Third session of the seminar series 'Material Aspects of Memory: Cultural Heritage and Difficult Legacies in Contemporary European History' by Dr. Beatrice Falcucci, visiting professor at Memory Lab.
Date: 19 NOVEMBER 2025 from 17:00 to 18:45
Event location: Aula Specola, Department of History and Cultures, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2
Type: Cluster 3 - Material Memories
An analysis of Italian colonial policies in relation to cultural plundering, with a focus on the history of collections, object provenance, narratives and musealization practices in Italy and in the countries of origin of the artifacts.
Various national case studies will be analysed, including museums of anthropology, natural history museums, and military museums, with a focus on the collections of the former Colonial Museum in Rome and contemporary reorganization projects.