By Ministerial Decree of April 23, 2021, no. 560, Prof. Valerio De Cesaris, full professor, was appointed Rector of the University for Foreigners of Perugia for the six-year period 2021-2027.
Valerio De Cesaris (Rome 1974) is a full professor of contemporary history. His work mainly focuses on political and religious history, with particular attention to twentieth-century Italy, relations between Catholics and Jews, antisemitism and racism, and migration phenomena.
His most recent books are: The Vatican, Fascism and the Racial Question (Milan 2010), Spiritually Semitic. The Catholic Response to Antisemitism (Milan 2017), The Great Landing. Italy and the Discovery of Immigration (Milan 2018), Fascist Seduction. The Catholic Church and Mussolini 1919-1923 (Cinisello Balsamo 2020), The Battle for Consciences. The Catholic Church and Fascism 1924-1938 (Cinisello Balsamo 2022), In the Storm of War. The Catholic Church between Fascism and Democracy 1939-1945 (Cinisello Balsamo 2024).
He recently edited the volumes The Mediterranean Border. Europe Facing the Arrival of Migrants (with E. Diodato, Rome 2018), Immigration in Italy from Jerry Masslo to the Present Day (with M. Impagliazzo, Milan 2020), The University for Foreigners of Perugia. History of an Institution Open to the World (with S. Cingari, G. Rigano, and R. Vetrugno, Rome 2024).
He is a full member of the Istituto Sturzo in Rome and a member of the Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History (SISSCO), of which he was a board member from 2019 to 2022.
He has contributed to various newspapers and to national and international journals.
- Appointment Decree (pdf)
- Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
- Campaign Expense Declaration (pdf)
- Salary: 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021
- Asset Declaration (pdf)
- Income Declaration: 2023 - 2022 - 2021
- Consent Denial Declaration (pdf)
- Mission Declaration - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021