Claudio Pavone
Encyclopedia
Claudio Pavone is an Italian
historian.
Currently, Pavone is the president of the Historic Institute of the Liberation movement in Italy, the vice-president of the Italian Society of Contemporary History and the director of the review of historic-politic studies Parolechiave (Keywords).
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This experience, as well as informing his civil conscience and political vision, also influenced his activity as a historian, both with regard to his chosen field of research and the way in which he analysed it.
ended he was for many years a State archivist.
The archives was the ideal place for his interests and passions, because it allowed him to consult, day by day, much of the available documents relevant to the history of Italian fascism
, World War II and of antifascism.
of Pisa
.
in 2 June 1946 .
In the 1995 he published Una Guerra Civile (A Civil War), an analysis of the origins , the motivations and intentions that underpinned the fight between fascist and antifascist Italy .
Italy
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historian.
Currently, Pavone is the president of the Historic Institute of the Liberation movement in Italy, the vice-president of the Italian Society of Contemporary History and the director of the review of historic-politic studies Parolechiave (Keywords).
The partisan experience
As a very young man, from the fall of fascism in Italy in 1943, he participated in the Italian resistance movementItalian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
.
This experience, as well as informing his civil conscience and political vision, also influenced his activity as a historian, both with regard to his chosen field of research and the way in which he analysed it.
The job to the State archives
When warWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
ended he was for many years a State archivist.
The archives was the ideal place for his interests and passions, because it allowed him to consult, day by day, much of the available documents relevant to the history of Italian fascism
Italian Fascism
Italian Fascism also known as Fascism with a capital "F" refers to the original fascist ideology in Italy. This ideology is associated with the National Fascist Party which under Benito Mussolini ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943, the Republican Fascist Party which ruled the Italian...
, World War II and of antifascism.
University professor
Pavone was associate professor at the UniversityUniversity of Pisa
The University of Pisa , located in Pisa, Tuscany, is one of the oldest universities in Italy. It was formally founded on September 3, 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI, although there had been lectures on law in Pisa since the 11th century...
of Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
.
Works
Pavone published, for Bollati Boringhieri, Alle Origini della Repubblica (To the Origins of the Republic), an historic analysis of the route that led from the demise of the fascist regime, 25 July 1943, to the advent of the RepublicRepublic
A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
in 2 June 1946 .
In the 1995 he published Una Guerra Civile (A Civil War), an analysis of the origins , the motivations and intentions that underpinned the fight between fascist and antifascist Italy .
External links
- (In Italian) Pavone's biography from Rai Educational website;
- (In Italian) Pavone talks with students from Rai Educational website.