The release in November 2023 of Ridley Scott’s film Napoleon has attracted a considerable degree of attention and generated a flood of controversies in the media. Given the director’s reputation, any new production by...
In the light of present disputes over the anti-covid-19 vaccination, this remote historical episode, with its trail of propaganda, political opportunism, and ideological controversies, shows an oddly familiar landscape. But was vaccinating a whole...
How should historians respond to the claims of what is currently called ‘Cancel culture’?
The impact of social networks on political discourse and public debates has become a source of growing concern and the subject of endless controversies.
The recent pandemics has focused public attention on the impact of emergency sanitary measures on the fundamental rights of citizens. All over the world the freedom to move, to exercise activities, to meet and...
