Revisiting the Resistance: Four Plaques & A Column
Professor Jewiss will explore the area around Porta San Paolo in Rome where it has become the city's primary locus for honoring the Resistance.
After the Armistice of Sept. 8, 1943, the area around Porta San Paolo in Rome became the city's primary locus for honoring the Resistance; later plaques and memorials preserved layers of remembrance that extended well beyond World War II. Prof. Jewiss's talk will explore this dynamic memoryscape, highlighting its revisionary and expansive perspective.