2024 Programme
Event #18
Alessandro Barbero
The murder of Matteotti, or on ingratitude
In the tragic case of Matteotti's murder, the subsequent investigation and trial (which resulted in negligible sentences for the actual perpetrators while acquitting all of the instigators and accomplices) offer a scandalous and farcical glimpse behind the scenes of the fascist regime. Right after the murder, Mussolini quickly distanced himself from those collaborators – often his most loyal and earliest supporters – who could be implicated in it. These individuals did not hesitate to compile compromising memoirs and threaten to reveal damaging information if the Duce did not ensure their impunity. This grotesque web of threats and mutual accusations reveals much about the moral character of those young and brilliant protagonists of the fascist "revolution."
Event No. 18 bis, scheduled for Sunday, September 1st, will also be streamed online.
Alessandro Barbero, historian and writer, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Eastern Piedmont and Vercelli. He contributes to the programmes Passato e presente and a.C.d.C. aired on Rai Storia. Since 2023 he has been the star of the programme In viaggio con Barbero, on LA7. In the same year he started for Chora Media Chiedilo a Barbero, a podcast in which he answers questions on history sent in by listeners. Among his publications: Le parole del papa (2016), Caporetto (2017), Dante (2020), All' arme! All'arme. I priori fanno carne (2023), published by Laterza; Gli occhi di Venezia (2011) and Le Ateniesi (2015), published by Mondadori; Costantino il vincitore (Salerno, 2016); Il divano di Istanbul (2011), Alabama (2021), Poeta al comando (2022), Brick for stone (2023), and Romanzo russo, published by Sellerio.
Event #43extraFestival
Minotauro Institute, with Loredana Cirillo and Filippo Rosa
Thank you! What we have never told our children and students
