The first edition of the International Workshop “Perspectives on Italy. The Unfinished Modernization 1950-1973” will take place in the Aula Magna of the Department of Political Science on 17 and 18 of September 2026.
The workshop aims to investigate Italian modernization as a complex and multi-layered process, structuring its analysis around three dimensions: historical and comparative transformations, the theoretical frameworks through which they have been interpreted, and the material and symbolic forms through which they have been inscribed in space.
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Program
Thursday 17 September | 9:30-13:30
The Modernization of Italy: perspectives from abroad
Speakers:
Marco Cini (University of Pisa)
David Fasenfest (York University, Canada)
Ricardo A. Dello Buono (Manhattan University)
Thursday 17 September | 15:00-18:30
How Italian sociology engages with and interprets the country’s transformation
Speakers:
Irene Strazzeri (UniSalento)
Luca Corchia (Unichieti)
Simon Susen (University of London)
Friday 18 September | 9:30-13:30
Italy: History, Cultures, Landscapes, and the Imaginaries of Italian Modernity
Speakers:
Claudia de Martino (University of Lussemburgo) Fabrizio Fornari (Università di Chieti-Pescara) Fabio Mugnaini (UniSiena)
Scientific and organizing committee:
Andrea Borghini – andrea.borghini@unipi.it
Marco Cini – marco.cini@unipi.it
Luca Corchia – luca.corchia@unich.it
Giulio Nardinelli – g.nardinelli@studenti.unipi.it
