Le parole degli storici: i convegni sul fascismo nel centenario della marcia su Roma

A hundred years after the March on Rome, and throughout 2022, aca- demic institutions, cultural foundations and local authorities created many initiatives on Fascism. In this essay, after an overview of the main events organized, we will focus on two conferences that took place in the autumn of 2022: the one hosted in Rome by the Gramsci Foundation and the one pro- moted by the Foundation Ugo Spirito and Renzo De Felice held in Rome and Siena between September and October 2022. These two cultural institutions, that have a rich tradition of studies on Fascism, representing different cultural areas, have chosen to invite a large number of speakers, including the most important experts in the history of the fascist period. The aim of the essay is to outline the prevailing interpretations, while at the same time presenting some reflections. The general impression is of a widespread self-referential attitude of Italian historians who seem little interested in confronting those who preceded them by inaugurating new methodologies and new lines of research.