Fabio Simonetti
@FabSimonetti
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Lecturer in #EuropeanHistory @BrunelUni. Social Historian of WWII and occupied Italy. Happy to be phasing out of X...
London, England
Joined November 2012
Your excruciating wait is almost over!! On 10 November you'll be able to read my new book, Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation, published by Oxford University Press will publish!! Preview it on the website:
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RT @BeneCarnaghi: Looking for a laugh? Here's the #CFP for ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism’, a conference that I'm organizing wit….
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It was amazing to present my paper 'A Private War on Women's Bodies: Head Shaving and Gender Dynamics during the Allied Occupation of Rome' at the Colloquium 'Occupied. Towards a Comparative and Entangled History of Occupation in the Age of Total War' held at the KNIR, Rome.
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RT @AmyCKing: London friends! . I’ll be saying a few things about memory of Matteotti nationally/international after his murder at this eve….
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Are you happy to start your 2024 with a great (of course!) history talk and are free at around lunchtime this Friday 5 January? Then come to the National Army Museum or register for free to attend online my talk on 'Wartime Encounters in Sicily'!
nam.ac.uk
Dr Fabio Simonetti examines the interactions between the British Army and the Italian people during the Second World War invasion of Sicily.
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RT @guido_bartolini: After “some” work, it is very rewarding to see it out! 19 articles discuss the never ending attempts of Italian cultur….
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Circle the date on your calendars!!.Wednesday 13 December, online workshop on The Allied Occupation of Italy in History and Culture: A Reassessment. Full programme available at: Please register by emailing the address that you can find on the poster.
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I always collected paper ephemera - I'm fascinated by the power of the written word in its historical context - but was astonished to find a rare set of Il Popolo d'Italia from 21-24 March 1919 at an eBay antiquarian. Fasci di Combattimento was founded by Mussolini on 23 March.
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RT @italian_ucc: Very strong @UCC @CACSSS1 presence at @Soc4ItalStudies ‘Affect, Emotion, Sensation’ conference @Selwyn1882 Cambridge. Bril….
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All is ready my presentation on 'A Sensory Liberation: The Wartime Encounter between Allied Soldiers and Italian Civilians' at the SIS conference 'Affect, Sensation, Emotion'.
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Great start to the SIS themed conference 'Affect, Emotion, Sensation' in Selwyn College, Cambridge, today. Looking forward to presenting my paper on 'Sensory Liberation' tomorrow.
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RT @AmyCKing: Hot off the press (open access!): 'A Martyr for the Resistance and the New Republic: The Uses of Giacomo Matteotti’s Memory,….
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When Italy surrendered to the Allies in 1943, Giacomo Matteotti’s memory burst back into public space after almost twenty years of clandestine commemoration. This article focuses on the uses of Mat...
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RT @Soc4ItalStudies: We are pleased to share the programme of the SIS themed conference 2023, including registration details. https://t.co/….
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The 2023 Society for Italian Studies (SIS) Themed Conference ‘Affect, Emotion, Sensation’ will take place at the University of Cambridge, Selwyn College (Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ) on 7–8...
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RT @Sandbagger_01: 💬Intelligence "allowed both Ukraine and the Western powers to go into the current crisis forearmed because they were for….
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My review of Guido Bartolini's book 'The Italian Literature of the Axis War: Memories of Self-Absolution and the Quest for Responsibility' - a book I simply loved reading! - is now online on 'Modern Italy'.
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The Italian Literature of the Axis War: Memories of Self-Absolution and the Quest for Responsibility by Guido Bartolini, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, xii + 263 pp., £74.99 (hardback), ISBN...
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RT @MassObsArchive: We are thrilled to announce that we have just re-opened our application process to become a Mass Observer! If you are i….
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It was fascinating to see the student's reaction and discussion to challenging primary sources such as 'La difesa della razza', which I brought to our last class - especially since nothing of this kind is usually discussed in UK schools, according to their feedback.
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