Full Professor
STEC-01/B Storia economica
felisini@lettere.uniroma2.it
Positions held
since November 2019: Director of the Ph.D. in History and Social-Philosophical Sciences
since October 2018: Member of the Board of the University of Rome Tor Vergata
since October 2018: President of AUSE (Associazione Universitaria di Studi Europei – ECSA Italy
2017-2019: Member of the Scientific Board of Istituto Storico per il Risorgimento Italiano
since 2016 – Member of the Scientific Board of Fondazione Gramsci
since 2014 – Member of the Scientific Board of Fondazione ASSI – Associazione di Studi storici sull’impresa
Education
March 1984 – Laurea summa cum laude in Contemporary History – Sapienza University of Rome
1986-1988 – PhD in Economic History at Parthenope University (Naples)
1986-1990 – scholarships for advanced courses at University of Oxford, University of Warwick, University of Bologna, Fondazione ASSI, Fondazione Olivetti
Teaching Positions
Teaching activities at the different educational levels offered at the Tor Vergata University of Rome
2021-22: professor at LUISS – Rome
2019 October: visiting lecturer at European Solidarity Center – Gdansk (Poland)
2018 October: visiting lecturer at European Solidarity Center – Gdansk (Poland)
2018 summer term: visiting professor at Shanghai University, School of Liberal Arts(PRC)
2012-2016: Professor at Bocconi University -Milan
2011 spring term: visiting lecturer at London School of Economics (UK), Department of Economic History – Business History Unit
2001-2003: Professor of History of European Economic Integration in courses organized by Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione (School for National Administration -Rome)
1998-2004: Professor charged by “Action Jean Monnet” of courses focused on European economic integration process at University of Rome Tor Vergata
Awards
2017: “Giuseppe Imbucci Prize” awarded by the University of Salerno for the best scientific book in the field of historical research for Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope’s Banker, “Studies in the History of Finance”, Palgrave Mac Millan, London, 2016
1986: Ugo La Malfa Foundation dissertation award, with publication of the thesis
Fields of research
Main fields of research:
history of European economic integration process and of transnational economic relations
role of the State in the economy and State-owned enterprises
banks and bankers in the European financial market (19th-20th century)
Editorial boards
Editor-in-chief of Cacucci Series of Studies on European Integration.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of il Mulino Series on European integration studies
Member of the scientific advisory board of the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Treccani
Member of the Scientific Committee of the following journals: “The European Union Review”, “Le Carte e la Storia”; RiSES- Ricerche di Storia economica e sociale”; “The Euro-Atlantic Union Review”; “Imprese e Storia”
Peer Reviewer for the following journals
Review for the following journals and publishing houses: “Le Carte e la Storia”, “Business History”, “Studi Storici”, “Journal of Modern Italian Studies”; Palgrave, Routledge, Peter Lang, Oxford University Press.
Member of REPRISE, MUR Official Register of Scientific Experts
European Commission Expert in evaluating research projects
Research training and grants
2021: National research project funded by Fondazione Raffaele Mattioli on the history of ruling classes in Italy
2019-: P.I. of the Research project “Going Beyond Borders? European Businesses and the Process of Integration from the ECSC to the Treaty of Lisbon” funded by the University Action “Beyond Borders 2019″
2017-18: International research project “Transnational business encounters in the twentieth century: informal company networks, cartels and business interest associations compared” coordinated by N. Rollings, P.Eichenberger
2016-18: International research project “In search of European Capitalism” coordinated by F. Amatori, Y. Cassis
2016-17: National Expert for Italy 1797-1922 in International research project Historical V-DEM – Varieties of Democracy. Global Standards, Local Knowledge
2015-17: Research project “Cinestory – Reinventing Italian movie industry. Entrepreneurship and cultural innovation in the venture of Cines during the interwar period” funded by the University Action “Consolidate the Foundations 2015″
2015: – Coordinator of Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project on “Europe and Economic Development: History, Analysis, Policies”
2014-2015: International research project funded by the Bank of Italy “Concorrenza, mercato e crescita in Italia: il lungo periodo” (Competition, Market and Growth in Italy: a long-term perspective), coordinated by A. Gigliobianco, G. Toniolo,
2013-16: Coordinator of the international research project “Reassessing the role of management in the Golden Age”
2012: International research project “Social Market Economy” coordinated by Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Antonio Truyol” Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence University of Pavia (Italy), Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
2010-2013 Fellow – Interregional Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence University of Pavia
2010: International research group coordinated by Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence University of Pavia, consulted for the elaboration of “Gonzales Report on European Union crisis”
2009-2012: National research project “Storia dell’I.R.I.”, coordinated by F. Amatori, L. Cafagna, V. Castronovo, P. Ciocca
2008-2009: National research project on “Istituzioni civili e religiose, ceti dirigenti e dinamiche identitarie nell’Italia dell’Ottocento” coordinated by M. Formica
2009-10: International research project “Hochkultur als Herrschaftselement. Italienischer und deutscher Adel im langen 19. Jahrhundert” coordinated by German-Italian Research Centre in Villa Vigoni – Universitat des Saarlandes
Selected international colloquia and papers
2021: XII Encuentro España‐Italia de Historia Económica, Los hospitales y las pandemias en España e Italia desde una perspectiva histórica, Paper: “Le imprese sanitarie private nel sistema sanitario italiano (1978-2018) [con F. Salsano]
2021: Coordinator of AUSE International Conference “Una nuova Europa organizzata e vitale. A 70 anni dalla Dichiarazione Schuman”; funded by EACEA
2021: International Workshop on Forced Loans and Sovereign Debt Crises in Europe“– University of Naples, Discussant
2021: International conference on Kinship and business. Law, gender and generational perspectives (16-20 centuries); Free University of Bolzano. Paper: “Successioni complesse. Il caso del Banco Torlonia 1825-63“.
2019: Coordinator of AUSE International Conference “Towards the European Parliament Elections of May 2019. 40 years after the first direct elections of the European Parliament” Funded by EACEA and University of Rome Tor Vergata
2019: 23rd EBHA Conference Rotterdam The Business History of Creativity – Session chair
2018: XVIII World Economic History Conference: Waves of Globalization (Boston). Papers presented: “Projecting Europe or defending from Europe? C.E.E.P. experience in 1960-80”; “The Integration Process and European Firms, 1950–2000”
2018: International Conference on L’Europa e il suo processo d’integrazione dall’Atto Unico alla Brexit. Punti di vista della storiografia italiana” University of Padua – Session chair
2018: International conference “The European Construction in the 1980s-1990s and the Present Crisis” – Fondazione Gramsci – Rome. Discussant
2017: 21st EBHA Conference: Transformation in Business and Society: An Historical Approach (Wien). Paper presented “Beyond the Pillars of Hercules: European Businesses and the Integration Process 1950-1990”
2015: International Conference I parlamenti di guerra: il caso italiano e il contesto europeo, organized by Società di Storia delle Istituzioni. Paper: “Parlamento e imprese nell’esperienza della mobilitazione industriale”
2015 World Economic History Congress Diversity in Development (Kyoto) Session Coordinator: “Reassessing the Role of Management in the Golden Age: An International Comparison of Public Sector Managers, 1945-1975”. Paper: “The Managerial Revolution in Italy: the Managers of Iri (1945-1970)”.
2015: AUSE International Conference: The European Economic Union: Economic, Social and Institutional Aspects (Venezia). Paper: “Quel développement pour l’Europe? Une perspective historique”
2014: International Conference Competition, Market and Growth in Italy: a long-term perspective, organized by Bank of Italy (Rome). Paper: “La cooperazione contrattuale in Italia nel Novecento”
2014: International KOSMOS Workshop: What is European History? organised by University of Humboldt (Berlin). Paper: European Narratives: a reflection.
2014: European University Institute Conference: Business Enterprises and European Integration: A Historical Perspective. Paper: “The enterprise: a key element of European Identity”
2012: 16th EBHA Conference: Business enterprises and the tensions between local and global (Paris). paper: “From Rome to Europe: Banco Torlonia 1829-1863”
2012: AUSE International Conference Crisi e rilancio dell’UE. Percezioni e approcci interdisciplinari (Venezia). Paper: “Economie europee a confronto: strutture produttive e sostenibilità del modello sociale europeo dal dopoguerra ad oggi”
2012: International Conference: Social Market Economy as Europe’s Economic Model. organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Key-note speech: “The European enterprise as a key player in the European social model. A Historical Perspective”
2011: 15th EBHA Conference: Business, Finance and the State in the Twentieth Century: European Comparisons in Historical Perspective Crisis and Transformation (Athens). Paper: “To compete in a low-competition system. State and banks in Italy 1936-1960”