MRes in History (360G-Wellcome-203887_Z_16_Z)

£24,659

My project explores the pathologisation of homosexuality during the fascist regime in Italy focussing on the ex-Psychiatric Hospital in Collegno, Northern Italy. I have been given access to the Hospital Archives and I will look at files of patients interned between 1923 and the beginning of the Second World War, as I intend to investigate if there were men and women referred for psychiatric treatment because of their sexual orientation. I will also explore the photographic archives of the former hospital to find out if there are any images of these "patients". These might have been used to complement medical studies or document "therapies". Essays and books published by psychiatrists of this well-established institution might indicate how their practices were supported by theoretical work and vice-versa. As Collegno's specialists were highly regarded at the time, their approaches were influential within Italian psychiatric sciences, but I will also concentrate on psychiatry theory of the 1920s and 1930s to correctly contextualise their work. Finally, I will explore the children's unit archives as they might contain proof that boys and girls were hospitalised if they showed "homosexual tendencies".

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 24659
Applicant Surname Romano
Approval Committee Internal Decision Panel for C&S
Award Date 2016-07-03T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2015/16
Grant Programme: Title Masters Studentship in H&SS
Internal ID 203887/Z/16/Z
Lead Applicant Miss Gabriella Maria Romano
Partnership Value 24659
Planned Dates: End Date 2017-10-02T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2016-10-03T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London
Sponsor(s) Prof Joanna Bourke