Memoria e Ricerca

Memoria e Ricerca is a four-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal which was established in 1993, promoted by the Casa Oriani Foundation of Ravenna, Italy. Its main focus is comparative and interdisciplinary research in the laboratory of the historian of Late Modern and Contemporary Age. Each issue includes a monographic section collecting original studies from cutting edge historical research. The journal is engaged in the study of the spatial and visual dimension of historical processes, with a special emphasis on the European and Mediterranean environment, and aims at matching history and social sciences sensibilities and approaches. Its open sections («Regioni/Ragioni della storia», «Intersezioni» e «Discussioni») offer a wide view on the communication systems and languages which contribute to the building of public cultural memory according to a European and international perspective, the study of the Italian case can also benefit from.