“Forgotten and Unwelcome “Brothers”: The Italians of the Ex-Zone B,” the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, CES,
Philadelphia, April 2016.
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“The European Union as a Peacebuilder in its Neighborhood,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Atlanta,
Georgia, March 2016.
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“A Failed Transition: Perspectives from post-war Trieste,” Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Atlanta,
Georgia, January 2016.
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“From Foes to Friends: Italy, Yugoslavia, and the Cold War in the Adriatic,” Conference of the Society for Historians of
American Foreign Relations, Arlington, Virginia, June 2015.
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“Cold War Metamorphosis: Trieste and its Territory,” 10th Annual History Graduate Student Association Conference, University
of Maryland, College Park, February 2015.
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“The Breakup of Yugoslavia,” guest lecture presented at American University, Washington DC, November 2014.
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“Fighting for Trieste: Political Violence at the Edge of the Iron Curtain 1945-1954,” paper presented at the World Convention
of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, April 2014.
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Chair, panel on “Legacies of Displacement and Postwar Community Rebuilding.” Conference: the 21st International Conference
of Europeanists, CES, Washington, D.C., March, 2014.
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“Our Neighbors Are Fighting: The European Community and the Yugoslav Wars of Succession,” paper presented at the
21st International Conference of Europeanists, CES, Washington, D.C. (USA), March 2014.
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“Diplomacy at Work: the Dayton Agreement,” guest lecture presented at Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey, November 2012.
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"Patterns of Protest in Post-War Trieste," poster presented at Pattern of Protest in Modern Italy, the Annual Conference of
the Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI),University of London (UK), November 2012.
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“A Shattered Peace,” guest lecture presented at The Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA), Rome, Italy, April 2012.
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“Trieste and the Urge for a Homeland: Italianità on the Border,” paper presented at (Dis) Unity in Italy, Italian Graduate Student
Association, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (USA), January 2012.
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“Post-war Nationalism in Italy: Insights from Trieste,” paper presented at 14th Bertoti Graduate Conference, University of Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg VA (USA), March 2011.
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“Shaping a National Identity: Italian Irredentism on the Italian Eastern Border,” paper presented at the World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN),Columbia University, NY (USA), April 2010.
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“Memories of Fascism,” paper presented at Society and Culture in Transition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Boston (USA),
March 2010.
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“Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Europe: The Trieste Question and the Invisible Wall 1945-1975,” paper presented at European
Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (USA), October 2009.
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Discussant, panel on “Social Agency and European Integration.” Conference: The Nature of the Beast, University of Warwick,
Warwick (UK), June, 2009.
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“The European Approach to the Elusive Question of Poverty,” paper presented at The nature of the Beast, University of Warwick,
Warwick (UK), June 2009.
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“Fascist Italy 1922-1926: An Ambiguous Case of Totalitarianism,” paper presented at Phi Alpha Theta Western Pennsylvania Regional
Conference, Morgantown, WV (USA), March 2009.
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“Totalitarian Phenomena in Twentieth Century Europe,” paper presented at Seventh Annual Graduate Research Symposium,
College of William and Mary's, Williamsburg, Virginia (USA), March 2008.
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“Islamic Terrorists’ Violent Reaction to Globalization,” paper presented at Western Social Science Association (WSSA),Calgary
(Canada), April 2007.