Romano, Angela


Dr Angela Romano  

Department

Position held

Department of International History

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow

Experience keywords:

transatlantic relations; Cold War; Western Europe; US foreign policy; European integration; international organisations; East-West economic relations; CSCE process

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Dr Romano's current research, which has received two-year funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013), deals with the European Community's relations with Eastern Europe within the framework of the Cold War (1969-1985). The eventual plan is to produce a wide-ranging monograph on this theme.

Dr Romano is also involved in three collective research projects: "La France entre Guerre froide et Intégration Européenne (1975-1985)", funded by the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris; "Italy, Europe, China. Economic, political, and cultural relations in the Cold War years (1954-1971)", funded by the University of Venice; and "The roots of European recognition of the PRC, 1960-1974. National and transnational actors and strategies", funded by the University of Padua.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Western Europe; USA

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]; Spanish [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+ 44(0)20 7107 5382

Publications

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2012

Romano, Angela (2012) Book review: Italian military operations abroad: just don’t call it war. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Romano, Angela (2012) Book review: Italian military operations abroad: just don’t call it war. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Romano, Angela (2012) The EC nine’s vision and attempts at ending the Cold War. In: Bozo, Frédéric and Rey, Marie-Pierre and Ludlow, N. Piers and Rother, Bernd, (eds.) Visions of the end of the Cold War in Europe, 1945-1990. Berghahn Books, New York, USA; Oxford, UK, pp. 134-148. ISBN 9780857452887

2010

Romano, Angela (2010) The main task of the European political cooperation: fostering détente in Europe.. In: Villaume, Paul and Westad, O.A, (eds.) Perforating the iron curtain: European détente, transatlantic relations, and the Cold War, 1965-1985. Museum Tusculanum Press , Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 123-142. ISBN 9788763525886

2009

Romano, Angela (2009) Détente, entente, or linkage? The Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. Diplomatic history, 33 (4). pp. 703-722. ISSN 1467-7709

Romano, Angela (2009) From détente in Europe to European détente: how the West shaped the Helsinki CSCE. Peter Lang Publishing Group, Bruxelles, Belgium; Bern, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; New York, USA; Oxford, UK; Wien, Austria. ISBN 9789052014715

Romano, Angela (2009) A single European voice can speak louder to the world: the EPC and the CSCE experiences. In: Rasmussen, Morten and Knudsen, Ann-Christina L., (eds.) The road to a united Europe: interpretations of the process of European integration . Peter Lang Publishing Group, Bruxelles, Belgium; Bern, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; New York, USA; Oxford, UK; Wien, Austria, pp. 257-270. ISBN 9789052015606

2008

Romano, Angela (2008) The European Community and the Belgrade CSCE. In: Bilandžic, Vladimir and Kosanovic, Milan, (eds.) From Helsinki to Belgrade: the first CSCE follow-up meeting in Belgrade 1977/78 . Fond Mihaila Žikića/OSCE, Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN 9788687695009

Romano, Angela (2008) La Comunità Europea e il processo CSCE: da Helsinki a Belgrado. Centro Studi sulla Storia dell'Europa Orientale

Romano, Angela (2008) La Comunità Europea e il blocco sovietico negli anni Settanta. In: Bitumi, Alessandra and D’Ottavio, Gabriele and Laschi, Giuliana , (eds.) La comunità europea e le relazioni esterne, 1957-1992. Clueb, Bologna, Italy, pp. 107-132. ISBN 9788849131222

2007

Romano, Angela (2007) Western Europe’s self-assertion towards the superpowers: the CSCE chance and its aftermaths.. In: Deighton, Anne and Boussuat, Gerard, (eds.) The EC/EU: a world security actor . Soleb, Paris, France, pp. 152-169. ISBN 2952372667

Romano, Angela (2007) La CEE di fronte alla conferenza di Helsinki. In: Varsori, Antonio, (ed.) Alle origini del presente. L’Europa occidentale nella crisi degli anni ’70. Franco Angeli,, Milan, Italy, pp. 115-143. ISBN 9788846481979

Romano, Angela (2007) The Nine and the conference of Helsinki: a challenging game with the Soviets. In: Van der Harst, Jan, (ed.) Beyond the Customs Union : the European Community's quest for deepening, widening and completion, 1969-1975. Bruylant, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 83-104. ISBN 9782802725206

2006

Romano, Angela (2006) Alleanza atlantica e Csce (1969-1975):prove tecniche di un polo europeo. Ventunesimo secolo, (9). pp. 79-114. ISSN 1594-3755

2005

Romano, Angela (2005) Behind closed doors: contacts between EEC and CMEA in the early 70s. In: Menrguzzi Rostagni, Carla, (ed.) The Helsinki Process: a historical reappraisal. Cedam, Padova, Italy, pp. 107-122. ISBN 9788813258443

2004

Romano, Angela (2004) L’Italia alla Conferenza di Helsinki 1972-75: tra cooperazione politica europea e interessi nazionali. Annali della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa, 19 pp. 221-244. ISSN 1826-8854

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Dr Romano graduated magna cum laude in International Studies at the University of Florence, where she also studied for her DPhil in International History. She was awarded a three-year Doctoral Bourse from the University of Florence, as well as a Research Grant from the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grant Program, Ann Arbor, MI (USA).

After completion of her PhD, she worked at the same University as Adjunct Professor of History of International Organisations 2007/2008, and Lecturer of History of North America, 2008/2009. She has also been Lecturer of History and Politics of Modern Italy at The International Studies Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Florence (spring 2008 and 2009). Last winter, Dr. Romano was invited to give an Intensive Course at TSUDA College (Tokyo), on "The External Relations of the EU in Historical Perspective".

In March 2007 she gained the sponsorship of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Italy for the organisation of the workshop "50 years since the Treaties of Rome", held at the University of Florence.

Dr Romano is scholar of the Machiavelli Center for Cold War Studies (CIMA). She was Jean Monnet Fellow 2009/10 and then Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI, until she joined LSE in April 2011.

 

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