Tortorella, Francesca

Dr. Francesca Tortorella works at the Université Catholique de Lille. She has a PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Strasbourg (2019). Her thesis, directed by Pr. Sylvain Schirmann, examines the relation between Europeanism and antifascism and is titled: “From the birth of Giustizia e Libertà to the dissolution of the Partito d’Azione (1929-1947): a Europeanist antifascism”. Francesca Tortorella has an international and multidisciplinary background and studied Political Science and European Studies at the University of Siena and at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Strasbourg. Her research areas include anti-fascism, Europeanism, and political exile in particular in Latin America.