INSMLI and ISSNAF  partner to open up  outstanding  archives and libraries for North American researchers and scholars interested in the study of contemporary history in Italy. The institutes of Bologna, Firenze, Milano, Modena, Napoli, Padova, Torino, Trieste e Venezia are part of the INSMLI Network.

The National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement in Italy (INSMLI), with the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF), offers to University students, graduate  students , researchers and Faculty from the US and Canada the  exceptional opportunity to access INSMLI’s  outstanding collections of information, primary  sources, books and studies available in  its libraries  and archives (which contain both paper and photographic records), on the XXth century history of Italy , particularly in the following fields:

INSMLI’s docents, archives  and libraries staff will be available  for assistance,orientation, and directives for locating,  accessing, consulting and using materials at INSMLI’ s centers and institutes dedicated to the study of  contemporary history of Italy.
The institutes which are part of INSMLI’s network are located in Bologna, Firenze, Milano, Modena, Napoli, Padova, Torino, Trieste e Venezia […]. Each institute offers the assistance of a tutor, assigned shelves and carrels, and free internet access to university students, graduate and PhD students, researchers and teachers who apply for visiting positions to conduct research at one of the INSMLI centers for a period of at least 15 days (two weeks), in the period between September 27 and December 17, 2010 (Fall Term), between March 7 and May 20, 2011 (Spring Term), and between June 1 and July 22, 2011 (Summer Term). Working knowledge / good knowledge of Italian is required for being able to consult primary sources and archival materials. 

August 31, 2010 for the Fall Term visit
January 31, 2011 for the Spring Term and Summer Term

Other Requirements
Applicant must also send a short summary of the research project (50-100 words); a letter written by the research Advisor for students, or, for researchers and faculty, a curriculum vitae. Applicant must indicate the host center which she/he will be committed  to accept, listing her/his preferences, and the period/ periods of the visit.  

The selection will be made according to the topic of research and the receiving dates of application.

Bologna: Luca Alessandrini luca, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Firenze: Simone Neri Serneri This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Milano: Riccardo Bottoni This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Napoli: Paolo De Marco This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Padova: Carlo Fumian This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Torino: Luciano Boccalatte This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Trieste: Fabio Todero This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Venezia: Giulia Albanese This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement in Italy (L'Istituto nazionale per la storia del movimento di liberazione in Italia) was founded by Ferruccio Parri in 1949 with the scope of collecting, preserving, and studying the documentary patrimony of the Voluntary Corps for Liberty (Corpo Volontari della Libertà) and the Committee for National Liberation Northern Italy (Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia). In the course of more than 50 years of activity, it has contributed in a decisive mode, with numerous study initiatives and publications, to the achievement of a scientifically-based contemporary historiography in Italy.

The Institute -- which bases its activities on the inspiring values of the Resistance expressed in the republican Constitution of 1948 and on the ideals of antifascism, democracy, liberty and cultural pluralism -- is today, under the presidency of Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, former president of the Italian Republic, a federative system of 65 associated Institutes distributed throughout the national territory. In addition to publishing essays and lists of sources for the study of contemporary history and publishing the journal, "Contemporary Italy" (Italia contemporanea), it promotes historic research through the High School of Contemporary History (Scuola Superiore di Storia Contemporanea), with study conventions and with a specialized library and archive. It also ensures communication and critical popularization of research results and carries out training activities and refresher courses, particularly for teachers.

http://www.italia-liberazione.it/en/enchisiamo.php?lingua=en