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Venice and Fascism. Museums, Exhibitions, and the Art Market For the Fascist regime, Venice was above all a showcase in which to stage Italy's cultural primacy within Europe. Alongside major infrastructural works new cultural initiatives emerged, including the strengthening of the newly-nationalized Venice Biennale. The creation of new museums and the reorganization of existing ones represented  ...   

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Comparative Perspectives on Genetic Criticism in Music The IMS Study Group Comparative Perspectives on Genetic Criticism, founded in 2025, invites proposals for its first international conference at the DHI Rome. The conference seeks to take stock of current research questions, methodological approaches, and terminological frameworks in genetic criticism and sketch studies in music, while explicitly  ...   

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QFIAB 105 (2025)

The latest volume 105 of our journal "Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken" is now published and fully available in Open Access: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/qfiab/html#latestIssue.   

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