Dr Giuseppe Finaldi

Bsc L.S.E., MA U.C.L., PhD. European University Inst. Florence

Tel: (61 8) 6488 1638
Fax: (61 8) 6488 1069
Email: gfinaldi@arts.uwa.edu.au

Teaching & Research Interests
Modern European history, especially history of Italy, Britain and Germany. History of European expansion and colonialism. History of Fascism. History of culture.

Selected Publications:

Book
Mussolini and Italian Fascism, (London, Pearson, 2008).

Articles and book chapters
'The Italian Ethiopian War' in Martel Gordon (ed) A companion to International History 1900-2001 (London, Blackwells, 2007).
'European Empire and the making of the Modern World: recent books and old arguments' in Contemporary European History, Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2005.
"Culture and imperialism in a 'backward' nation? The Prima Guerra d'Africa (1885-1896) in Italian primary schools." in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies, fall, 2003.
"la Libia nei manuali scolastici italiani 1911-1960" in Labanca N. Bono s. (eds) La Libia nei manuali scolastici italiani 1911-2000 (Rome, Isiao, 2003).
"Italy's scramble for Africa. From Dogali to Adowa", in Dickie J. Foot J. (eds) Disastro! (New York, Palgrave, 2001).

Current research grants held
Giuseppe Finaldi is Chief Investigator in a team project, funded by the Australian Research Council, investigating the 'Cult of the Duce in the wider world'.

Memberships
Association for the Study of Modern Italy
Societa Italiana di Studi Storici Contemporanei