Fascism abroad: migration, mobility, or transnational circulation?

• Department of History

This event organised by the History Working Group will focus on migration and mobility.

In response to the growth of extreme right-wing movements and parties, as well as racist, sexist, and homophobic discourses, there has been a resurgence of talk about fascism in Europe in recent years. "Fascism", "neo-fascism", "post-fascism" - the terms and meanings are many, but the historical reference to the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s is obvious.

In our working group, we bring together two historians who contribute to this growing discourse from a transnational perspective. Julià Gómez Reig (EUI) and Claire Lorenzelli (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon) tackle the question of fascism as a phenomenon moving across borders - through people and their networks, through material infrastructures and communicative processes. In our discussion, we ask: how can historical fascism be studied as a transnational phenomenon, while it is still defined as an ultranationalist phenomenon? How can the focus on migration, mobility, and transnational circulation contribute to a better understanding of fascism (in history)?

About the speakers:

Julià Gómez Reig is a member of the History Department at the EUI. His doctoral research focuses on the transnational dimension of fascism through diplomatic contacts between Italy and Spain. Claire Lorenzelli is a PhD student at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and was visiting PhD at the History Department of the EUI in the last months. Her research focuses on the cultural diplomacy of Fascist Italy within German and European universities.

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