Biography

I earned my PhD in contemporary history in September 2023 (University of Milan in cotutelle with the Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris). My PhD research was focused on the Italians who fought in Indochina within the French Foreign Legion (1946-1956), from enlistment to the end of their contracts. I am currently doing a post doc at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” on the production and circulation of trade guns from England and France to Central Africa in the 19th Century.

Projects

Roma

This Research Unit focuses on the European production and marketing of trade guns. The circulation of arms will be utilized to study the role of African societies and their practices in the global processes of production, consumption, and exchange.

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