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Vital Subjects: Race and Biopolitics in Italy

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Book presentation: Vital Subjects. Race and Biopolitics in Italy (1860-1920) (2016, Liverpool University Press) by Rhiannon Noel Welch (Rutgers University). The author in conversation with David Forgacs (NYU) and Ann Morning (NYU). Moderated by Ara Merjian (NYU) and Rebecca Falkoff (NYU) Since World War II, Italy has struggled to recast both its colonial past and its alliance with Nazi Germany. For many…