CALABRO' Vittoria

Vittoria Calabrò is full professor of History of Political Institutions in the Department of Political and Legal Sciences of the University of Messina. She teaches History of public administration, History of political and social institutions in the republic of Italy and History of political international institutions.
She got exceptional first class degree in Political Science, with a political international specialization in the academic year 1992 -1993 in the University of Messina, the thesis in History of political institutions was entitled «Civis ed exterus. Il trattamento giuridico degli stranieri nella Sicilia medievale e della prima età moderna» (supervisor prof. A. Romano).
She was admitted in the XI cycle of the national Ph.D. in “History of law, institutions and medieval, modern and contemporary juridical culture”, site in Genoa University. In 2000 she got the qualification of Ph.D with a thesis about Università e insegnamento del diritto in Sicilia (1767-1876).
She was awarded with the title of researcher after winning a university competition, scientific and disciplinary range in History of the Italian law (N19X, now IUS/19), in the School of Political Science in the University of Messina. She worked as researcher from 31-12-1998 to 31-10-2014. She was transferred to the scientific disciplinary field SPS/03 History of Political Institution on 25th July 2005.
On 17 May 2021 she obtained the national scientific qualification for full professor of History of political institutions.
Since the academic year 2019-2020 she has been member of Teaching Staff of the PhD course in Political Sciences. Since 5 May 2022 she has been vice PhD Coordinator of the PhD course in Political Sciences. She has been supervisor of one thesis.
She is president of Guarantee Committee for Equal Opportunities, Employee Wellbeing and Non-Discrimination at Work (CUG) of the University of Messina (for the four-year period 2023-2027).
From the academic year 2000-2001 to the academic year 2009-2010 she was scientific tutor in the field of European Master’s Degree. Improvement post graduate course in History and comparison of political and legal institutions of the countries of Mediterranean, activated by University of Messina together with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de Córdoba and State University of Milano. In the academic year 2006-2007, during 7° EMD, she gave a series of lessons about Europe of people and Europe of Nations: European culture and Europeanism.
In the academic years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 she was supply teacher in the chair of History of Italian law / History of medieval and modern law (9 CFU) site in Taranto Law School of University of Bari.
In the academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 she was supply teacher in the chair of History of modern codifications (6 CFU) site in Taranto Law School of University of Bari.
In the academic year 2007-2008 she executed an integrative course of History of modern codifications by Law School of LUISS Guido Carli in Rome.
From the academic year 2002-2003 to the academic year 2008-2009 she was supply teacher in the course “Didactic laboratory for the juridical and economic teaching (classe 19/A) by S.I.S.S.I.S. (Sicilian inter-university school of specialization for the high school teaching).
In the year 2004-2005 (I cycle), in 2005 (II cycle), in 2006 (III cycle) and in 2007 (IV cycle) she was one of the teachers in “Women, Policy, and Institutions. Formative courses for the promotion of equal chances in the political decision making centres, promoted by the Ministry for women and equality and realised by University of Messina – Political Science School.
From 7th to 19th August 2006 she worked as scientific tutor in occasion of High qualification International Summer School on Declaration and Practice of fundamental Rights. Multiculturalism and freedom of Religion, organized by the History Department and Comparison of juridical and political orders of University of Messina together with Universidad de Córdoba and Virginia Commonwealth University.
In the academic year 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 she was on the teachers in the course “Gender-based violence: knowing it, preventing it, recognizing it, fighting it”, organized at the University of Messina.
She is scientific manager (together with Daniela Novarese) of the 2019 and 2022 editions of the “Gender-based violence” course organized at the University of Messina.
From 2015 to 2021 she was elective component of the Academic Senate of the University of Messina.
In the academic year 2023-2024 she was one of the teachers in the training course “Consulente di Fiducia: strumenti di prevenzione e contrasto al fenomeno delle molestie nei luoghi di lavoro”, realized by University of Messina. She was also scientific committee member in the same training course.
In the academic year 2021-2022 she was one of the teachers in the master Innovazione nella Pubblica Amministrazione (INNOVA PA) 2022, realized by University of Messina.
In the academic year 2020-2021 she was one of the teachers in the II level master Alti Studi Europei realized by University of Messina.
In the academic year 2013-2014 she was one of the teachers in the master Management dei beni culturali. Esperto nella valorizzazione e nella gestione del patrimonio culturale, realized by University of Messina.
From the academic year 2005-2006 to the academic year 2011-2012, she was Guidance and Tutorship delegate of the School of Political Science and member of the Commission of the University Centre of Guidance and Tutorship.
From the academic year 2006-2007 to the academic year 2011-2012, she was member of the Erasmus Commission of the University of Messina.
From 2008 to 2011 she was member of the “14 area” Committee (Political and social sciences) of the University of Messina.
From 2011 to 2014 she was the coordinator of the first level degree in “Mediazione socio-culturale e scienze sociali per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo”, site in Barcellona P.G.
From the academic year 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 she was Guidance and Tutorship delegate of the Human and Social Studies Department and member of the Commission of the University Centre of Guidance and Tutorship.
From the academic year 2006-2007 to the academic year 2014-2015, she was member of the teaching staff of the international PhD course in “History and comparison of the European political and legal institutions”.
She has been member of the scientific Committee of Acta et Studia, Mediterraneo. Culture, società e istituzioni tra medioevo ed età contemporanea, Archivio Storico Messinese and La condivisione dei saperi (Messina University Press). She has also been member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies (since July 2020) and Codex. Anuario de Ciencias Histórico-Jurídicas (since March 2023).
From December 2022 to January 2023 she was “evaluadora externa” of the “Escuela de Doctorato de la Universidad de Cantabria (EDUC)”.
She was designated as “Colaboradora Honorífica” of the Department of “Ciencia Jurídica” at the University of Elche “Miguel Hernández” (academic year 2021-2022).
In March 2018 she was “evaluador titular” of the doctorate course in Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas at the University of Elche “Miguel Hernández”.
Since 2020 she has taken part in a lot of “Third Mission” initiatives.
She is responsible for the Erasmus agreement with the University of Huelva (E-Huelva01).
She is member of:
- International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI);
- Associazione Italiana di Storia delle Istituzioni Politiche;
- Società per gli Studi di Storia delle Istituzioni;
- Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (Classe di Scienze Giuridiche, Economiche e Politiche);
- Comitato Provinciale di Messina dell’Istituto per la storia del risorgimento italiano.
Since 1995-1996 she has been contributing to international, national and regional research projects.

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, COLLOQUIA AND SYMPOSIA
She attended some conferences, meetings, colloquia and symposia in Italy and abroad:
- conference “Diritti, libertà, tutele, impegno politico e sociale. Giornata di studi per Angela Bottari” (Messina, 15 November 2024), with the paper No al ponte: la divisiva questione dell’attraversamento stabile dello Stretto di Messina;
- international conference “Costituenti europee nel ventesimo secolo. Una ricognizione” (Roma, 19 March 2024), with the paper Madri Costituenti… E poi? Il contributo della comunista Teresa Noce alla Commissione XI Lavoro, Emigrazione, Cooperazione, Previdenza e Assistenza (1948-1958);
- colloquium “Cittadinanza attiva, verso le elezioni europee 2024” (Messina, 15 March 2024), with the paper Da Assemblea comune a Parlamento: storia di un’istituzione simbolo dell’Europa;
- conference “Ringraziando fascisticamente. Cronache di ordinaria quotidianità nelle carte d’archivio delle Università nel Ventennio” (Messina, 5-7 February 2024) with the paper Il “diritto del duce”: le novità della normativa fascista nelle tesi di laurea delle studentesse di Giurisprudenza dell’Ateneo di Messina (1922-1943);
- Summer School Odisseuro (3th edition) dedicated to “Divenire persona. Saperi e transizioni” (Linguaglossa 7-9 September 2023) with the paper “Dalla “persona umana” alla “personalità”. Il dibattito costituente sull’art. 2 (1946-1947);
- study days “La memoria ritrovata. Il patrimonio archivistico dell’Università di Messina, tra esigenze di conservazione e prospettive di ricerca” (Messina, 4-5 May 2023) with the paper entitled Una Facoltà esclusivamente maschile? Le studentesse di Giurisprudenza dell’Ateneo di Messina (1900-1950);
- conference “Are you green? Idee, riflessioni, proposte per il mondo che ci circonda (ieri, oggi, domani)” (Messina, 22-24 November 2022), with the paper Sicilia “green”: il lungo e complesso iter di istituzione del Parco dell’Etna (1981-1987);
- international conference “Constitutional Order in Post-Versailles Europe. Germany, Poland, Centrale and Eastern Europe 1919-1939/1941” (Prague, 14-15 November 2022), with the paper A “new” constitutional order? Political events in fascist Italy (1922-1943);
- colloquium “Il lavoro domestico e di cura della donna. Riconoscimento culturale e giuridico” (Messina, 26 May 2022), with the paper Donne e diritto: l’esperienza italiana (1865-1975);
- symposium “Etica e pace dopo l’Ucraina” (Messina, 20 May 2022), with the paper Per un’Europa in pace: storia e presupposti alla base di un’idea;
- colloquium “L’Europa dei diritti: dalla Svezia all’Italia” (Messina, 10 May 2022), with the paper (presented together with Daniela Novarese) Percorsi di (dis)uguaglianza. Immagini che hanno cambiato il (nostro) mondo;
- conference “Nilde Iotti e le donne della Costituente. Energie trasversali per il bene comune” (Messina, 1 April 2022) with the paper Le donne della Costituente. Energia trasversale per il bene comune;
- international conference “La justicia al servicio de los totalitarismos en Europa. La vigenzia de los derechos individuales en España, Italia y Alemania durante la primera mitad del s. XX” (Elche, 13-14 December 2021) with the paper La giustizia al servizio del regime: di alcune condanne dinanzi al Tribunale speciale per la difesa dello Stato (1926-1943);
- symposium “From dictatorship to democracy” (Berlin, September 13-14, 2021) with the paper From the chair to the magistracy: continuity and discontinuity in the path of some Italian jurists;
- IV international conference “Sicilia millenaria. Dalla microstoria alla dimensione mediterranea” (Barcellona P.G., 10-11 July 2021) with the paper 1812-1815: la vicenda dell’Alta Corte del Parlamento di Sicilia;
- II “Essentials Pedagogies Review” about “Maestre e Maestri d’Italia. Le storie, i progetti ed i sogni” (21 May 2021) with the paper Maestre “speciali”. La vicenda umana e politica di Lina Merlin;
- webinar “Multilivello italiano. Una storia istituzionale nell’Italia repubblicana” (11 May 2021), organized in occasion of the 50° anniversary of the institution of the Italian regions with ordinary statute with the paper La I legislatura all’Assemblea Regionale Siciliana: attori e realizzazioni;
- conference “Nilde Iotti e il PCI: due centenari, una storia 1920-2020, 1921-2021” (Messina, 14-15 April 2021) with the paper Nilde Iotti: l’impegno europeo;
- Book festival “Narrare il femminile” (Barcellona P.G., 20-22 December 2019) with the paper Donne costituenti;
- conference “Scuole e maestri nel Mezzogiorno d’Italia tra Ottocento e Novecento. Sguardi, problemi e nuovi percorsi di ricerca” (Messina, 18-19 December 2019) with the paper ((presented together with Daniela Novarese) Maestri e scuole nelle Università minori: l’esperienza Messinese tra Otto e Novecento;
- presentation of C. Pinto’s book, La guerra per il Mezzogiorno. Italiani, borbonici e briganti 1860-1870, Roma-Bari, Laterza 2019 (Messina, 5 December 2019);
- colloquium “Un Codice per le Due Sicilie: 1819-2019” (Messina, 29 November 2019) with the paper Codici e Università: l’insegnamento del diritto in Sicilia dopo il 1819;
- international study days to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of Berlin wall “The Wall. Storie di muri, tra passato e presente” (Messina, 4-6 November 2019) with the paper “Per favorire il superamento e l’eliminazione delle barriere architettoniche”: l’iter di approvazione della legge 13/1989;
- international conference “Continuidades, tensiones y rupturas en el viejo y en nel nuevo mundo. Ideas proyectos y constituciones monárquicas en Iberoamérica y en Italia (1808-1825)” (Messina, 23-25 September 2019) with the paper Influenze costituzionali europee sull’Alta Corte del Parlamento di Sicilia;
- colloquium “Tracce di donne. Percorsi al femminile tra passato e presente” (Messina, 21 September 2019) with the paper Madri, mogli, prostitute, monache: tutela e disciplinamento dei corpi femminili nella legislazione e nella documentazione siciliana d’età medievale e moderna;
- international conference “Sto lat traktatu pokojowego w Wersalu. Nowy porządek w dziejach Europy - A Hundred Years of Peace Treaty of Versailles. New Order in the History of Europe” (Poznan, 11-12 July 2019) with the paper The new European political order after 1919: the Italian context;
- colloquium “Globalizzazione, pluralismo culturale, post-democrazia” (Messina, 29 April 2019) with the paper Tra inclusione ed esclusione: intorno alla “nuova” cittadinanza in Italia (1912-2018);
- study day “La cittadinanza politica delle donne: storia di inclusione” (Messina, 8 March 2019) with the paper Donne e cittadinanza: il difficile cammino per il riconoscimento del diritto di voto;
- international conference “Università “contro”? Il ruolo degli Atenei negli ordinamenti in crisi” (Messina, 3-5 December 2018) with the paper Università contro? La partecipazione di professori e studenti ai moti del biennio 1847-48: il caso siciliano;
- II meeting of the long-lasting colloquium “Transferts culturels juridico-politique entre la France et l’Italie: le clergé et la vie politique” (Palermo, 30 May 2018) with the paper Libri di testo e programmi di insegnamento nelle Università siciliane dell’Ottocento: le influenze francesi;
- presentation book “Storie connesse. Forme di vita quotidiana tra Spagna e Regno di Napoli (secoli XVI-XVIII)” edted by Rosa Maria Delli Quadri e Mirella Mafrici, Napoli, edizioni Guida, 2018 (Messina, 18 May 2018);
- colloquium “L’amore ingannato. Come riconoscere la violenza di genere” (Messina, 30 November 2017) with the paper Delitto d’onore e matrimonio riparatore, tra storia e diritto;
- colloquium “Globalizzazione, (im)-migrazioni, cittadinanza, giovani generazioni e ri-generazioni dei diritti” (Messina, 27 e 28 November 2017) with the paper Cittadini o stranieri? Diritti riconosciuti e libertà negate nel Regno d’Italia;
- Congreso Internacional “El Poder Judicial durante la República, la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo. Represión y orden público” (Elche, 8-9 November 2017) with the paper Le leggi elettorali politiche durante l’età del fascismo;
- international conference “Transferts culturels juridico-politiques entre la France et l’Italie dans le premier XIXe siècle” (Université Paris Sud, 11 September 2017) with the paper Modèles des codes civils comparés: la discipline de la citoyenneté dans le premier Code civil du Royaume d’Italie (1865);
- colloquium “Lavoro e differenze di genere: etica, normativa, salute” (Messina, 23 June 2017) with the paper Tra sesso e genere: un percorso storico-istituzionale;
- colloquium “Peoples on the move: historical and juridical analysis. Popoli in movimento: bilancio storico e processuale” (Messina, 21 November 2016) with the paper 1861-1922: cittadini e stranieri nell’Italia liberale;
- 68° Congreso de la Commisión Internacional para el estudio de la Historia y las Instituciones Representativas y Parlamentarias (Palma de Mallorca, 6-9 September 2016), with the paper La “procedura” dell’Alta Corte del Parlamento di Sicilia: i progetti del biennio 1814-1815;
- 22nd International Conference of Historical Sciences (Jinan, China, 23-29 August 2015), with the paper The Italian Politician Emilio Colombo as President of the European Parliament (1977-1979);
- conference “Democrazia e sistema bicamerale. Teoria politica, profili storici e prospettive costituzionali” (Messina, 12-13 March 2015) with the paper Parlamentarismo e democrazia: la prospettiva di Tomaso Perassi (1907-1946);
- colloquium “1914-1918. Storie, immagini, istituzioni, voci della grande guerra” (Messina, 9-10 December 2014) with the paper 1917-1919. Un presidente di guerra: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando;
- colloque international “L’université dans la ville. Les espaces universitaires et leur usages en Europe du XIIIe au XXIe siècle” (Parigi, 25-26 September 2014) with the paper L’Ateneo ed i suoi edifici: le politiche di ricostruzione e sviluppo degli spazi universitari nella Messina post-terremoto;
- 65th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (Vienna, 3-5 September 2014) with the paper War and post war questions: analysis of some parliamentary speeches of the Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando;
- European Workshop on Historical Academic Database “Atelier Heloïse 2013” (Bologna, 3-5 June 2013) with the paper Al di là della presenza maschile: docenti e discenti dell’Ateneo di Messina (1900-1968);
- 63rd Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (Cadiz, 5-7 September 2012) with the paper 1812-15: the debate about the High Court of the Sicilian Parliament;
- 62nd Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (Palermo-Messina, 5-10 September 2011) with the paper 1945-1947. Il sistema parlamentare in Italia: dagli studi preparatori ai lavori costituenti;
- colloquium “Messina e la sua provincia nel Risorgimento” (Messina, 6 May 2011) with the paper L’Università;
- international conference “Accademie e Scuole. Istituzioni, luoghi, personaggi, immagini della cultura e del potere” (Montalbano Elicona – ME, 22-24 July 2010) with the paper Centri di cultura “alternativi”: le scuole private di diritto nella Sicilia dell’Ottocento;
- 60th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (Lisbona, 1-4 September 2009) with the paper Powers in confrontation: Monarchy, Parliament and Sicilian Deputazione del Regno (1810-1812);
- conference “Dai Collegi Medievali alle Residenze Universitarie” (Sassari, 5-6 December 2008) with the paper L’Università di Messina e delle Calabrie: la questione delle residenze e la fondazione della Casa dello studente;
- 59th Conference of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (Alghero, 9-12 July 2008) with the paper Carrying out of the parliamentary resolutions: Sicilian Deputazione del Regno tasks (1567-1812);
- international conference “La storia delle università alle soglie del XXI secolo. La ricerca dei giovani studiosi tra fonti e nuovi percorsi di indagine” (Aosta, 18-20 December 2006) with the paper Il ms. 36 della Biblioteca del Museo Regionale di Messina: un’ulteriore fonte per la storia dello Studio cittadino;
- international conference “1812 fra Cadice e Palermo – entre Cádiz y Palermo. Nazione rivoluzione costituzione. Rappresentanza politica, libertà garantite, autonomie” (Palermo – Messina, 5-10 December 2005) with the paper 1805-1817: l’istruzione pubblica in Sicilia tra riformismo, costituzione e restaurazione;
- international conference “Retoriche della devianza. Immagine, percezione e rappresentazione del crimine nella storia” (Capodistria, 6-8 October 2005) with the paper Vagabondi e mendicanti nell’esperienza codicistica penale delle Due Sicilie;
- international conference “Gli statuti universitari: tradizione dei testi e valenze politiche. Dall’originarietà degli Studi Generali all’autonomia delle Università degli Studi (secc. XI-XXI)” (Messina – Milazzo, 13-18 April 2004) with the paper Verso la centralizzazione degli studi: i Regolamenti per le tre regie Università di Sicilia (1840);
- international conference “Le polizie informali” (Messina, 28-29 November 2003) with the paper Controllo del territorio e corporazioni artigiane nella Sicilia dell’età medievale e moderna;
- III conference of the Italian Society of the Women Historians (Firenze, 14-16 November 2003) with the paper Le donne in Assemblea Costituente. Un progetto di didattica multimediale di storia costituzionale.