Role
Associate Professor of Modern History at the Department of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Naples L'Orientale, where she teaches Modern History and History of the Modern and Contemporary Mediterranean.
Bio
A History graduate from the University of Florence, after a stint as an archivist at the Gabinetto GP Vieusseux Contemporary Archives, she earned her Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence. Since her doctoral studies, she has combined her research with the design and curation of workshops, seminars, and conferences, as well as historical communication activities.
Her research focuses on forms of spatial control and urban history , popular and women's associations, civic rituals, intangible heritage, educational use, and the valorization of sources. She has also explored the relationship between women's history and public history. She has conducted research with ISEM-CNR and held scientific positions with the Central Institute for Intangible Heritage related to the protection of intangible cultural heritage.
Since summer 2020, she has been teaching at the University of Naples L'Orientale, where she is an associate professor of modern history in the Department of Human and Social Sciences. Her teaching activities include topics in gender history and public history .
Since May 2026, she has been President of the Association Archive for the Memory and Writing of Women "Alessandra Contini Bonacossi".