Postdoctoral Fellow,
European University Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia University
Business and Economic History, International Financial History; Monetary History; Energy History; political economy of mass consumption; Italy in the first economic globalization, sub-Saharan Africa, African business history, Banking, 20th century, 19th century, Money and finance, History of Capitalism, Racial Capitalism
Women in Business History
I am a historian of modern Europe and European empires. I received my doctorate from Columbia University in 2022. I study Italian migration and imperialism primarily through the lens of business history. Businesses provide particular insight into everyday life, labor, and conflict in colonial contexts, as businesses had to respond to local conditions to make a profit while also aiming to gradually change those circumstances. My current book project, Making Fascist Empire Work, studies businesses in Italian-occupied Ethiopia to analyze the interactions between Italians, the various arms of the fascist state, and the diverse peoples of the Horn of Africa. While highlighting specific enterprises and individuals’ experiences, the book urges historians to study how corporatist ideas influenced development in the Global South.
