IRIS:

Laurea triennale/B.A. (Firenze, 2022), Laurea magistrale/M.A. (Bologna, 2024)

Curriculum: Euro-Mediterranean Historical Studies from Antiquity to the Contemporary Age

Supervisor: Pignotti Marco

Co-Supervisor: Mura Salvatore 

Project title: For a social history of Italian penitentiaries in the liberal era: life and memory in Buoncammino prison (1900-1915) 

The research aims to reconstruct a history "from the prisoners' point of view", focusing on the perspective of those who populated the Buoncammino prison during the liberal era, between 1900 and 1915. Attention will be focused both on those who were forcibly interned and on the prison staff, who for a long time shared the miserable living conditions of the detained population.
Through the analysis of local and national archival sources - preserved at the AS-CA and ACS - periodical sources and quantitative sources, an attempt will be made to shed light on both the social composition and the mentality of the prison population. We will also attempt to investigate the actual impact that the second wave of prison reforms had on prison life and the responses of the inmates. 
Finally, the project plans to carry out a comparison with the French prison tradition - placing the Cagliari experience within the continental and european context - and highlighting similarities and differences.