Papers presented at academic conferences

• 1. “(Association) football in Newfoundland: the pioneer days (1870-896).” Paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association annual conference, St. John’s, 12-14 October 2018.

• “Twice Lost in Translation: Or a Linguistic Misunderstanding in the Football Upset of the Twentieth Century”, Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) and Canadian Society for Italian Studies (CSIS), Columbus, OH, 20-22 April 2017.
  
  
• “(Association) Football and the development of a national identity in Newfoundland: 1870-1915”, Paper presented at the 23rd Biennial Conference of the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Las Vegas, 14-17 October 2015.
  
  
• "Perché l’Italia rischia di non avere più una ‘grande strategia’?”, Presentation at the round table on 'Italy's foreign policy in times of global transformations, economic crisis and European opacity', Annual Conference of the 'Italian Standing Group on International Relations', Trento, 25-27 June 2015.
  
  
• "(Association) football and Newfoundland national identity: 1870-1900", Presented at the symposium 'Sport and identity', McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Montreal, 5 May 2015.
  
  
• "The hope and challenges of football supporters' action in Italy's lower leagues: the case of Sambenedettese", Presented at the Conference 'Whose game is it? Supporters and Football Governance', Loughborough University, U.K., 24-25 October 2014.
  
  
• "Italy: the Least of the Great Leagues?", Presented at the panel 'The Europeanization of Football', 12th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Boston, 2-5 March, 2011.
  
  
• "Italian football after Bosman: Europeanization or Anglicization?" Presented at the workshop: 'The transformation of European football: a case of Europeanization?', University of Amsterdam, 12-13 June 2009.
  
  
• "Atlanticism and Europeanism in Italian Security", Presented at the Workshop 'Theorising NATO', 37th Joint Sessions Workshops of the ECPR, University of Lisbon, 14-19 April 2009.
  
  
• "Canadian security culture, Canadian security policies and regional/global security governance: trends and paradoxes", Presented at the workshop: 'National Security Cultures and Regional/Global Security Governance', United Nations University, Bruges (Belgium), 17-18 October 2008.
  
  
• "A picturesque place to visit but not a model to imitate: Italy as seen from Canada", Presented at the XXII Annual Congress of the Societa' Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP), University of Pavia, 4-6 September 2008.
  
  
• "A story of unrequited love: Canada and the EU", Presented at 'The EU as a Global Actor', 2nd annual research conference of the EU Centre of Excellence (EUCE), Dalhousie University, Halifax, 5-6 May 2008.
  
  
• "Canadian Security quasi-Governance", Presented at the workshop on 'National Security Cultures and Global Security Governance', EU-GARNET Project, Suffolk University, Boston, 18-19 April 2008.
  
  
• "Italian Foreign Policy between Atlanticism and Europeanism". Presented at the International Conference 'The Brussels Treaty and its Legacy: a reassessment of European security and defence issues on its sixtieth anniversary (1948-2008)' organized by the Department of Historical, Geographical and Anthropological Studies of Roma Tre University and the Department of International Relations of the American University of Rome, Rome, 6-8 March 2008.
  
  
• "The external image of Italy: the view from Canada", Presented at the Workshop 'Italy in the eyes of others' organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy), 28 February 2008.
  
  
• "Atlanticism and Europeanism in Italian foreign policy: what lessons for the future of Europe?", Presented at the International Symposium 'The Lisbon Treaty and the future of the European Union', University of Glasgow, 6-7 December 2007.
  
  
• "The external image of the EU: the view from Canada", Presented at the 4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa (Italy), 6-8 September 2007.
  
  
• "Sports in the EU: policy making through the backdoor?", Presented at the 10th EUSA Biennial International Conference, Montreal, 17-19 May 2007.
  
  
• “The Prodi government one year on: a new foreign policy or the same wrapped up differently?”, Presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, University of Bath, Bath, England, 11-13 April 2007.
  
  
• "The European Union and sport governance”, Presented at the International Conference ‘Governance and Policy-Making in the European Union’, Osnabrueck, Germany, 2-4 November 2006.
  
  
• “Security threats in the 21st century: the perspective of Canada’ security elite” (with L. Tossutti and A. Verdun), Presented at the second workshop for JERP 5.3.2. on ‘Global and Regional Security Governance’ EU-GARNET project, Mallorca, Spain, 5-8 October 2006.
  
  
• "Security challenges in the 21st century: EU, USA, and Canadian approaches", Presented at the policy workshop 'The Transatlantic Security Triangle: Where does Canada fit?', organized by the Public Diplomacy Project of the Centre for European Studies of Carleton University, Foreign Affairs Canada and the Austria 2006 Presidency of the European Union, Ottawa, 12 June 2006.
  
  
• "Taking the field: the European Community and sport governance", Presented at the panel 'Theorizing EU policy-making and EU governance: Evidence from empirical case studies', 78th Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, York University, Toronto, 1-3 June 2006.
  
  
• "A reconciling act: Italy, Atlanticism and Europeanism", Presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, University of Reading, Reading, England, April 4-6, 2006.
  
  
• "Sport and politics: the question of legitimacy of international sport organizations" (with John Forster), Presented at the annual convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, USA, 22-26 March, 2006.
  
  
• "Taking security seriously? Canadian security policies after 9/11", Presented at the first workshop for JERP 5.3.2. on ‘Global and Regional Security Governance’ EU-GARNET project, Trento, Italy, 22-24 September 2005.
  
  
• “Being serious or simply going through the motions? Canadian Security Policy since September 11”, Presented at the Conference ‘Contemporary Social Change: The Canadian Experience’, organized by the Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research and the Centre of Canadian Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast, 30 November 2004.
  
  
• “Security threats and institutional response: the case of Canada” (with Amy Verdun), Presented at the 5th Pan-European International Relations Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 9-11 September 2004.
  
  
• "A tales of two coalitions: Italy faces Kosovo and Iraq", Presented at the International Conference 'A Transatlantic Divide on Security: Canada, the European Union, NATO and the New Bush Doctrine," European Studies Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 11-13 June 2004.
  
  
• "Kosovo and Iraq in international politics, transatlantic relations and domestic political scenes", Presented at the International Conference 'A Transatlantic Divide on Security: Canada, the European Union, NATO and the New Bush Doctrine," European Studies Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 11-13 June 2004.
  
  
• "Webs of authority: hierarchies, networks, and legitimacy in global sport organizations" (with John Forster), Presented at the 6th International Conference of the International Association of Sports Economists (IASE), Athens (Greece), 31 May - 2 June 2004.
  
  
• "Transatlantic security relations after Iraq", Presented at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Political Studies Association, St. John's, Newfoundland, 26-28 September 2003.
  
  
• "Storm over Iraq and European Security", Presented at the Séminaire 'Les relations transatlantiques, la nouvelle Union européenne et le maintien de la paix', La Conférence de Montréal 2003, "Innover dans un monde incertain", Montréal, 5-8 May 2003.
  
  
• "Much ado about little: the Second Berlusconi government and Italian foreign policy", Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, University of Leicester, Leicester, England, 15-17 April 2003.

• "The uses and abuses of the Euro in the Canadian currency debate", Presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on the European Union and NAFTA, 'The European Union and the North American Free Trade Area: Comparative Regional Integration and Mutual Relations' University of Miami, Miami European Union Center, 31 March-1 April 2003.
  
  
• "Transatlantic security relations: turning point or business as usual?", Presented at the Conference "Europe vs. the United States - The (Other) Clash of Civilisations?, Vancouver, University of British Columbia, Institute for European Studies, 21-23 March 2003.
  
  
• "I rapporti transatlantici e la sicurezza europea dopo l'undici settembre", Presented at the Seminario Internazionale di Studi 'Il terrorismo internazionale e la sicurezza globale', Trieste (Italy), 15 November 2002.

• "Monetary Union in North America? What the current debate says and does not say about EMU?" (with Paul Bowles and Brian MacLean), Presented at the Fifth Biennial ECSA-C Conference 'Bigger and Better? The European Union, Enlargment and Reform', Toronto, 30 May - 1 June 2002.
  
  
• "Italian Security Policy in the 1990s", Presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, 5-7 April  2002.
  
  
• "European security and transatlantic relations after Kosovo and September 11", Presented at the Second International Invitational Symposium, 'Re-imagining the European Union: Dynamics of Enlargement in the 21st Century', Canadian Centre for Austrian and Central European Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1-2 March 2002.
  
  
• "Sulle orme del 'Turco': lo storico come investigatore", Presented at the Conference 'Sicurezza e informazione. Il giornalismo investigativo in Italia: passato e prospettive', University of L'Aquila, Italy, 3-5 October 2001.
  
  
• "Globalisation and currency convergence: what do the regions tell us?"(with Paul Bowles and Brian MacLean), Presented at the Conference 'Global turbulence: instability in national and international political economy', Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 19-20 July 2001.
  
  
• "Taking the field: the European Union and the governance of European football", Presented at the ECSA-USA Seventh Biannual International Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 31 May - 2 June 2001.
  
  
• "The European Community and the transformation of European football", Presented at the Fourth Biennial ECSA-C Conference 'European Odyssey: The EU in the New Millennium,' Quebec, 31 July - 2 August 2000.
  
  
• "Between duty and humanitarianism: Italy and Operation Allied Force", Presented at the Fourth Biennial ECSA-C Conference 'European Odyssey: The EU in the New Millennium', Quebec, 31 July - 2 August 2000.
  
  
• "Language and politics: the Italian case", Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Italian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 25-27 May 2000.
  
  
• "Forced ally? Italy and Operation Allied Force", Presented at the conference “Politica in Italia 2000”, Istituto Cattaneo, Bologna, 15 November 1999.
  
  
• "European monetary integration and integration theory: insights from the Italian case" (with Lucio Picci), Presented at the conference 'Conceptualising the New Europe: European Monetary Integration and Beyond,' University of Victoria, Victoria, 16-17 October 1999.
  
  
• "Creating the institutions of the global economy? Central bank independence in Japan and Italy" (with Brian MacLean and Paul Bowles), Presented at the Conference 'Globalization and its Discontents', Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 23-24 July 1998.
  
  
• "Italy and Canada: what they have not yet learned from each other but should", Presented at the Conference "Under the Sign of Caboto/Sotto il Segno di Caboto: 500 Years of Italian Presence in Canada", Laurentian University, Sudbury, 20-22 November 1997.
  
  
• "Democracy in the age of globalization", Presented at the 16th General IPRA Conference, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 8-12 July 1996.
  
  
• "Langage politique et changements politiques: le cas italien", Presenté au '64e Congrès de l'ACFAS,' Université McGill, Montréal, 13 mai 1996.
  
  
• "From 'convergenze parallele' to 'cose buone.' On recent changes in the language of Italian politics", Presented at the Conference 'Contesting the Boundaries of Italian Politics'organized by the Research Unit on Southern European Literature and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, 22-23 March 1996.
  
  
• "The transformation of verbal semiosis in Italian politics", Presented at the conference on 'Semiotics as a Bridge between the Humanities and the Sciences', Victoria College, University of Toronto, 2-5 November 1995.
  
  
• "The United States, Italy and Yugoslavia: the October 8, 1953 decision to return Zone A of the FTT to Italy", Presented at the '4th World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies', Harrogate, U.K., 21-26 July 1990.
  
  
• "The American friend: Canadian decision-making during the 1971 international monetary crisis", Presented at the 'Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association', Dalhousie University, Halifax, 27-29 May 1981.
  
  
• "Cyprus: will other such problems occur?", Presented at the student conference 'The Atlantic Community', Georgetown University, Washington DC, February 1977.

Lectures, seminars, roundtables

• "Sawneys vs. Coddies: (Association) Football and Newfoundland's national identity 1878-1916", Presentation made to the Political Science Seminar Series, Memorial University, 6 November 2015.
  
  
• Discussant at the launching of the book Correva l'anno della vendetta by Enzo Cicchino e Roberto Olivo, Schio, 1 February 2014.
  
  
• "A work (still) under construction: how effective is EU governance?", Presented together with A. Verdun and M. Egan with comments by E. Brimmer and D. Dinan at the book launch of Innovative Governance in the European Union, Center for Transatlantic Relations and EU Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, 24 June 2008.
  
  
• "Will Italian foreign policy change?", Presentation made at a roundtable on 'The 2006 Italian elections' at the 56th Annual Conference of the UK Political Studies Association, University of Reading, Reading, UK, 4-6 April 2006.
  
  
• "La scienza politica e lo sport", Presentation made at the launch of the book Sport e Società: Contributi Multidisciplinari, Forli, 21 September 2005.
  
  
• "The Americanisation of Italian foreign policy?", Presentation made to the Centre for European Studies, School of Politics and International Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast, 29 November 2004.
  
  
• "Italian Foreign Policy under Berlusconi", Presentation made to the Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies, Research Seminar Series 2004-5, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, England, 24 November 2004.
  
  
• "Canadian Security Policy Since 9.11", Presentation made to the Politics Department, Transatlantic Seminar Series, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19 November 2004.
  
  
• Member of the Round Table 'Towards a New World Order?' at the International Conference 'A Transatlantic Divide on Security: Canada, the European Union, NATO and the New Bush Doctrine," European Studies Program, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., 11-13 June 2004.
  
  
• "Perché l'Europa e gli Stati Uniti hanno idee diverse sulla sicurezza internazionale?", Three lectures given to the 'Quinto Seminario Annuale di Storia Atlantica' devoted to "Storia Internazionale e Politiche Estere". Research Center in Canadian Studies and the Age of European Expansion and Department of Political Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, 30-31 March, 2004.
  
  
• "Vituperation across the pond: on the recent souring of transatlantic security relations", Public presentation made at Memorial University, March 14, 2003.

• "The perils of a unipolar world: Nato's politics in Kosovo and Emil Vlajki's The New Totalitarian Society", Presentation made at Dr. Vlajki's book launch, Victoria College, Toronto, 25 February 1999.
  
  
• "The perils of humanitarian interventions", Presentation made at a public forum on 'Canada and the War in Yugoslavia", Sudbury, 9 June 1999.

• "Mondializzazione economica e sovranità politica", Lecture given at the Facoltà di Scienze Giuridiche, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italy, 10 December 1998.
  
  
• "The IMF in the New World Order, or institutions never die, they simply find a new mission", Presentation made at a Round Table on 'The Asian Crisis and the IMF: What does it all mean?', Laurentian University, 26 February 1998.

• "Strands, or the politics of reproduction", Presentation made at the Cinefest Film Forum Series, Sudbury, 18 September 1997.
  
  
• "Democracy in the age of economic globalisation: what can we do to regain it?", Presentation made at a discussion panel on 'Searching for alternative models for global development: how can we act locally to influence global change?', Huntington University and University of Sudbury, Sudbury, 2 March 1996.
  
  
• "Les relations Canada-Union européenne." Public lecture given at 'La Maison d'Europe', Nice, France, 22 May 1995.
  
  
• "Searching for the Turk: the rewriting of history in the Italy of the 1990s", Presentation made to RUSELC (Research Unit on Southern European Literature and Culture), Carleton University, Ottawa, 10 April 1995.
  
  
• "Alla ricerca del 'Turco': Resistenza e riscrittura della storia nella Seconda Repubblica", Presentation made to Modern Languages Week, Laurentian University, Sudbury, 6 March 1995.
  
  
• "Il concetto di regione transfrontaliera e la proposta iugoslava del novembre 1952 per la risoluzione del problem di Trieste", Presentation made at a Round Table on 'Il Friuli oggi: una regione nel cuore dell'Europa. Dilemmi e prospettive' organized by Laurentian University on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the Friulian associations (Fogolars '94), Sudbury, 6 October 1994.
  
  
• "Les Nations-unies dans le nouvel ordre international", Presentation made to the ACFAS-Sudbury conference,25  March 1994.
  
  
• "The mouse will digest the dragon", Presentation made at a Round Table on 'Hong Kong 1997', organized by the Honk Kong Students Association, Laurentian University, Sudbury, 18 March 1994.
  
  
• "Visi puliti o solo incipriati? Dalla prima alla seconda repubblica", Presentation made to Modern Languages Week, Laurentian University, Sudbury, 7 March 1994.
  
  
• "The United Nations in Somalia", Presentation made to Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, 23 February 1994.

• "A la recherche du rôle perdu - The U.N. in Somalia", Presentation made to Department of Political Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, 16 February 1994.

Consulting work

• Consultant to the Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI II) for the production of Un paese diviso, a documentary on the Schio Massacre of July 1945 (September-December 1994).