Title: Arnaldo Momigliano on Peace and Liberty (1940)
Abstract:Abstract Arnaldo Momigliano was dismissed by the fascist government as a Jew in 1938 from his post as Professor in the University of Turin. He wrote in desperation to a colleague, Hugh Last at St John...Abstract Arnaldo Momigliano was dismissed by the fascist government as a Jew in 1938 from his post as Professor in the University of Turin. He wrote in desperation to a colleague, Hugh Last at St John’s College, Oxford, for help in escaping Italy. Within three weeks of this appeal, a preliminary dossier of references and forms for an application to the SPSL had been collected, and it had, in principle, been decided to help him. He arrived in Oxford as a refugee in 1939. This chapter traces Momigliano’s relationship with Oxford, the ways in which his experience of Oxford and war influenced his intellectual thought and views of the ideal of European culture, and his legacy.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-03-09
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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