The SIHS proudly joins Dr. Sergio Luzzatto at University of Connecticut in promoting the “Noether Dialogues in Modern & Italian History.” Below you will find a description of the public speaking series, along with a schedule for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 terms. Concept All around the planet, the academic world is busy…
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The Society for Italian Historical Studies invites anyone interested to submit proposals for paper presentations or for whole panels for the joint SIHS/American Historical Association annual meeting, January 7-10, 2021 in Seattle. For those assembling the panel, please include: Full names Institutional affiliations E-mail addresses Title of panel Titles of papers (2-3 papers per panel…
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The SIHS’s Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the 2019 Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize in Italian History has been awarded to Konstantina Zanou’s Transnational Patriotism in the Mediterranean 1800-1850: Stammering the Nation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018). With an exemplary research effort consisting of archival documents and primary-source texts in Italian, French,…
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Republished from UC Santa Barbara’s The Current: Imagine exploring the monuments of ancient Rome as a graduate student, excavating at an archaeological site and being tasked with determining if some purportedly ancient artifacts are genuine. If they are, you need to determine whether they should remain at the prestigious Southern California museum where they’re housed…
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Daniela Porro, the Director of the National Roman Museum, discusses the virtual reality reconstruction of Rome’s Castro Pretorio neighborhood: “Castro Pretorio – l’evoluzione di un rione dall’antichità al XXI secolo.” (See URL below for video.) Un viaggio millenario. In quello che oggi viene conosciuto principalmente come “ il quartiere della stazione Termini”. Un’esperienza immersiva di…
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