialism.

The aim of this paper is to recall the life of general Stilicho through propaganda, and to show how the image Stilicho struggled to create and preserve was manipulated by his political enemies after his death. Thanks to Claudianus' poetry and his own political craftiness Stilicho had created the image of the perfect soldier in charge, loyal to the Emperor, to whom he was in fact a “second father”. The paper mentions some of the various attestations of Stilicho pater of Onorius and, therefore, of the Empire. Nonetheless, right after Stilicho’s fall, Jerome, Rutilius and Orosius created a new image of the general through the reiteration of terms such as “traitor” and “semibarbarus”. The purpose was to erase the glorious profile created by Claudianus and to blame Stilicho as the cause of a political crisis of witch he was not responsible at all. He had been, in fact, the unique defender of a fragile equilibrium between Rome and Alaric. Nevertheless, the need to find a scapegoat of Rome’s decay, led to the accusation that Stilicho was even responsible of events that followed his own death. Ultimately, the paper aims to provide a number of Latin quotations concerning the history of positive and negative propaganda surrounding Stilicho's life and death.

The Author outlines the development of the historiography of the book production and circulation in the last thirty-year period, especially in the wake of the seminal work L'apparition du livre by Febvre e Martin, which represented a step for national historiographies. On the side of the peculiar Italian situation, the major historiographic trends are retraced and illustrated through a detailed analysis of studies and initiatives that have been carried out in the field of publishers' archives, revealing a complex relationship between papers and private book collections, between literary funds and publishers' funds. Such a richness of initiatives reveals the need, now mature, of a comprehensive methodological analysis together with a new history of Italian publishing which is broader and updated, compared to the existing ones: a history that is able to address finally, in a systematic and organic way, the profound changes which took place in the eighties and nineties of the XX century, and to project its own investigation to the present day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Paleogenetics is providing increasing evidence about the biological characteristics of ancient populations. This paper examines the guiding principles and methodologies to the study of ancient DNA with constant references to the state of the art in this fascinating disciplin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the Italian daily paper "Il Giorno," and the relationship between the paper and the surveillance of Italian politician Enrico Mattei. Reference is made to archival materials and editions of the paper. Topics discussed include the history of the "Il Giorno" periodical, including its establishment by editor Gaetano Baldacci, the history of government interference in Italian media, including the role of Enrico Mattei; and changes in the political direction of the journal in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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A conference paper delivered by Marco Onado at the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification conference which took place in Modena in 2012 is presented, with a focus on the history of the Italian banking and financial systems, as well as financial and economic regulation during the period between 1848 and 2012.

A conference paper delivered by Filippo Cavazzuti at the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification conference which took place in Modena in 2012 is presented, with a focus on the essential role of the state in economics and the economic history of Italy, and the history and theory of state economic regulation in Italy.

A conference paper delivered by Sergio Paba at the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification conference which took place in Modena in 2012 is presented, with a focus on the history of economics in Italy and the elements of district governance, social mobility, and industrialization, as well as the work of economist Pierluigi Ciocca.

The British Italian Legion was created in the summer of 1855 as a reinforcement to the British army in Crimea, already weakened by the siege of Sevastopol. Volunteers were garrisoned in Novara and Chivasso until February 1856, when they were found to be plotting a patriotic uprising plan. This nearly led Austria and Piedmont-Sardinia to a diplomatic crisis and, therefore, the English government was forced to move the entire legion to Malta. The end of the Crimean War and the clashes between legionaries and the Maltese people inevitably caused the disbandment of the corp, starting from May 1856. Although most of the soldiers wanted to return to Piedmont, the government of Turin only allowed entry to its subjects. The remaining 1500 legionaries, who had mostly been longtime residents in the Kingdom of Sardinia, were transferred to England. During the sea crossing, Lieutenant Francesco Angherà, who was strongly connected to Mazzinian circles, unsuccessfully incited his comrades to land in Calabria and to foment an anti-Bourbon uprising. Only at the end of the summer, the Piedmontese leaders accepted to endorse the return of the remaining soldiers: most of them set sail for Genoa, while a smaller part was recruited by the Argentinian government to build a militaryagricultural colony. This paper is based on previous publications and is enriched by several unpublished documents, both Italian and English, and coeval newspaper articles. Thanks to these sources it has been possible to highlight the revolutionary events that the legion went through and the legionaries’ difficult homecoming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents new documents on brothers Giorgio Domenico and Giuseppe Andrea Duprà, court painters in 18th century Turin. The study is the result of a thorough archival research carried out on the archives of Insinuazione di Torino and the religious archives of the city. The main focus is the Savoyard origin of the Duprà family as well as the complex network of artistic, economic and family relations of these two great painters. Finally, a new sacred work by Giuseppe Andrea Duprà ispresented, a milestone in the evolution of religious painting in Turin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

 is paper highlights the infl uence of Ori gen’ s intellectual legacy on the thought of the French theologian Henry de Lubac. In order to achieve this goal, the categories of “history” and “spirit” are scrutinized, constituting as they do not only the title of de Lubac’ s most important work on Origen, but also his fundamental theorical grid to understand the Alexandrian theologian. However, the essay aims to show that, though still retaining some explanatory potential for grasping how Origen’ s thought structures itself, such categories inevitably neglect deeper elements in the latter. Origen’ s assumptions about the epinoiai do especially help solve the aporias raised by de Lubac’ s frequent analogies between Logos, Scripture, Eucharist and Church, all of whom turn hardly distinguishable from one another, without recurring to such theorizing. As a result, a unitary reflection still emerges, centering around the aforementioned relationship between history and Spirit and up to date addressing issues and methods in contemporary theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a conference paper delivered March 3, 2011 at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in London, on the millennial anniversary of the Abbey of Westminster. The paper discusses the history of Montecassino, with reference to the history of monasticism and monasteries in the 3rd to 5th centuries in Europe. Topics discussed include the development of monasticism in the Holy Roman Empire, with reference to cultural, political, and economic factors.

The article presents a conference paper delivered at the convention "Gli sguardi incrociati: La Ligura vista dagli scrittori piemontesi e il Piemonte visto dagli scritori liguri," held September 11, 2010 at the Fondazione Bottari Lattes in Monforte d'Alba, on the topic of the work of Italian writer Nico Orengo and the Piedmont region of Italy.

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A conference paper is presented on the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Catholic Social Movement. Topics discussed include commonalities and conflict between the Church and the Movement, the relationship between laicism and Catholicism, and the political and social activities of the Movement.

This paper intends to delve into Roscoe Pound’s thought, enhancing his teleological conception of law as a key to understanding Pound’s historicism, pragmatism and functionalism. The Author will also deal with the Poundian contribution within a ‘situated’ perspective aimed at stressing some ‘genetic’ traits of American legal realism in relation to the specific history of the evolution of the common law in the US context. The text has the objective to discuss the theoretical-legal matrix of Pound’s theoretical reflection and its afference to legal science, highlighting his attitude to address the macro-theme of the constitutive principles of the law itself.