Francesco Torchiani

Francesco Torchiani

Università degli Studi di Pavia

Intellectual history, Jewish studies

ftorchiani@ias.edu

Research Statement: Francesco Torchiani is preparing a book on the diaspora of Italian intellectuals between the approval of racial laws by the fascist regime in 1938 and the end of the Second World War. Specifically, this book will weave the threads of the lives of ten Jewish scholars faced with three choices: leave, stay, wait.

While at IAS:
Office: W-101 Phone: 609-734-8177

First Term