Tuesday, 4 February: Luca G. Manenti presents the book "La patria alla frontiera. Storia dell'irredentismo adriatico" by Fabio Todero

On Tuesday, 4 February, at 6:00 PM, the Ubik Bookshop in Trieste (located inside the Galleria del Tergesteo, Piazza della Borsa 15) will host the presentation of Fabio Todero’s book "La patria alla frontiera. Storia dell'irredentismo adriatico"(published by Laterza).

The event, which is free to attend and organised by the Regional Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age in Friuli Venezia Giulia, will feature a conversation between the author and Luca G. Manenti, Scientific Director of the “Manlio Cecovini International Society for Historical, Social, and Ethical Studies,” along with historian Raoul Pupo.

The book explores the theme of Adriatic irredentism, a key phenomenon in the history of Italy’s eastern border. Todero carefully retraces the trajectory of these movements, starting with Italian aspirations during the Risorgimento era, moving through Slovenian and Croatian irredentism under Fascism, and concluding with the post-war conflicts. Through an analysis intertwining myth and history, sacrifice and conflict, the book narrates a region situated along a historical, political, and cultural fault line in Eastern Europe, whose effects are still felt today.

About the Author:
Fabio Todero holds a PhD in Italian Studies and is a researcher at the Regional Institute for the History of Resistance and Contemporary Age in Friuli Venezia Giulia. His work focuses on the Great War, its memory, and the history of the Adriatic border. He has organised conferences, curated exhibitions, scientific projects, and publications, including: Pagine della Grande guerra. Scrittori in grigioverde (Milan, 1999); Le metamorfosi della memoria. La Grande guerra tra modernità e tradizione (Udine, 2002); Morire per la Patria. I volontari del "Litorale austriaco" nella Grande guerra(Udine, 2005); Una violenta bufera. Trieste 1914 (Trieste, 2013); and Di un'altra Italia. Miti, parole e riti dell'impresa fiumana (co-authored with L. G. Manenti, Udine, 2021). For Laterza, he is also the author of Terra irredenta, terra incognita. L'ora delle armi al confine orientale d'Italia 1914-1918 (2023).