Fabio Simonetti
@fabiosimonetti.bsky.social
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.
If you wish to know more about my latest book, you can register to attend my online talk this Thursday 11 June 2026, at 2pm CET (1pm in the UK), by contacting the event coordinator, Félix Streicher, at felix.streicher@sciencespo.fr. This event is promoted by the @occupationstudies.bsky.social.
You can now read my latest article, 'From Liberation to Occupation: Rethinking Allied Rule in Italy', co-written with Camilo Erlichman, which introduces our forthcoming special issue of Modern Italy on The Allied Occupation of Italy in History and Culture: A Reassessment:
From liberation to occupation: rethinking Allied rule in Italy | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core
From liberation to occupation: rethinking Allied rule in Italy
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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 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Caramelle, caramelle! American food and Italians in the Second World War: propaganda, othering, and food exchange | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core
Caramelle, caramelle! American food and Italians in the Second World War: propaganda, othering, and food exchange
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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...
Seminars and conferences - Italian Studies - University of Warwick
Research seminars and conferences related to the Italian Studies at the University of Warwick.
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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!!
Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation
Abstract. Traditionally, war has been studied by focusing on extraordinary events, individuals, and deeds. However, wartime encompasses far more than the e
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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
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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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!
Introduction
Abstract. This chapter establishes the framework for examining the overlooked encounter between British soldiers and Italian civilians during the Allied oc
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“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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘Silent loyalty’: armistice and Italian memory in the work of Agostino degli Espinosa | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core
‘Silent loyalty’: armistice and Italian memory in the work of Agostino degli Espinosa
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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
Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation
Abstract. Traditionally, war has been studied by focusing on extraordinary events, individuals, and deeds. However, wartime encompasses far more than the e
academic.oup.com
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 🤔
Kim Jong-un hails North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine at ceremony for returned soldiers
Soldiers who had returned from Russia were honoured with a concert and relatives of troops killed in action were among those to attend a banquet
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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?
US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting
The state department says the policy will have
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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.
‘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
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...
John Foot@footymac.bsky.social · 2y agoWhy I loved the new Mussolini drama – by an expert in Italian fascism theconversation.com/why-i-loved-...
