Number 57 (2010)

CONTENTS

A monographic issue:

Margherita Angelini

TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE: THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF ITALIAN HISTORIANS (1920s-1950s)

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION............................................................................3
Acknowledgements
Archives and abbreviations
1. INSTITUTES, RESEARCH AND THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF HISTORIANS
FROM THE NINETEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ............................................................................13
1.1 The first attempt to coordinate historical studies: the Istituto storico italiano (1883-1934)
1.2 Historical research during Fascism
1.3 Organising and coordinating studies: Giovanni Gentile and Gioacchino Volpe
2. TEACHING HISTORY AND TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE DURING FASCISM ...............................................37
2.1 Becoming historians
2.2 University organisation: faculties and students
2.3 Methods of teaching: lecture notes and seminars
2.4 Risorgimento and contemporary history in university courses
3. THE CENTRALISATION OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH (1935-1943) ...........................................................63
3.1 The Giunta Centrale per gli Studi Storici
3.2 Centralising peripheries: the Deputazioni di storia patria
3.3 Resistances
3.4 Oppositions
3.5 Assimilations
4. ITALIAN HISTORIANS AND EUROPE: CONTACTS AND TRANSMISSIONS .....................................................86
4.1 Writing history
4.2 Cooperating with Europe (1928-1934)
4.3 The International Committee of Historical Sciences and the Giunta Centrale per gli Studi Storici (1935-1943)
5. CONFRONTING THE PRESENT: FASCIST FOREIGN POLICY AND WAR .......................................................110
5.1 Fascism and the expansion of the Nation-State
5.2 Expanding beyond national borders: the Deputazione di storia patria per le Venezie
5.3 From the land to the sea: new deputations and institutes
5.4 Germany and Italy: cultural allegiances
6. PASSAGES: THE COLLAPSE OF FASCISM AND THE TRANSITION TO POLITICAL DEMOCRACY ......................138
6.1 Divided allegiances
6.2 Reforming and preserving amid national and international tensions
6.3 Conclusions: the post-war historical debate
INDEX OF NAMES ..............................................................162

AUTHOR'S PROFILE

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