“The Great Proletarian is Moving: Italian POWs within Italy’s Post-Unification Cultural History” - Prof. Guido Bonsaver, University of Oxford

As part of the international conference "New Perspectives on Italian Captivity in Allied HandsLink opens in a new window," co-organised by Giorgia Alù (U. Sydney), Elena Bellina (New York University), Bryan Brazeau (University of Warwick), and Beatrice Mazzi (Columbia University, Casa Muraro), the Warwick Venice Centre is honoured to host Prof. Guido Bonsaver (University of Oxford) who will be delivering a Keynote Lecture at the Warwick Venice Centre on Friday, 19th June at 17:30.

The event will be preceded by opening comments at 17:15, and followed by a book launch of Captivity and Creativity: The Cultural and Material Production of Italian Prisoners in Allied Hands (1940-1947), Fordham University Press, 2026Link opens in a new window, with the volume editors, Giorgia Alù and Elena Bellina, in conversation with Guido Bonsaver, Antonio Brescianini (Founder of the Association for the Memory of the Italian Prisoners of Letterkenny, A.M.P.I.L.), and Elisa Longarato (Representative of the Zonderwater Ex-POW Association).

Spaces are limited. Please RSVP to venice@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window

The conference continues on June 20th at Columbia University's Casa Muraro. For the full schedule please click this link:

https://casamuraro.columbia.edu/events/new-perspectives-italian-captivity-allied-hands-womens-voices-and-memory-repositories