Conference: The novel of the Italian Risorgimento

International congres entitled « Il romanzo del Risorgimento » organised by:

- Université libre de Bruxelles
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles

Italian unification (Italian: il Risorgimento, meaning The Resurgence) was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended in 1871 with the Franco-Prussian War[1][2]. The last città irredente however, did not join the Kingdom of Italy until after World War I.

The Conference intends to deepen, thanks to the contributions of twenty students of French, Dutch and Italian literature, in the relations between Italian and European intellectuals of the 19th century and the different phases of the process of unification.