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Final conference: Siena–Parma, 14–17 April 2026
30 Marzo 2026
From 14 to 17 April, an international conference will be held to mark the conclusion of the PRIN CHILD project: Children, History, Italian Life, Documentation. Children and everyday life in post-war Italy (1918–1922), coordinated by Prof. Piergiovanni Genovesi, lecturer in contemporary history at our University. The conference will begin in Siena, with sessions dedicated to gender issues and archives, and will conclude in Parma, where sessions on political and social issues and the presentation of the multimedia outputs produced will take place. DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME FOR THE PARMA SESSION The project investigated the condition of children in Italy in the immediate post-war period, with particular attention to situations of marginalisation and emergency: from orphans to refugees, the ‘abnormal’ and alcoholics. The period under consideration was the four-year span from 1918 to 1922, suspended between the end of the Great War and the rise of fascism. In this conte...
The launch of the project
28 Settembre 2023
The project aims to reconstruct aspects, characteristics and dynamics of the daily lives of ‘minors’ – such as girls, boys and adolescents – who have long been regarded as marginalised, including as a subject of study. In particular, the study focuses on the transitional phase between the end of the Great War and the start of Mussolini’s first government, a pivotal moment in the process whereby the “totalitarian seduction”, shaped during the war years, spread throughout society. Aims The primary aim is to acquire – within a context that serves as a paradigm for contemporary dynamics – a more detailed understanding of the everyday reality of girls, boys and adolescents. In particular, the research – based on a systematic collection of documents – aims to highlight, alongside the strategies implemented towards them, their own perspectives and reactions to the events in which they were involved; taking care to ensure the wide dissemination of the findings. Exp...
