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| Giovanni De Luna | |
|---|---|
| Name | Giovanni De Luna |
| Birth date | 1959 |
| Birth place | Alessandria |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Occupation | Historian, Professor |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
| Notable works | Istituzioni: La grande Italia, Storia della Repubblica |
Giovanni De Luna is an Italian historian and professor known for his writings on Italian unification, World War I, World War II, and contemporary Italian Republic history. He has held academic posts at the University of Turin and participated in public debates involving Italian politics, media, and cultural institutions. De Luna's scholarship intersects with studies of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Risorgimento, the March on Rome, and postwar transformations in Italy.
Born in Alessandria in 1959, De Luna pursued studies at the University of Turin where he completed degrees in History under mentorship linked to scholars associated with Italian historiography, Marxist historiography, and liberal historiography. During his formative years he engaged with archives in Piedmont, consulted collections at the Central State Archive (Italy), and attended seminars connected to the Istituto Nazionale per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione in Italia and the European University Institute. His education connected him with research networks around the Risorgimento, Mazzini, Cavour, and historians of the First World War.
De Luna taught at the University of Turin and served as professor of contemporary history, participating in faculty networks linked to the Italian Historical Institute, the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia, and collaborations with the Fondazione Istituto Gramsci. He has supervised doctoral students who later joined faculties at the University of Milan, University of Bologna, Sapienza University of Rome, and contributed to editorial boards of journals such as Storia Contemporanea, Rivista Storica Italiana, and Memoria e Ricerca. De Luna held visiting positions and gave lectures at institutions including the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, the European University Institute, and the Collège de France.
De Luna's research spans the Risorgimento, the crisis of liberal Italy, the Fascist regime, the Italian Resistance, and postwar reconstructions of the Italian Republic. Major monographs and edited volumes address themes connected to Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Unification of Italy, the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the March on Rome, and the cultural history of Italy in the twentieth century. His books analyze archival sources from the Archivio Centrale dello Stato, correspondences involving figures like Giuseppe Mazzini and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and social movements including the Biennio Rosso and the Autonomia Operaia movement. De Luna's comparative essays place Italy alongside cases such as France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain in studies of nationalism, memory, and reconciliation. Notable works include analyses of public memory tied to the First World War centenary, reinterpretations of the Italian Resistance, and critiques of historiographical debates involving Renzo De Felice, Emilio Gentile, and Giorgio Napolitano.
De Luna has participated in television programs on RAI, contributed essays to newspapers such as La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, and Il Sole 24 Ore, and spoken at public forums organized by the Istituto Luigi Einaudi, the Fondazione Feltrinelli, and the Fondazione Gramsci. He has debated public intellectuals like Sergio Romano, Roberto Saviano, Umberto Eco (in historical contexts), and politicians including members of Democratic Party (Italy) and Forza Italia on issues of memory, education, and commemorations of events such as 25 April (Liberation Day). De Luna's interventions often address controversies over monuments, curricula in Italian schools, and museum exhibitions at institutions like the Museo del Risorgimento and the Museo della Liberazione.
Throughout his career De Luna received recognition from academic and cultural bodies including accolades from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Presidenza della Repubblica (Italy) cultural committees, prizes linked to the Fondazione Bancaria CRT, and awards presented by municipal councils in Turin and Alessandria. He has been invited to advisory roles for national commemorations by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali and appointed to juries for prizes associated with the Premio Napoli and historical book awards supported by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
De Luna's body of work has influenced debates within Italian historiography regarding interpretations of the Risorgimento, the evaluation of Fascism and the Resistance, and approaches to public memory and commemoration. His scholarship is often cited alongside contributions by Renzo De Felice, Emilio Gentile, Eugenio Garin, Giulio Andreotti (in political contexts), and younger historians emerging from the University of Turin and Sapienza University of Rome. De Luna's emphasis on archival research, public history, and engagement with media has shaped curricula at institutions like the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and influenced museum practices at the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano. His work continues to inform discussions in conferences hosted by the Società Italiana per lo Studio della Storia Contemporanea and publications in journals such as Annali and Contemporanea.
Category:Italian historians Category:University of Turin faculty