E
ducation
-1984: Degree in History, University of Bologna
-1992: Ph.D. in Contemporary History (Crises and Transformations
of Societies ) University of Turin.
Research Activities
-1986-1988 Research student at the Ludwig Uhland Institut,
University of Tübingen with a scholarship awarded by Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst
-1989-1991: Ph.D research student at the University of
Turin.
- 1993-1995 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Bologna.
- January- June 1996 Research Fellow at the Istituto
Storico Germanico (German Historical Institute), Rome
- May 2003 Research fellowship at the Institut für
Zeitgeschichte Munich (Germany)
- July 2005 Research fellowship at the Ludwig Uhland
Institut, University of Tuebingen awarded as part of the Short
Mobility Programme of the CNR
Teaching Experience
-a.y. 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97 Tutor of Contemporary
history (19th and 20th centuries) at the University of
Bologna-Facoltà di Scienze politiche- Forlì Campus
-a.y 1996/97 , 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01 Professor of
European Modern History (19th and 20th centuries) at the Scuola
Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori, University
of Bologna, Forlì Campus
-a.y 2002/02 2002/03 2003/04 Contemporary history (19th and 20th
centuries) at the University of Bologna-Facoltà di Scienze
politiche- Bologna and at the University of Bologna-Facoltà
di Scienze politiche-Forlì Campus
-a.y 2004/05 2005/06 Professor of Contemporary History (19th and
20th centuries) at the University of Bologna-Facoltà di
Scienze politiche- Bologna
- a.y. 2006/07 until 2017 Professor of Contemporary History (19th
and 20th centuries) at the University of Bologna-Facoltà di
Scienze politiche- Bologna
-from January 2018 Professor of Contemporary History (19th and 20th centuries) at the University of Bologna-department of arts
Visiting professorship and Teaching staff
-February 2000 Maitre de conference invitè (visiting professor)
at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociale, Paris.
- June 2004 Seminar in the Blockveranstaltung of G. Clemens:
"Neuere Forschungen zum Faschismus. Der italienische Faschismus",
University of Trier Fachbereich III (1 week: Socrates program,
Teaching Mobility Staff)
- June 2005 Lectures at the University of Potsdam (1 week Socrates
program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- June 2006 Lectures at the Humboldt university of Berlin ( 1 week
Socrates program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- June 2007 Blockseminar "Lokale Identitäten in Italien: Von der
Einingung bis zum Leganord" at the University of Trier
Fachbereich III (1 week: Socrates program, Teaching Mobility
Staff)
- July 2008 Lectures at the University of Potsdam (1 week LLP
program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- July 2009 Lectures at the University Humboldt of Berlin (1
week LLP program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- June 2010 Lectures at the University of Potsdam (1
week LLP program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- July 2011 Lectures at the University of Trier and at the
University Humboldt of Berlin
- July 2012 Lectures at the University of Potsdam (1
week LLP program, Teaching Mobility Staff)
- July 2013 Lectures at the University Humboldt of
Berlin (1 week LLP program, Teaching Mobility
Staff)
- June 2018 (1 week) Lectures at Universität Trier (Erasmus + program)
-22-29 June 2014 Lectures at the Technische Universität
Dresden (1 week LLP program)
-2015 Lectures at Universität Trier (1 week erasmus program)
-4-9 July 2016 Lectures at Humboldt Universität Berlin (1 week erasmus program)
-26 June- 1 July 2017 Lectures at the Technische Universität Dresden (1 week erasmus program)
- 8 July- 14 July 2019 Lectures at the Technische Universität Dresden (Erasmus + program)
- July 2021 Lectures at the Humboldt university of Berlin (Erasmus + program)
-July 2022 (1 week) Lectures at Universität Trier (Erasmus + program)
- July2023 (1 week) Technische Universität Dresden (Erasmus + program)
- Mai 2024 (1 week) Universität Kiel (Erasmus + program)
Academic Administrative Positions
From 2018 until now Delegate for internationalisation of the department of arts
from november 2015 until october 2021 Vice-Rector's delegate for International Teaching and Education
2012 until now member of the Giunta di dipartimento
2010 - 2016 Director of the Ph.D. Progamme "Poitics, Institutions, History"
November 2009 - mai 2014 - Director of the Ph.D. Programme "Political history of the contemporary age in the 19th
and 20th centuries Federico Chabod"
November 2006 - november 2012 Director of the BA Degree in International
Studies
November 2006 - 2009 in charge of organising teaching
activities for the Ph.D. Progamme Political history
of the contemporary age in the 19th and 20th centuries Federico
Chabod"
March 2005 - July 2007 Faculty Socrates Coordinator
May 2004 to 2007 Member of Board assigning small grants for
preparing the end of MA dissertation abroad
2006/07 until 2012 now Representative of the Associate Professors on
the Department Committee
2004/05 Faculty Coordinator of Teaching Assessment
2003/04-2005/06 Representative of the Assistant Professors on
the Department Committee
1999/00-2002/03 Representative of the Assistant Professors on
the Department Committee
Professional Activities
January 2019 Until 14th Febraury 2025 co-editor of the Peer Revue Journal "Ricerche Di Storia Politica"
1995- 14th Febraury 2025 Member of the Editorial Board of Ricerche di Storia Politica
2011 - now member of the editorial board of the serie Political History (Rubettino publisher)
from 1 January 2013 Member of the Editor's Board of the
academic Journal Ricerche di storia politica
July 2012 - june 2015 Member of the scientific Board of the "'Istituto
nazionale per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione"
Milan
1994-97 Member of Consultants' Board of Memoria e
ricerca
1998-2003 In charge of the section covering Germany in Mappamondo,
a regular section of Il Mulino.
Direction of national and international peer-reviewed researh projects
-PRIN 2022 Inequality and generations in Italy (1914-2008) (Principal Investigator) Ongoing
-PRIN 2008 Consumption, well-being and political legitimacy in Italy in the 1960s-1990s (Head of Local Unit) (concluded)
- 2010-12 Villa Vigoni Trilateral Programme: Cycle of Workshops on Populism (with Paula Diehl Humboldt Universität and Didier Mineur Sciences Po) (concluded)
Prize
2005 Minturnae Prize for Historical Research (for the book
Piccole Patrie)
Supervisor PhD Dissertation
Giada Sarmenti,
La Questione di Berlino vista dalla diplomazia italo-tedesca, Dottorato in arti, storia e società 39 ciclo
Zhudaiyi Zhang, Taro Across the Ocean: Spread, Localizing and Constructing a Global Knowledge of Potato, 40 Ciclo
Pizzirani, Silvia (2022) Consumismo virtuoso? Il rapporto tra politica e consumi in Italia negli anni Settanta, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Storie, culture e politiche del globale, 34 Ciclo.
Ercolani, Sara (2018) La Tratta delle Bianche in Italia e in Gran Bretagna. Dall'associazionismo alla Societa delle Nazioni (1885-1946), [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Studi globali e internazionali - global and international studies, 30 Ciclo.
Casini, Valentina (2015) Sinistra extraparlamentare e Partito comunista in italia 1968-1976, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Politica, istituzioni, storia, 27 Ciclo:
Triola, Filippo (2013) La costruzione delle relazioni politiche ed economiche tra l'Italia e la Germania occidentale dopo la seconda guerra mondiale (1945-1951), [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Storia dell'Età contemporanea nei secoli XIX e XX "Federico Chabod", 25 Ciclo
Köppen, Paul (2013) Die praktische Komponente deutscher Verständigungspolitik: Leopold von Hoesch in Paris, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Storia dell'Età contemporanea nei secoli XIX e XX "Federico Chabod", 25 Ciclo. Tutor: Stefano Cavazza (cotutela con l'Università di Potsdam supervisore Host university Manfred Görtemaker)
Piemontese, Matteo Gaspare (2012) Un Welfare State per le classi medie: Democristiani e Socialisti in Francia e Italia, 1945-1958. [Dissertation thesis], LUISS Guido Carli, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche (sede amministrativa), Dottorato di ricerca in Storia dell'età contemporanea nei secoli XIX e XX "Federico Chabod", 23 Ciclo
Goni Leonardo (2006), Ministero della Produzione Bellica e Regia Aeronautica 1940-43: attività, organizzazione delle risorse ed interventi politici tra tentativi di programmazione ed emergenza, [Dissertation thesis],Dottorato di ricerca in Storia dell'età contemporanea nei secoli XIX e XX "Federico Chabod", XVII Ciclo