Blasco Sciarrino is a PhD candidate in the Comparative History Program of the Central European University in Budapest/Vienna. His research topic concerns the political activism of Italian and Romanian Great War veterans, between 1918 and 1944, in a comparative and connective perspective.
His research interests include veteran politics, fascism, nation-building cultural policies, cultural transfers, public diplomacy and paramilitarism.
Qualification
MSc in History of International Relations, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom (2015)
BSc in Political Sciences, Scuola di Scienze Politiche "Cesare Alfieri," Florence, Italy (2012)
Thesis
Political Allegiance In Exchange for Benefits: Italian and Romanian Great War Veterans' Movements Between Democracy and Authoritarianism, 1918-1944: A Comparative Study