The March on Rome

CYCLE: Open Doors. Rome Through the Ages, at the Center of the World
SPEAKER: Giulia Albanese
DATE: Thursday, February 19, 6:00 PM

What was the March on Rome? Why did this political event manage to capture such widespread attention from the global public? This talk aims to answer these questions. In the first part, the focus will be on the event of the March on Rome, its planning, and how it was carried out to investigate the political roots that originated this project, its concrete execution, and its implications. The second part will examine the reception of this event outside Italy in the months and years immediately following the event, reflecting on how it became an immediate and significant model of action and transformation of political institutions.

Giulia Albanese  is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Padua. Over the years, her research interests have focused primarily on the origins of fascism, political violence, and authoritarian cultures in the years between the two world wars, with an increasing focus on the comparative and transnational dimension of fascism and its memory. Among her works are Mediterranean Dictatorships. Fascist Subversions and Coups in Italy, Spain, and Portugal (Laterza, 2016) and the new edition of The March on Rome (Laterza, 2022). She has also recently edited Italian Fascism: History and Interpretations (Carocci, 2021) and, together with Lucia Ceci, The Places of Fascism: Memory, Politics, and Removal (Viella, 2022).

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