Updated: May 2025

Federico Mazzini is professor of Contemporary History, Digital History and History of Media and Communication at the University of Padua and coordinator of the Digital Laboratory of Mobility Research at the same university. He has worked on the cultural history of the First World War, with a focus on popular writing and the peasant experience of the conflict ("Cose de l'altro mondo," ETS 2013), the history of technoscientific popularization and technical cultures throughout the twentieth century. In 2021 he published, with Carlotta Sorba, "La svolta culturale" (Laterza) and in 2023 he published "Hackers. Storia e pratiche di una cultura” (Laterza).

From 2017 to 2020 he was member of the Executive Board of the Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History. In 2022 he took office as associate professor of contemporary history at the University of Padua

Research Areas

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Academic Positions

Associate professor of contemporary history

Apr 2022 - present — University of Padua | Department of Historical, Geographical and Ancient Sciences

• Professor of Media & Communication in History, Contemporary History, Digital History
• [Since 2021] Coordinator of the Digital Laboratory for Mobility Research (MobiLab)
• [Since 2023] Tutor galileiano - Scuola Galileiana di Studi Superiori
• [Since 2024] Coordinator of the project: “Biodiversity in Italy: a web archiving project”
• [Since 2025] Coordinator of the project “La Guerra Infinita” - Memoriale Veneto della Grande Guerra (Meve)

Visiting Professor / Scholar

May 2024 - June 2024 — Tokyo College - University of Tokyo 東京大学

Jan - Apr 2021 — Center for Textual and Spatial History (CESTA) | Stanford University

Researcher (Tenure track)

Apr 2019 - Apr 2022 — University of Padua | Department of Historical, Geographical and Ancient Sciences

Post-doc researcher

University of Padua | Department of Historical, Geographical and Ancient Sciences