The School and Its Many Pasts. School Memories between Social Perception and Collective Representation. Un recente convegno internazionale di studi

This contribution intends to collect all the contributions presented at the International Conference The School and Its Many Pasts. School Memories between Social Perception and Collective Representation, held in Macerata from 12 to 15 December 2022. It was the occasion of which scholars from different countries to discuss the theme of school memory, understood as individual practice, collective and public commemoration of a common school past. The conference was the closing moment of the research project of relevant national interest «School Memories between Social Perception and Collective Representation (Italy, 1861-2001)», lasting three years, attended by scholars from 14 Italian universities, who had the opportunity to compare their research with those of other Italian and foreign colleagues. The international event – hosted by the University of Macerata – has provided the opportunity for many participants to enrich the reflection on the theme, to establish valuable synergies and further forms of collaboration in research and to give an authentically international breath to the deepening of a line of investigation that still has many stimuli and suggestions to offer to historians of education and school.