Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool, England
Joined July 2017
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My book is finally out there!
'Ageing Migrants’ Sense of Home: Experiences of Older Italians in the UK' Emerald Publishing is out there. 🇮🇹🇬🇧
Emerald: bookstore.emerald.com/ageing…
Pleased to share our upcoming event: launch of the documentary 'The Arandora Star Sinking - part 2'. On the 6 of July, at 5:30 at FACT.
Registration required: eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-ev…
#arandora #arandorastar #secondworldwar #maritimehistory #italiansinliverpool
🇬🇧 Delighted to represent @LiverpoolHopeUK and disseminate my research on the Italians during the Second World War at the Consolato Generale d'Italia Londra on Thursday 21 May 2026.
#arandorastar
Delighted to be invited to present 'The Arandora Star Sinking' Documentary and represent #LiverpoolHopeUniversity at the Consulate General of Italy in London, on the 21 of May. Link below:
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Pleased to share here my latest publication in The Conversation, where you can also watch 'The Arandora Star Sinking' documentary. A powerful and important story that continues to resonate today—do take a look and let me know your thoughts.
theconversation.com/arandora…
Delighted to share here that my first book is coming soon.
Thanks to #EmeraldPublishing and all those who supported me along this journey.
📘 Publishing August/September 2026
Are you a descendant of victims of the Arandora Star sinking, from an Italian background and living in the North West of England?
To participate in our research, or contribute to our existing documentary ( youtube.com/watch?v=DCNH4vkK…) please contact Simona Palladino
Delighted to share an event on Tuesday the 5th of May at Liverpool Central Library, led by academics at Liverpool Hope University. To the interest of #creativecommunity #creativewriting and Italian community in Liverpool
Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-…
Pleased to advertise here an upcoming workshop on @CreativeWriting based on the @AS75YRS sinking, led by academics at @LivHopeSHSSUniversity.
The event is on the 5th of May at Central Library, Liverpool, top floor.
Please, register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-…
Last week, I was hosted by #Unimol within the Seminar in Political and Social History by @GiuseppeIglieri, whom I warmly thank. Thanks to @Mariangela D’Ambrosio.
My deepest gratitude goes to professor @Norberto Lombardi, a leading expert in the history of Italian migration.
Last week, an event to disseminate my research on Italians in England during the Second World War and the #ArandoraStar, at Alphaville cinema, by the Municipality of Campobasso. Thanks to Deputy Mayor @GioseTrivisonno for his dedication, with my colleague @paola_mit
A special thanks to #DanteAlighieriSocietyLiverpool Book Club for hosting us last Saturday. The event enabled our film 'The Arandora Star Sinking' to be screened, alongside the discussion on the novel 'La Nostra Storia' by Alessia Balan.
#LiverpoolHopeUniversity
I am delighted to organise an event at #DanteAlighieriSociety Liverpool Book Club, with Alessia Balan, Italian writer of the novel 'La Nostra Storia'. A discussion about the novel will be followed by the screening of 'The Arandora Star Sinking', at #LiverpoolHopeUniversity.
Delighted to share here a trailer of our recent filming-project 'The Arandora Star Sinking'. It's a documentary about memories of the tragedy by third-generation Italians in Liverpool.
Many thanks to all those involved in the filming production.
youtu.be/DCNH4vkKy1c?si=6-dH…
Last call for the Public Lecture about the Italians in the UK during the Second World War and the Arandora Star sinking, the 13th of June at the Central Library 2-4.
The event is free, registration required: eventbrite.co.uk/e/italians-…
I'm organising a Public Lecture about the Italians in the UK during the Second World War and the Arandora Star sinking, the 13th of June at the Central Library 2-4.
The event is free, registration is required: eventbrite.co.uk/e/italians-…
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Join us forCARE film screening on the 7 May at #FACTLiverpool
Panel discussion with Prof Andrew Newman, @UniofNewcastle, Simona Palladino, @LiverpoolHopeUK and Caitlin MacDougall, #ApolloCare Liverpool.
Book your FREE ticket to attend fact.co.uk/film/care
Finally “The unspoken experiences of ethnography: Overcoming boundaries of (un)accepted behaviours” is now published on Ethnography Journal, Sage, and is available here: doi.org/10.1177/146613812513…
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In January, @liverpoolhopeUK hosted their third screening of Hostile to students in Social Sciences. Afterwards, students discussed the experiences of some of the people in the documentary. Thanks to @SimocbPalladin for hosting the screening and to all the students who took part!
