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Biography
My main research interests lie in women's/gender history and in the history of Italian Fascism. Amongst other topics, I have published on the role of female members and leaders in the Fascist Party; the history of the rural world; abortion; labour and business history; imperialism; the Fascist mass mobilising organisations; the Italian Resistance; the history of the private sphere; and on representations of motherhood in Italy and its diaspora. My most recent monograph explores the history of Italian women over the course of the twentieth century. I am currently researching the social, political, and cultural history of Fascist uniforms.
I was Chair of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy from 2006-09 and Vice-Convenor of Women's History Scotland from 2005 to 2018.
I serve on the Editorial Board of Modern Italy journal and was a founder member of the Editorial Collective of Gender and History journal.
I have held Fellowships at the Einaudi Foundation (Turin), the European University Institute (Florence), IASH (Edinburgh) and Nuffield College (Oxford).
I was the 2019 Federico Chabod Visiting Professor in Contemporary History at the University of Milan.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Modern Imperialism and Decolonisation (Level Two)
- Making History (Level Three)
- Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Europe (Level Three)
- Fascist Italy (Level Four)
Postgraduate
- History Skills and Sources
- Documenting Dissent
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Keywords
- DG Italy
- Gender
- Fascism
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A ‘Shining Example of Fascist Womanhood’: Angiola Moretti 1925-1943
Willson, P., Oct 2022, In: European History Quarterly. 52, 4, p. 744-767 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"Italia Contemporanea" agli Albori della Storia delle Donne
Willson, P., 2022, In: Italia Contemporanea. 300, 3, p. 17-25 9 p.Translated title of the contribution :Italia Contemporanea at the Dawn of Women's History Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recensione di Fiammetta Balestracci, La sessualità degli italiani. Politiche, consumi e culture dal 1945 a oggi, Carocci, Roma, 2020, pp.214.
Willson, P., 2 Apr 2022, In: Italia Contemporanea. 298, p. 411-413 3 p.Translated title of the contribution :Review of Fiammetta Balestracci, La sessualità degli italiani. Politiche, consumi e culture dal 1945 a oggi, Carocci, Roma, 2020, pp.214. Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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White Blouses in the Blackshirt Nation: Women and Uniforms in Fascist Italy
Willson, P., 2022, In: Women's History Review. 31, 7, p. 1107-1126 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Review of Victoria De Grazia, The Perfect Fascist. A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini's Italy, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020, x + 517 pp., ISBN 978-0-674-98639-8.
Willson, P., Nov 2021, In: Modern Italy. 26, 4, p. 463-465 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Prizes
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Chair of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy
Willson, Perry (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Appointment
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Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Willson, Perry (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Election to learned society
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Activities
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Through the female gaze: Marcella Campagnano, and Liliana Barchiesi
Perry Willson (Speaker)
21 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Genere e divise nel ventennio fascista
Perry Willson (Speaker)
31 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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LGBT+ History Month 2022
Ali Floyd (Organiser), Perry Willson (Member of programme committee), Kevin Mcconville (Member of programme committee), Brian Dempsey (Member of programme committee), Erin Hardee (Member of programme committee) & George Simmonds (Member of programme committee)
1 Feb 2022 → 28 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition
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Labour and the Making of Italy. From Cavour to Covid
Perry Willson (Chair)
4 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Gender in Fascist Italy
Perry Willson (Speaker)
26 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk