Academic Interests
- Modern and Contemporary European History
- Modern and Contemporary European Political Philosophy
- Italian Political History
- Fascism, Nazism and authoritarian/totalitarian regimes; Extremism and Radicalism on the Right
- National states' role within the European integration process
- Fascism and Neo-fascism as national (Italia) and supranational phenomena
- Italian History and Contemporary Politics
- Niccoló Machiavelli
- Julius Evola and Carlo Costamagna
- Carlo Rosselli
Teaching
Courses:
"Italian History and Politics"
"Contra-revolution, fascism and right-wing extremism: Democracy's enemies (1789-1989)"
"War and Conflict in the 20th Century"
"The European Way to Modernity. Renaissance in an Historical Perspective (1300-1550)"
"From Marshall-plan to Maastricht. The history of the European Union"
"Mussolini's dictatorship and fascism"
"The French Revolution"
"The third way in Norway. Social-democracy between the Wars in an International Perspective"
Seminars:
"Ideology and terror. Totalitarian regimes, ideas and movements from Benito Mussolini to Osama bin Laden"
Seminars in Theory and Method for students in History
Higher education and employment history
I have a Laurea in Political Philosophy from the University of Turin, Italy (1993). In Oslo since 1994, I worked six years as political analyst at the think-tank Europa-programmet , while teaching in Norwegian universities. I discussed my Ph.D. thesis ‘Starting from the end. Fascist Ideology in Post-War Italy (1945-1953)’ at the Faculty of Humanities in Oslo in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, I worked as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary History and in Italian History both at the University of Oslo and at Vestfold University College. I won a permenent position at the University of Oslo, Dep. of History, in 2011. Since 1994 I have been freelance and independent political analyst and commentator on Italian politics for Norwegian media.
Cooperation
- C-REX, Center for Research on Extremism, University of Oslo.
- NEST, Network for Studies on Totalitarianism and Democracy, University of Oslo.
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ECPR, European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, UK
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ECPR, European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Southern European Politics, UK
- Demokratiprogrammet, Dep. of Political Science, University of Oslo.
- ASMI, Association for the Study of Modern Italy, London, UK.
- CONGRIPS, Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society, under ASPA, The American Political Science Association, Washington, USA
- ISSEI, International Society for the Study of European Ideas.
- PSA, Political Studies Association, UK