As an affiliated society of the American Historical Association (AHA), the SIHS holds an annual meeting in conjunction with that of the AHA, marked by at least one academic session, a business meeting, and a social hour. The following are SIHS’ sponsored panels and other events for the January 2025 AHA conference.
Sponsored Panels
Princes and Courtiers in Baroque Italy
Friday, January 3, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Brian Brege, Syracuse University
Papers:
The Inheritance of a Bastard Princess: Dynasty, Loyalty, and the Legacy of Matilda of Savoy
Catherine Ferrari, West Virginia University
The Court of Parma under Five Dukes: First Approaches, 1578–1723
Gregory Hanlon, Dalhousie University
The Baroque Court in Transit: Women, Bridal Journeys, and Spectacle in the 17th Century
Suzanne Sutherland, Middle Tennessee State University
Comment: Brian Brege, Syracuse University
SIHS Business Meeting
Friday, January 3, 2025: 5:30 PM-6:15 PM
New York Hilton, Petit Trianon
Presider: Joshua Arthurs, University of Toronto Scarborough
SIHS Reception
Friday, January 3, 2025: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
New York Hilton, New York Room
Presider: James A. Palmer, Florida State University
Custom and Law in Medieval Italy and Its Mediterranean
Saturday, January 4, 2025: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Maureen C. Miller, University of California, Berkeley
Papers:
Per Convenientiam: Amicable Dispute Settlement in Norman Salerno, 1077–1189
Patrick R. Morgan, California Institute of Technology
Balancing Law and Custom: Italian Merchants in Medieval Tunis, 1220–1350
Joel Pattison, Williams College
From Byzantine Canon Law to Italo-Greek Customary Law: The Cases of Rossano and Messina in the 12th to 14th Centuries
James Morton, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Comment: Maureen C. Miller, University of California, Berkeley
Another Man Who Knew Everything? The Antonio Possevino Project, Part 1
Saturday, January 4, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Stefania Tutino, University of California, Los Angeles
Papers:
Mission and Warfare: Antonio Possevino and the Religious Education of Soldiers
Vincenzo Lavenia, University of Bologna
The Book of the World: Antonio Possevino and His Geography of Mission
Emanuele Colombo, Boston College
Evangelizing “First Class Indians”: Antonio Possevino and East Asia
Daniel Canaris, University of Sydney
Rethinking Italian History through Water
Saturday, January 4, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Molly Tambor, Long Island University Post
Panel:
Pamela L. Ballinger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Columbia University
Andreas Guidi, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
Konstantina Zanou, Columbia University
Making Community in Late Medieval Italy
Sunday, January 5, 2025: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
James A. Palmer, Florida State University
Papers:
Witnesses, Connectivity, and Networks of Association in Late Medieval Genoese Neighborhoods
Lee Morrison, Washington University in St. Louis
Preachers, the Moral Community, and the Sins of Partisan Feeling
Noah Cole, Florida State University
Carry Me across the Sea: Trans-Adriatic Communities in 15th-Century Ancona and Venice
Bianca Lopez, Southern Methodist University
Another Man Who Knew Everything? The Antonio Possevino Project, Part 2
Sunday, January 5, 2025: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Stefania Tutino, University of California, Los Angeles
Papers:
Antonio Possevino: Founder of Jesuit Schools and Universities in Northern Italy
Paul F. Grendler, University of Toronto
Sources for a Jesuit Theory of Education: Universities in Antonio Possevino’s Coltura Degl’ingegni
Cristiano Casalini, Boston College
Advising the Pope on Reforming Italian Universities: A Manuscript by Antonio Possevino
Laura Madella, Università di Parma
Transnational Networks and Competing Visions of the State in 19th-Century Italy
Sunday, January 5, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Kara A. Peruccio, University of Maine
Papers:
The Discovery of Social Rights: Political Economy, the Social Question, and “Social Justice” in the Writings of European Catholics, 1830s–40s
Glauco Schettini, Haverford College
Thousands for the Thousand: Transnational Fundraising for Garibaldi’s Mille, 1859–60
Jessica Strom, Northern Arizona University
A Mother’s Duty: Anti-Catholic Discourse and the Search for an Alternative Moral Authority in the Campaign against State-Regulated Prostitution
Diana Moore, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Comment: Steven Soper, University of Georgia
Remembering the “Years of Lead”: The Visual Politics of Commemoration among Italy’s Neofascist Community
Monday, January 6, 2025: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM
New York Hilton, Hudson Room
Chair(s):
Marla Stone, Occidental College
Papers:
Where Monsters Are Born: Archiving and Interpreting Neofascist Propaganda on the Streets of Rome
Brian J. Griffith, California State University, Fresno
Amy King, University of Bristol
The Politics of Commemorating Political Violence: The Piazza Vescovio in Rome
Flavia Marcello, Swinburne University
Georgia Meloni’s Fascist Imagery
Luciano Cheles, Université Grenoble Alpes
A Silenced Memory that Never Went Quiet: Far-Right Legends of the Foibe
David Broder, Syracuse University in Florence
Comment: Marla Stone, Occidental College
Previous SIHS-AHA Panels
- 2024 Panels
- 2023 Panels
- 2021-2022 Panels (Pre-Virtual)
- 2020 Panels