@fabiosimonetti
European History and Politics, military occupation, and museum studies. Author of Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation (OUP, 2025). Honorary Research Fellow at Brunel University of London.
New publication: Very glad to see my article on American food and Italians in WWII in @modernitaly.bsky.social 😍 Thanks to @efghilmno.bsky.social and Camilo Erlichman guest editors of SI on Allied occupation 🙏 #WWII #foodhistory
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Congratulations Patrizia!
And many thanks again for your commitment and contribution to the forthcoming Modern Italy special issue on the 'Allied Occupation of Italy in History and Culture: A Reassessment' (due in May 2026).
Thank you and... not to be missed!!
On campus today?
Come along to @efghilmno.bsky.social’s talk “Occupying liberated Italy: Living with the British” - 3pm in FAB4.76 (TRC)
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...
The opportunity to read for free the Introduction of my book 'Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation' (OUP 2025) is almost over!
Available until 18 February 2026 at academic.oup.com/book/61479?l...
And the book is still 30% off with code AUFLY30!!
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Many thanks, Vanda - and that's really interesting! I'd surely be curious about the differences in the perceptions soldiers and civilians developed of each other north of Rome. If you ever wish to read/review the book, you can request it here (global.oup.com/academic/pre...) or get in touch 😉
Have a look at the Introduction of my 'Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation' (OUP 2025)!! This is now available for free until 18 February 2026: academic.oup.com/book/61479/c...
And the book is still 30% off with code AUFLY30!!
Thank you, OUP!
The best opportunity to ask your institution's library to get a copy!!
“Fabio Simonetti’s Encounters in Wartime Italy offers micro-history on a macro-scale” – Prof David Ellwood writes in his foreword.
If you wish to get a copy, OUP is offering 30% discount at: global.oup.com/academic. Code: AUFLY30
Milla approves it as the perfect Christmas reading!
Pleased that my article on Agostino degli Espinosa and the Allied occupation of Italy has come out in the journal @modernitaly.bsky.social. Thanks to @efghilmno.bsky.social for co-editing the special issue in which it will be published.
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The day has come!
*Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation and Occupation*, published by Oxford University Press, is finally out in ebook!
One month to go until the print edition.
View contents, abstracts and the full ebook here:
👉 academic.oup.com/book/61479
Struggling to figure out why in Putin's mind having foreign (US/EU) troops aiding Ukraine would lead to a nuclear war, while having North Korean soldiers aiding Russia would not 🤔
Since the old link disappeared, the one link to preview the book on the OUP website is: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
The First Occupation Studies Research Network conference has just kicked off at King's College!!
Great to be part of it!
Your excruciating wait is almost over!! In just 143 days you will be able to read my new book, Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation, which Oxford University Press will publish on 10 November 2025!!
Preview it on the OUP website: lnkd.in/e4tMffRX
You don't see that many top Italian Studies heads in the same room every day (and not all of them are in the picture...).
Great day Yesterday at the Italian Cultural Institute... e tanti auguri Modern Italy per i tuoi primi 30 anni!!
So many countries are currently attempting to turn back the clock. We shall see where such a reactionary movement leads us - though we probably already know, don’t we?
Just watched the abominable 'Trump Gaza' video (which I won't repost to avoid further publicity). It's difficult to find words to express how far one's ego can go in disregarding, flouting and perpetrating human suffering.
Opening text of a joint statement from the Historical Association, Institute of Historical Research, History UK and Royal Historical Society entitled 'More than ever, history and historians need an collaborative and co-ordinated approach, a statement.' Published on 26 February 2025.
‘More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach' bit.ly/4iddCU8
In advocacy, the Royal Historical Society works closely with fellow #history organisations. Today we release a statement with @histassoc.bsky.social, @ihr.bsky.social and History UK.
#skystorians
Let's shut history departments, they say... history isn't a relevant discipline anymore, they say...
Needed a break from work and news.
Getting to know the neighbours (both historical and four-legged ones) at Bushy Park, where SHAEF HQ and Eisenhower were based in 1944, prior to D-Day
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago on February 24, 2022. Ukraine has not been defeated or destroyed but remains resilient and innovative in the face of this unjustified Russian aggression. 🧵(1/11)
Latest: isw.pub/UkrWar022425
... However, they all play masterfully in conveying the message of an unscrupulous and brutal but cunning leader who sets up a regime based on violence and fear (with the complicity of weak and divided opposition forces) before becoming prisoner of his own character and creature. A big yes from me!
... Milan looks like revolutionary Paris to me, Rome a decadent imperial city and parliament a dark, dusty, insalubrious environment. Events are indeed condensed and simplified, as well as the role played by some characters...
I couldn't agree more with John Foot. I really enjoyed the series and how it manages to condense history, the present and a meaningful warning into entertaining TV drama. I loved the acting, I loved the surreal scenography...
