James Walston, (born in 1949), is an Irish professor of international relations at The American University of Rome (AUR), specializing in Italian politics and modern history.
Walston has regular articles in 'Wanted in Rome' since 1989, he also wrote a regular column for Italy Daily (Italian supplement the IHT) from 1999 to 2002, for The Guardian and the Independent.
Walston is one of the first academics who wrote about forgotten fascist Italy's role in ethnic cleansing and internments of civil population in Italian concentration camps, such as under Mario Roatta's watch in the Province of Ljubljana, which are still subjected to the repression of historical memory and especially in relation to the foibe to systematic political manipulation.James Walston, (born in 1949), is an Irish professor of international relations at The American University of Rome (AUR), specializing in Italian politics and modern history.
Walston has regular articles in 'Wanted in Rome' since 1989, he also wrote a regular column for Italy Daily (Italian supplement the IHT) from 1999 to 2002, for The Guardian and the Independent.
Walston is one of the first academics who wrote about forgotten fascist Italy's role in ethnic cleansing and internments of civil population in Italian concentration camps, such as under Mario Roatta's watch in the Province of Ljubljana, which are still subjected to the repression of historical memory and especially in relation to the foibe to systematic political manipulation....more