Padua, 4-5 May 2026, Workshop: Political Activism and material culture: definitions, practices, periodisations. A dialogue between researchers, archivists and museum curators

On 4-5 May 2026, the first workshop of Work package 3 will take place at University of Padua and online

The workshop is co-organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the University of Padua.

This workshop aims at bringing together academic, archival, museum partners with specific expertise on the relationship between politics and material culture. The main objective of this workshop is to look at the history of militant culture by focusing on a scarcely developed aspect: the link between political experience and material culture. It aims to do so by promoting close cooperation between researchers and those involved in collecting, cataloguing and exhibiting such documentary material.

The seminar is conducted in a hybrid mode on site and online: to register for online participation please write to activatewp3@gmail.com and indicate your name and institutional affiliation.

Organizing Committee:

Carlotta Sorba (University of Padua)
Anja Kruke (Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
Laura Valentini (Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
Alessio Petrizzo (University of Padua)

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