The Land of Black Shirts - Italian Fascism 1919-1945

This lecture series examines the history of Italian fascism and its social and cultural policies. The topics range from Mussolini's myth as fascism's founder through his execution in 1945, and also cover post-war post- and neo-fascism - including Italy's current prime minister Giorgia Meloni.

Lectures:
7.9. The history of fascism 1919-1945 and fascism after World War II
14.9. Benito Mussolini: from socialist journalist to Italy's dictator
21.9. Fascism's social policy: solutions to mass society's challenges
28.9. The aesthetics of totalitarianism between classicism and modernism: artistic life in fascist Italy 1922-1943
5.10. The film industry in fascist Italy 1922-1943

Lecturer: Dr. Marja Härmänmaa. Free admission.