Bio
Joshua Arthurs is a historian specializing in the politics of memory, museums, archaeology, and cultural heritage; historical fascism and the contemporary far right; and the legacies of war, dictatorship, race, and empire in Italy, Europe, and globally. He is the author of Excavating Modernity: The Roman Past in Fascist Italy (Cornell University Press, 2012) and co-editor of Outside the State? The Politics of Everyday Life in Fascist Italy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017). His current book project, Forty-Five Days: Emotion, Experience and Memory after Mussolini, under contract with Oxford University Press, examines practices of iconoclasm, violence, and denunciation following the collapse of the Italian Fascist regime. He also regularly offers public commentary on contemporary memory debates and monuments controversies.
Memberships and Awards
- President, Society for Italian Historical Studies, 2024-26
- Connections Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2022-23
- Jackman Humanities Institute Program for the Arts, 2023
- Editorial Board, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2016-
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Rome Prize in Modern Italian Studies, American Academy in Rome, 2015-16
Other Appointments
- Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, UTSC
- Tri-Campus Graduate Department of History
- Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Teaching
MSL2303H Special Topics in Museum Studies: “Difficult” Heritages and Precarious Times 0.5 Credits
MSL2307H Special Topics in Museum Studies: Memory and Power 0.5 Credits