About Us
The Association for the Study of Modern Italy (ASMI) was founded in 1982 by Christopher Seton-Watson, to bring together individuals and organisations from the UK and abroad with teaching, research, professional or general interests in modern Italy from all disciplinary angles.
Today, ASMI's membership is international and includes scholars and others from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including history, political science, languages, geography, literature and anthropology.
ASMI organizes annual conferences, and sponsors other events in the UK and abroad.
ASMI publishes the journal Modern Italy. With four issues a year and international peer-reviewed articles, Modern Italy is of one of the leading English-language journals of Italian studies.
ASMI sponsors annually the ASMI Graduate Essay Prize to promote the work of younger scholars.