"News, Propaganda, Information" is the title of the new seminar series for the PhD program in Historical Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, to Friday, October 19. The 26 seminars, totaling over 50 hours of lectures, will cover topics from ancient to contemporary times, bringing together leading scholars in the field from Italy, France, and England.
Among the lecturers scheduled to take the stage is the Rector of the University of San Marino, Corrado Petrocelli, who will inaugurate the series with the lecture "The Origins of Western Espionage – From Homer to Euripides." Also scheduled for October 9th is a presentation by Annalisa Capristo of the Center for American Studies in Rome, co-author of a recent book titled "The Register – The Elimination of Jews from the Italian State in the Protocols of the Court of Auditors: 1938-1943." Massimo Osanna, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, will speak about the ancient Campanian city as a representative of the University of Naples "Federico II" on October 15th and 16th. Historian Luciano Canfora will also deliver a talk on October 18th entitled "Concetto Marchesi and the Allied Secret Services."
The seminars, open to the public, are organized by the Department of History, Culture, and San Marino History. They will be held at the university building at Via Salita alla Rocca 44, in the historic center of San Marino.
To find out about the program, download the attached document (on the side) or go to this page.
In the photo, the director of the archaeological park of Pompeii, Massimo Osanna