From 29th May to 1st June, Trieste University Press (EUT) will take part in èStoria, the 21st International Festival of History, to be held in Gorizia and Nova Gorica, European Capital(s) of Culture 2025.

The theme of the 2025 edition will be ‘Cities’, intended as symbolic, historical and cultural spaces. The aim is to offer a space to reflect on the role of cities in the history of humanity, intertwining the past and present of Gorizia with those of a hundred others, from Uruk to Gaza, from Athens to New York.

EUT will host three public events:

Thursday 29 May – 11:30– 12:30
Dora Bassi Hall – Gorizia
Il corpo della città / Telo mesta. Studies and research in the form of snapshots of Gorizia – Nova Gorica European Capital of Culture

Presentation of the book Il corpo della città / Telo mesta (The body of the city), EUT, 2024), edited by Thomas Bisiani and Adriano Venudo. The work, created within the RRR Lab of the University of Trieste in collaboration with EUT, offers an urban and cultural interpretation of Gorizia and Nova Gorica through the photographic gaze of the COLGO Collective. A talk on the city as a place, its status and what it means to be a citizen there.

Speakers: Thomas Bisiani, Alessio Bortot, Giovanni Fraziano, Sonia Prestamburgo, Adriano Venudo.

Admission is free and subject to limited seating capacity.

Saturday 31 May at 15:00 – 16:00
Ridotto F. Macedonio – Verdi Theatre, Gorizia
L’affaire Prezioso. Aprile 1915. La missione segreta del direttore politico de ‘Il Piccolo’ by Marina Silvestri

Journalist and author Marina Silvestri presents the book L’affaire Prezioso. April 1915. La missione segreta del direttore politico de ‘Il Piccolo’ (Prezioso’s case. The secret mission of the political director of ‘Il Piccolo’, EUT 2024). It was a mild April in Trieste in 1915, when delicate discussions took place between Roberto Prezioso, director of Il Piccolo, and Leopold von Chlumecký, his Habsburg counterpart. The two men, maneuvering ambiguities and complex political dynamics, each try to support the cause of their own government, while Italy’s neutrality is becoming increasingly fragile and the shadow of war is approaching.

Speakers: Marina Silvestri, Federico Vidic
Chair: Georg Meyr

Admission is free and subject to limited seating capacity.

Sunday 1 June, 6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Main Hall – Santa Chiara Campus, Gorizia
Working on the border in the Upper Adriatic area

During this talk, integration and labour mobility in Europe will be discussed, with a particular focus on the historical events of the Upper Adriatic area. Professor Maria Dolores Ferrara will present her recent book Lavorare oltre confine (Working Beyond Borders, EUT 2024).

Speakers: Maria Dolores Ferrara, Luigi Menghini, Fabio Spitaleri, Davide Rossi

Admission is free and subject to limited seating capacity.

 

For up-to-date information on the programme: www.estoria.it