Erased Memories

Although scholars have for long denounced the silence which characterized the study of Italy’s colonial past, historical revisionism struggles to find its ways through the dominant narrative. Some spoke about the failure of Italian memory to accept its responsibility, some denounced a form of historical amnesia, and many agreed on the absence of a collective consciousness of the country’s African colonies.

Traces of Italy’s colonial past are though still very much present within Italy’s its built environment, its political landscape, and its popular culture. Research on this aspect shows that there is an urgent need for more studies that would weave together African and European history, focusing on the experience of colonialism from both sides, and reconstructing the history of Italian imperialism’s legacies.

This event would like to propose a talk by Beatrice Falcucci on the Museo Coloniale di Roma, followed by a discussion on the difficulties encountered by researchers who study the material legacies of Italian colonialism.

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28.01.2022

H18:00

In English

Istituto Svizzero, via Liguria 20, Rome

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