Notes on the end of 'Rome Open City'

Among the most iconic images in world cinema, the final shot of Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City has inspired an effusion of critical commentary that bespeaks not only its cinematic significance but also its historical resonance. As Marcello, Romoletto, and their compatriots walk together away from the site of don Pietro’s execution, they convey a sense of hope for the future, but theirs is hope tinged with despair, a future burdened by the weight of the past. They are thus a visual embodiment of post-war Italy in the truest sense, reflecting the country’s recovery in all its complexity by presaging not only the triumph of the Resistance but also the impasse of the “youth question.” They signify a resolution that is decidedly partial, a transformation that is manifestly unfinished, a future that is necessarily deferred. This is only a happy ending, therefore, if it is recognised not to be an ending at all. Rome Open City reaches its true conclusion not with the boys but with the audience. In a moment of historical upheaval, when the consequences of Italy’s past—the “youth problem,” the persistence of Fascism—continued to threaten a fragile future, Rome Open City could aspire only to point the way forward towards an unrealised, uncertain, and perhaps unattainable future resolution that lies beyond the film’s iconic final shot

Chapter Educare e istruire con i fumetti: alcune ipotesi sulla Storia contemporanea

The paper highlitghts the role played by comics in stimulating formative and cultural literacy processes held in contemporary world. After having devoted time to the Italian situation, it highlights the potential and the limits comics met on an educational basis, as it is necessary to use them critically and on a reasonable basis. After the First World War, comics were spread extensively for war propaganda aims. Afterwards, the Great War has consolidated its presence in essays and volumes, as several comics about it were published, almost of all for its anniversary

Le scienze agrarie a Bologna (e altrove): note storiche tra organizzazione, didattica e ricerca

Questa raccolta di scritti su “Le scienze agrarie a Bologna (e altrove): note storiche tra organizzazione, didattica e ricerca” è originata dalla collaborazione di Francesco Casadei con la “Newsletter” del Dipartimento di Scienze e tecnologie agro-alimentari (DISTAL) dell’Università di Bologna, nel quadro di una più ampia collaborazione dell’autore con l’Area comunicazione del medesimo Dipartimento. Sono infatti qui raccolti – in forma riveduta e ampliata – gli scritti già pubblicati da Casadei sulla “Newsletter” del DISTAL tra il 2018 e il 2022, aventi come argomento singoli personaggi o specifici temi legati alla vicenda dell’agronomia e delle discipline a essa collegate. Parte di questi testi sono stati redatti con la preziosa collaborazione di docenti del Dipartimento, realizzando così, in diversi casi, un felice incontro multidisciplinare. Arricchiscono il volume la presentazione di Giovanni Molari, rettore dell’Università di Bologna, e l’introduzione di Roberto Balzani, docente di Storia contemporanea nella medesima università

Homosocial relationships and patriarchal conventions in The Godfather.

El presente estudio analiza diferentes convenciones sociales dentro de la película El Padrino (Coppola, 1972). Se centra en analizar diferentes escenas de la película y ver como estas reflejan actitudes machistas. Todo a través del uso del uso específico del vestuario y la localización, pero también enfocado desde un punto más abstracto como lo es la sociedad establecida en la época. Dentro de mi estudio se hace referencia a diferentes teorías homosociales y patriarcales que son constatadas dentro del género gánster. La idea de este estudio es entender por qué El Padrino fue dirigida de semejante manera y que reflejan todas las escenas mencionadas dentro del estudio. <br /

I libri di uno scienziato: Gabriele Goidanich e la micologia. Catalogo della mostra

Il catalogo si riferisce alla mostra bibliografica omonima organizzata a Bologna, dalla Biblioteca Interdipartimentale di Agraria “Gabriele Goidanich” (27 settembre 2016 - 31 marzo 2017). Le immagini dei libri esposti, corredate da didascalie esplicative, sono precedute da un saggio di inquadramento storico redatto da Francesco Casadei e da una introduzione di Gloria Innocenti

The Cassa Integrazione Guadagni, unemployment welfare and industrial conflict in post-war Italy, 1941-1987

This PhD thesis tracks the history of the Italian unemployment welfare during the second half of the twentieth century, offering an account of why the Italian system of social security never established a universal safety net against unemployment, choosing instead a social policy system targeted on the core industrial workforce. During the post-war period, Italian unemployment insurance remained severely lacking compared to other European countries. To compensate, the country relied on the Cassa Integrazione Guadagni (CIG), a short time work scheme providing a wage replacement allowance to compensate employees in the industrial sector for a temporary reduction of their working time. Starting from the late 1960s, the scope and duration of the CIG were progressively expanded to tackle manpower redundancies, catering for the weakness of other forms of support. During the 1970s and the 1980s, short time emerged as the chief instrument to cushion the economic and social consequences of the industrial crisis of the country. This thesis explains the peculiar characteristics of the Italian unemployment welfare model as a consequence of the country’s pattern of labour conflict, showing how industrial relations and social policy influenced one another. In the early postwar decades, while the unions were organisationally weak, the CIG emerged as a less expensive alternative to general unemployment insurance. This engendered a path dependent effect. Following the rise of industrial unrest and the strengthening of organised labour in the early 1970s, unions and employers favoured the increasing use of the CIG so as to protect their respective interests for job security and manpower flexibility, at the expense of the weaker strata of the labour market. Far from being a simple instrument of income maintenance, the CIG played a key role in shaping social relations of production at the work-place level and was used to diffuse industrial conflict on the shop floor. With the onset of deindustrialisation, during the 1980s, the CIG became a powerful tool for the demobilisation of organised labour.ESRC studentship 2015-2017 Ellen McArthur studentship 2015-2016 Faculty of History research fund 2015-201