Study day

Resistance and Immigration
On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre

Nelson Mandela Library
Via La Spezia, 21

Historical Museum of Liberation
Via Torquato Tasso, 145
Rome

March 20, 2025 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Poster

On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the massacre of the Fosse Ardeatine a study day to focus on the history of resistance from the perspective of immigration.

A large part of the victims of the massacre were linked to migratory routes, in a city like Rome characterised since the end of the 19th century by large and substantial immigration movements. The connection between partisan resistance and migration is a varied theme that concerns not only Rome and Italy, but all of Europe. The aim of the day is to explore this connection, starting from the national and international context and arriving at the Roman case. The initiative will be held at the Mandela Library and at the Historical Museum of Liberation in Via Tasso, in an area – the San Giovanni area – strongly engaged in the struggle for liberation in 1943-44.

PROGRAMME

10:30 a.m – 1:00 p.m., Nelson Mandela Library

INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS

Riccardo Sbordoni
Councillor for Culture Municipality VII

Gabriella Corona
Director CNR-ISMed

PRESENTATION AND INTRODUCTION

Michele Colucci
CNR-ISMed

FIRST SESSION

Coordinator Alessandra Gissi
University L’Orientale Naples

Resistance and immigration: the European context
Stefano Gallo
CNR-ISMed

Resistance and immigration in Italy
Toni Rovatti
University of Bologna, Parri Institute Bologna

The environments and spaces of partisan warfare
Luca Baldissara
University of Bologna

Discussant Davide Conti
Historian

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Historical Museum of the Liberation

INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS

Roberto Balzani
President of the Historical Museum of Liberation

Michele Colucci
CNR-ISMed

SECOND SESSION

Coordinator Anthony Santilli
ANPPIA

The Apulians at the Fosse Ardeatine
Vito Antonio Leuzzi
Ipsaic

The Vibia project – Virtual biographical archive
Fosse Ardeatine victims and the geography of the massacre
Alessia Glielmi
CNR – Historical Museum of Liberation

The Marincola Fund in Via Tasso
Lorenzo Teodonio
Artistic High School Via di Ripetta

Discussant Lidia Piccioni
University La Sapienza Rome

ORGANISED BY
CNR-ISMed, Libraries of Rome
Historical Museum of the Liberation of Via Tasso

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Admission is open to the public, subject to availability of places

INFO AND CONTACTS
Stefano Gallo (stefano.gallo@ismed.cnr.it)
www.ismed.cnr.it