Giuseppa DI GREGORIO
Giuseppa (Pinella) Di Gregorio, Full Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Catania, where she teaches Global History of the Contemporary Age, Historical Research Methodology, and Contemporary History.
She obtained his PhD in History and Civilization at the European University Institute in Fiesole (Florence).
She is currently Scientific Director of the Horizontal Partnership Agreement between the University of Catania and the Municipality of Vizzini – Project “Cunziria 4.0 – Oltre Il Borgo”.
She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Interuniversity Centre for the History of Italian Universities (Cisui).
She is a member of the Doctoral College in Political Sciences of the Department of Political and Social Sciences.
She is a member of the Mediterranean Studies Research Group. College of Liberal Arts - Auburn. University Alabama USA.
She was Director of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Catania.
She was Deputy Rector of the University Library System of the University of Catania.
She was member of the Commission for National Scientific Qualification 2016-2018 for the competitive sector 11/A3.
She was member of the editorial board of the scientific review “Meridiana. Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali”.
She was a member of the Management Board of the Istituto di Storia e Scienze Sociali (IMES), Rome.
She was Resident Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University in Cambridge – Massachusetts; Visiting Scholar at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birbeck University of London; Visiting Fellow at University College of London.
\1. Geopolitics of Energy and Oil Politics
Study of Enrico Mattei's Energy Policy
Analysis of ENI's Geopolitical Role
Focus on Sicily in the Mediterranean Basin
Research on the Relationship between the State and Electricity Companies
2. British Imperialism and the Middle East
Research on the Construction of the Contemporary Middle East
Analysis of Orientalism and British Travelers
Critical Edition of Gertrude Bell's Writings
Study of the Collapse of Colonial Empires
3. History of Universities and Scientific Cultures
Historical Research on the University of Catania
Evolution of Academic Culture in Sicily
Focus on the Genealogy of the Institute of Physics
Analysis of the Connection between Science and Territory
4. Research Methodology and World History
Methodological Analysis of the "Spatial Turn"
Application of Global Historical Comparison
Theoretical Reflections on World History