Francesco Filippi

Francesco Filippi (1981) è storico della mentalità e formatore presso l’Associazione di Promozione Sociale Deina, che organizza viaggi di memoria e percorsi formativi in tutta Italia. Collabora alla stesura di manuali e percorsi educativi sui temi del rapporto tra memoria e presente. Tra le sue pubblicazioni Il Litorale Austriaco tra Otto e Novecento: quanti e quali confini?, in Piacenza, Trieste, Sarajevo 1918-2018 (a cura di Carla Antonini, 2018) e Appunti di Antimafia (con Dominella Trunfio, 2017). Per Bollati Boringhieri ha pubblicato Mussolini ha fatto anche cose buone. Le idiozie che continuano a circolare sul fascismo.

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