James Walston (1949 – 12 May 2014) was a professor of

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at The American University of Rome (AUR), specialising in Italian politics and modern history. He was chair of the AUR's Department of International Relations from 2002 to 2008. In 2008 he started the Center for Research on Racism in Italy together with Clough Marinaro. In 1997, he became the first EU citizen to stand for election to the Rome City Council.

Education

He was educated at Eton and

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(BA 1975, and PhD 1986) and the University of Rome, La Sapienza (Diploma di Perfezionamento, 1981).

Teaching

Walston had taught mainly in the US system abroad, starting with the

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programme for the

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in Italy and the UK, Summer courses at Middlebury and various US programmes in Rome including Temple, Trinity and Loyola. Since 1991 he has taught history, politics and international relations at The American University of Rome. Since 2004 he had taught and directed the University of Rome La Sapienza's Eurosapienza's international relations module in the masters in State management and Humanitarian Affairs. In 2003, he introduced on site teaching of international relations which includes regular field trips to European institutional sites like Brussels, Geneva and Vienna, as well as to conflict resolution sites like the Basque Country, Northern Ireland,

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and

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, and annual Ghana trip. Professor Walston Montenegro 02 03 2012

Journalism and comment

Walston published regular articles in '' Wanted in Rome'' from 1989 until his death; he also wrote a regular column for ''Italy Daily'' (Italian supplement the IHT) from 1999 to 2002, for

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and

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. His blog wa
''Italian Politics with Walston''

Scholarly publications

Walston was one of the first academics who wrote about forgotten

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's role in

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and internments of civil population in Italian concentration camps, such as under

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's watch in the

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, that are in Italian media subjected to the repression of historical memory, and to

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especially in relation to the post-war

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. Organised crime *1986 "See Naples and die;

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in Campania" in Kelly Robert (ed.) Organized crime. A global perspective Totowa NJ, Rowman & Littlefield: 134–158 Clientelism *1988 Mafia and Clientelism. Roads to Rome in Post-war Calabria London, Routledge (revised Italian edition 1995 Le Strade per Roma. Clientelismo e politica in Calabria (1948–1992) Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino (updated and revised translation of Mafia and clientelism) Italian foreign policy *2004 "The Shift in Italy's Euro-Atlantic Policy. Partisan or Bipartisan?" The International Spectator XXXIX (2) October–December 115 – 125 *2007 "Italian Foreign Policy in the 'Second Republic'. Changes of Form and Substance" Modern Italy Volume 12 (1) February
*2008 "La politica estera: il difficile perseguimento di un ruolo influente" in Mark Donovan and Paolo Onofri (eds.) Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo/Il Mulino: 151–171 "Foreign Policy: The Difficult Pursuit of Influence" in Mark Donovan and Paolo Onofri (eds.) Italian Politics. Frustrated Aspirations for Change Bologna, Istituto Cattaneo/Il Mulino: 123–140 (English version of above). Italian history *1997
"History and memory of the Italian concentration camps", Historical Journal 40 (1) 169–183.
*2000 "Nationalisms and internationalism: the response of Italian Jews to Fascism" in Thomas P. DiNapoli The Italian Jewish Experience. Forum Italicum. A journal of Italian Studies. SUNY, Stony Brook: 141 – 154 *2010 "Italy’s 'second generations': the sons and daughters of migrants" in Bulletin of Italian Politics 2 (1) Summer 2010 (with Isabella Clough Marinaro).

References

External links

The American University of Rome

Italian Politics with Walston
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walston, James British political scientists 1949 births 2014 deaths People educated at Eton College International relations scholars Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge