Call for Papers

CfP: Sites of Transit in Italy from WW2 to the present: History, Politics, Topography. Sorrento, 14-17 June 2018

Call for Papers: Sites of Transit in Italy from WW2 to the present: History, Politics, Topography. Sorrento, 14-17 June 2018

Session 75 at 38th annual conference of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS), Sant’Anna Institute.

The former POW, concentration and refugee camp at Fossoli is a key example in the complex 20thcentury history of peoples and prisoners in transit. Proposals are welcome on the reconstruction of the history, politics and topography of this and other sites of transit in the European and Mediterranean context from WW2 to the present.
Please send a 200-300 word abstract and a brief biographical note to matteo.cassani2@unibo.it, roberta.mira@unibo.it and daniele.salerno@unibo.it by 30 December 2017.
More information about the conference can be found here.

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