#  CES: Gaetano Salvemini and the Harvard Years: Profile of a European Exile 

 



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 **April 18, 2016** 

 04:15PM - 05:00PM EDT 

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 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Hoffmann Room**  



 

 



 

Renato Camurri presents *Gaetano Salvemini: Lettere Americane, 1927-1949*, a collection of previously unpublished letters written by the Italian antifascist historian and political activist Gaetano Salvemini during his years of exile in the United States.[Renato Camurri](http://www.dtesis.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=550) Associate Professor of Late Modern and Contemporary History, University of VeronaChaired by[ David Armitage](http://scholar.harvard.edu/armitage/) Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History , Harvard University; Chair, History Department, Harvard UniversityDiscussant: [Charles S. Maier](/people/charles-maier) Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard UniversitySponsors: [Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/); [Italian Consulate General in Boston](http://www.consboston.esteri.it/Consolato_Boston)  
Contrary to traditional accounts that depict Salvemini’s exile as a period of isolation dedicated solely to scholarly research, Camurri’s volume reveals his importance as a public figure. Not only was he active as a teacher and opinion maker at Harvard University and fully integrated into the intellectual community in Cambridge, he also played a central role in the construction of a network of antifascist European intellectuals in the United States. Salvemini, therefore, emerges as a model figure of a European exile in America.

Camurri’s volume inaugurates a new series, *Italiani dall’Esilio*, published by Donzelli Editore with the support of Paolo Marzotto, which is dedicated to exploring the history of Italian exiles in the American continent.

Contact: Roumiana Theunissen, <rtheunissen@fas.harvard.edu>

 

 



 

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