This volume is a three-stage journey through the history of the University of Trieste, carefully retraced using a selection of authentic documents and images. It begins with the opening of the Revoltella School, its fledgling institution, and concludes at the start of the 1940-41 academic year. In fact, the rhetoric surrounding the Julian people’s long-term dream of having their own university, an aspiration opposed by Austro-Hungary and realised by the Kingdom of Italy, was a common thread that characterised the first period in the University’s history and one that would also be revisited when the first stone of the new university was laid in 1938. The second part of the book covers the period between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the 1950s. It dedicates lots of space to the years in which Trieste, detached from the rest of Italy, was administered by the Allied Military Government. In this phase the Julian University was one of the main champions of the Italian identity of the local area and, in correspondence from its sister universities, was frequently referred to as being “dear to the heart of the Italians”. The third part is devoted to the years of the economic boom, which marked the start of the gradual transformation of the University. The Physics Institute became a spearhead of important initiatives that would see Trieste cement itself as a world leading science hub. At the same time, the protests of 1968 involved local university students, giving rise to a long period of rights demonstrations and occupations. In this period the University forged scientific collaboration agreements with different countries while the campus continues to expand and modernize, establishing itself as an important player in the construction of “Trieste city of science”.
1924-2024 Un secolo di Storia dell'Università degli Studi di Trieste attraverso immagini e documenti
Catalan Tullia;
2024-01-01
Abstract
This volume is a three-stage journey through the history of the University of Trieste, carefully retraced using a selection of authentic documents and images. It begins with the opening of the Revoltella School, its fledgling institution, and concludes at the start of the 1940-41 academic year. In fact, the rhetoric surrounding the Julian people’s long-term dream of having their own university, an aspiration opposed by Austro-Hungary and realised by the Kingdom of Italy, was a common thread that characterised the first period in the University’s history and one that would also be revisited when the first stone of the new university was laid in 1938. The second part of the book covers the period between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of the 1950s. It dedicates lots of space to the years in which Trieste, detached from the rest of Italy, was administered by the Allied Military Government. In this phase the Julian University was one of the main champions of the Italian identity of the local area and, in correspondence from its sister universities, was frequently referred to as being “dear to the heart of the Italians”. The third part is devoted to the years of the economic boom, which marked the start of the gradual transformation of the University. The Physics Institute became a spearhead of important initiatives that would see Trieste cement itself as a world leading science hub. At the same time, the protests of 1968 involved local university students, giving rise to a long period of rights demonstrations and occupations. In this period the University forged scientific collaboration agreements with different countries while the campus continues to expand and modernize, establishing itself as an important player in the construction of “Trieste city of science”.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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