Dr Giovanni Graglia

About

Dr Giovanni Graglia recently completed a thesis on Piedmontese identities under Fascism. He is interested in the way in which strong regionalist feelings obstructed the totalitarian efforts of the regime. More generally, his research interests include theories of fascism, questions of nationalism, monarchism, Catholic social power, and the way in which the press molds public opinion.

Teaching

Dr Graglia teaches the following courses:

At undergraduate level:

HY116 - International History since 1890

At undergraduate level:

HY400 - Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003

Publications

• ‘Le Due Esposizioni della SS. Sindone (1931 – 1933) e la ‘Sacralizzazione della Politica’ nel Ventennio’, in Annali della Fondazione Einaudi, XXXXVII, (Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 2013), pp. 333-359. 
• ‘Una Discussione sul Ruolo dell’Educazione Superiore nello Sviluppo del Pensiero Anti-Fascista in Piemonte’, in Il Presente e la Storia, 76 (December 2009), pp. 301-327. 

Papers & Talks

• ‘Preserving Heritage and Resisting the Regime – the Turin Workers in the 1920s and 1930s’, Institute of Historical Research, London, War, Society and Culture Workshop, December 2013.
• ‘The Exhibitions of the Holy Shroud – 1931,1933 – Social mobilization and political sacralisation’, University of Newcastle, Seminar Funded by the Royal Historical Society, February 2013.
• ‘Monarchy, Monarchism – Piedmontese Traditionalism in the Fascist Period’, University of Newcastle, Seminar Funded by the Royal Historical Society, February 2013.

Honours & Awards

• LSE International History Research Studentship (2011-2014)
• Fondazione Luigi Einaudi  Scholarship (2011-2012)
• Rotary Club International Ambassadorial Scholarship (2011-2012) – declined
• Royal Historical Society Research Grant (2011-2012)
• United World Colleges Full Scholarship (2004-2006)