Activities


Pursuant to article one of its statute, the Foundation is actively engaged in promoting and organising historical research, teaching, documentation, and publication with special attention to the Labour and Socialist Movement both in Italy and abroad.

Among its editorial activities the Foundation is in charge of three series of books on historical topics published through Lacaita and Franco Angeli. The Foundation possesses a collection of documents of primary importance to scholars, as well as specialized library with over 65,000 volumes. Both the collection and library are open to the general public for consultation fifteen hours a week. Computer-aided systems have also been introduced to facilitate consultation and foster use by the general public of the Foundation's documentary resources.

The Foundation pursues its objectives also by actively promoting studies and organising exhibitions, work-shops, and seminars both nationally and internationally. Some of the topics run in the past include: Filippo Turati in European Social Democracy; Political and Economic Emigration in Italy and Europe; Society and Politics in Europe between the 19th and 20th Centuries; Politics and Society in Italy from 1943 to 1947; Representation of Interests and Political Representation in Liberal and Fascist Italy; The Resistance Movement and Didacticism in Italy and Europe; Reform Culture between the 19h and 20th Centuries.