The conference will explore the new digital critical edition of Ur Partigiano Johnny, with two half-day sessions of talks and discussions dedicated to research and the rediscovery of Fenoglio’s work.

The project involves the University of Turin and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris-Saclay, as part of the collaborations of the Italo-French University.

The initiative, supported by the Fondazione Banca d’Alba and under the patronage of the City of Alba, is part of the City of Alba’s ’23 Days’ celebrations, organized by the City Administration and the Department of Culture.

Program

Starting at 3:00 PM, speakers will include:

• Valter Boggione (University of Turin), Il cantiere Fenoglio
• Mario Renosio (Institute for the History of the Resistance and Contemporary Society of Asti), Dopo Valdivilla: Fenoglio in Monferrato
• Philip Coookììk (University of Strathclyde-Glasgow), Fenoglio e la storia. Fenoglio e gli storici
• Rosalba Biasini (University of Liverpool), “Something like Yorkshire”, when Johnny met the English (and not only them)
• Barbara Colli (Liceo Sereni, Luino) and Giulia Raboni (University of Parma), L’Ur Partigiano Johnny e il “libro grosso”: un punto di carattere filologico
• Luca Bufano (Florida State University), “Into the partisan thickness”. Utopia and history in Ur Partigiano Johnny

The scientific and organizing committee is made up of Giovanni Barberi Squarotti, Valter Boggione, Gioele Cristofari, and Bianca Roagna.