Daria De Donno

Expert in contemporary history, women's and gender history, social history, political history, and the history of Southern Italy.

Role

Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Salento.

Bio

After graduating in Cultural Heritage and earning a PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Salento, she also conducted research at the University of Coimbra. She is currently an associate professor of Contemporary History at the University of Salento, where she is a member of the PhD program in Human and Social Sciences.

Her scientific activity focuses on three main lines of research: political and social history, the history of women and gender relations, and the teaching of gender history.

She is the author of monographs and essays on the history of Southern Italy, the theme of youth political dissent, female political militancy between the Great War and the Resistance, and sources for the history of women in contemporary times. She is a member of scientific societies and national research committees.