CAVALLARO Maria Elena

 PERSONAL INFORMATION

Maria Elena Cavallaro

Via Mastro Giorgio n.8

00153 Rome, Italy

Telephone number +39 0645492803

Mobile +39 340 3725484

m.cavallaro@imtlucca.it

mcavallaro@luiss.it

CURRENT APPOINTMENT

• 2009- 2014 Assistant Professor, IMT, Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy
• LANGUAGES

• Italian (native)
• English (excellent fluency in speaking, reading, writing)
• Spanish (excellent fluency in speaking, reading, writing)
• French (only reading)
• Portuguese (only reading)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Transitions to Democracy in Southern Europe, International Relations, History of European Integration, Cold War Studies

 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

 2013 Visiting Scholar, Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (CEMS), New York University, Usa

2005-2009 Post Doctoral Fellow, IMT Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy

EDUCATION

 2005 D, Comparative Political History, XIX and XX Century, University of Bologna. Dissertation on The role of European integration in Spain from the Franco dictatorship to the democratic transition (1950-1979)

2000 Laurea in Languages and Modern Literatures “University of L’Aquila, (summa cum laude). Dissertation on The rebuilding of the party system in Spain during the transition to democracy (1975- 1982)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2013-2014 Lecturer in History of European integration, Master’s degree in Public Policies, Luiss Guido Carli Rome (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2013-2014 Lecturer in History and Theory of European Union and Regional Integration, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome (undegraduate level) (48 h.)

2013-2014 Lecturer on the Process of Democratization in Southern Europe, IMT Lucca, (Postgraduate level) (12 h.)

 2012-2013 Lecturer in History of European integration, Master’s degree in Public Policies, Luiss Guido Carli Rome (Postgraduate level) (20 h.)

2012-2013 Lecturer in History of Contemporary Europe, LUISS Guido Carli University, Faculty of Political Science, Rome (Undergraduate level) (64 h.)

2012-2013 Lecturer in History of European integration, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (20 h.)

2011-2012 Lecturer in History of European integration, Master’s degree in Public Policies, Luiss Guido Carli Rome (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2011-2012 Lecturer in History of European integration, Master’s degree in European Studies, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2011-2012 Lecturer in History of European Transitions to democracy in Southern Europe, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (12 h.)

2010- 2011 Lecturer in History of Contemporary Europe, LUISS Guido Carli University, Faculty of Political Science, Rome (Undergraduate level) (48 h.)

2010-2011 Lecturer in Reserarch Design, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2010-2009 Contemporary History Tutorial, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (20 h.)

2009-2010 Lecturer in History of Contemporary Europe, LUISS Guido Carli University, Faculty of Political Science, Rome (Undergraduate level) (48 h.)

2009-2010 Lecturer in Research Design, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level)( 10 h.)

2009-2010 Lecturer in International Relations and European Integration, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (20 h.)

2008-2009 Lecturer in Comparative History of European Political Systems, LUISS Guido Carli University, Faculty of Political Science, Rome (Undergraduate level) (48 h.)

2008-2009 Contemporary History Tutorial, IMT Advanced Studies Lucca (Postgraduate level) (20 h.)

2007-2008 Lecturer in Comparative History of European Political Systems, LUISS Guido Carli University, Faculty of Political Science, Rome (Undergraduate level) (64h.)

2007-2008 Lecturer in History of International Relations in the XX Century, Master’s degree in Political Theory, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome (Postgraduate level) (12 h.)

2007-2008 Lecturer in History of European Integration, Master’s degree in Public Policies LUISS Guido Carli University Rome (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2006-2007 Lecturer in History of European Integration, Master’s degree in Public Policies LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome (Postgraduate level) (10 h.)

2003-2004 Lecturer in History of International Relations in the XX Century, Master’s degree in Political Theory, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome (Postgraduate level) ( 10h)

SUPERVISION OF POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS From 01/03/2011 to 01/03/2014 Ph D Supervisor of Benedetto Zaccaria, title The EEC policy toward the Soviet bloc” Program &Cycle XXVI, IMT Advanced Sudies, Lucca, Italy.

From 15/03/2009 to 15/03/2012 Ph D Supervisor of Simona Losito, title Human Rights Dplomacy. Carter administration and the US foreign policy toward Brazil Program &Cycle XXIV, IMT Advanced Sudies, Lucca, Italy.

From 15/03/2008 to 15/03/2011 Ph D Supervisor of Ali Hedeyat, title Mobilizing activism a comparative analysis of the contemporary Right-Wing Extremists and Islamists in Germany Program & Cycle XXIII, IMT Advanced Sudies, Lucca, Italy.

From 15/03/2008 to 15/03/2011 Ph D Supervisor of Carlo Cirulli, title Soveregnty in the EU: new roots for democracy Program & Cycle XXIII, IMT Advanced Sudies, Lucca, Italy.

From 15/03/2008 to 15/03/2011 Ph D Supervisor of Fabiana Sacchetti, title Socioeconomic and political transitions in Marocco between Foreign Aid and Domestic activism: a model for change? Program & Cycle XXIII, IMT Advanced Sudies, Lucca, Italy.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2013- she joined the international research group on the “Historia del PSOE: construcción del partido y reformismo democrático 1976-1990” coordinated by professor A. Mateos Lopez, UNED, Madrid, Spain. The project (2012-2015) is financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economics (Project reference har 2012- 34132)

2010- she joined the Spanish research group of the Centre of Historigraphic Research of Spanish Democracy ( UNED- CIHDE), Madrid, Spain.

2000-2012 she has been carrying out her research activity within the Centre of Transition Studies in the University Luiss Guido Carli in Rome (ICETS). Her main research areas are the process of transition to democracy in Southern Europe; the process of European integration; and the interaction between transition to democracy and external factors.

2006-2010 she joined the research project on “the role of political leadership during the Eighties”. In particular, her focus was devoted to the role played by the leadership of Felipe González in the reshaping of the Spanish socialist party (PSOE) after the death of General Franco.

2003-2012 she joined the editorial staff of the Dictionary of European integration coordinated by Istituto di Studi sul Federalismo, Turin; Luiss Guido Carli Rome; and Istituto Universitario Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples.

 ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

 2014 (Modena, Italy) member of the Scientific Committee of the 45 Annual Conference of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia

 2014 (Lucca, Italy) The legacy of Margaret Thatcher, IMT Advanced Studies ( 4-5 April)

 2011 (Lucca, Italy) European Political Cultures, Parties and the European Integration Process, IMT Advanced Studies, Lucca, (11-12 November)

 2010 (Rome, Italy) Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueologia Antifranchismo e antifascismo dopo il franchismo e il fascismo. Uso pubblico del passato in Italia e Spagna (7-8-May)

PHD BOARD OF PROFESSORS

 2014 she joined the Board of Professors of the PHD Program in “Political theory, political science and political history”, Luiss Guido Carli, Rome

EDITORIAL BOARDS MEMBERSHIP

 2004-2013 member of the Editorial Board of the journal “XXI Secolo”, Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli, Italy.

2010-2113 member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Spagna Contemporanea”, Edizioni Dell’Orso, Turin, Italy.

regular contributor to the Italian journal: “Ricerche di Storia Politica”, Il Mulino, Bologna.

regular contributor to the Spanish journal: “Espacio, Tiempo y Forma”, Uned, Madrid; “Historia del Presente”, CHIDE, Madrid.

Acting as a regular reviewer for: “Ricerche di Storia Politica”, “Spagna Contemporanea”, “XXI Secolo”, “Polo Sud”, “Historia del Presente”, “Historia y Política”, “Contemporary European History”