Marica Tolomelli, associate professor, studied contemporary history at Bologna University and earned her PhD iat Bielefeld University with a scholarship awarded by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Berlin).
She deals with 20th-century's European history, especially with topics related to the post-WWII decades in comparative and/or transnational and global perspectives. Her main research interests focus on social conflicts, social movements, women and labour history with a particular interest in the building of democratic political cultures (especially in Italy and Germany) in the second half of the 20th century. She also deals with the history of the formation and evolution of public spheres, communication’s spaces and circulation of ideas in the “long 20th century” from a global perspective.
She is editor of the online journal "Storicamente" (www.storicamente.org ); membership of the Italian Association for Labour History (SISLAV), of the Società Italiana delle Storiche (SIS) and, of the Società italiana per la storia contemporanea dell'area di lingua tedesca (SISCALT).
She coordinates a double degree program for both the Master of Arts in History and the Master of Arts in Global Cultures agreed between the Universities of Bologna and Bielefeld (BiBoG).
