Bastian Scianna

Lecturer/Assistant Professor at University of Potsdam

Biography

Matteo Scianna studies modern European history with a focus on conflicts, military theory and European power balances. Currently he is focusing on the “German question”, German colonization in Africa during the World Wars, as well as Russian and East European history before 1945. Matteo is German-Italian and earned his BA in History from Vienna University and University of Maastricht.

Education

  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) London School of Economics and Political Science (2012 — 2013)
  • Master of Arts (M.A.) Columbia University in the City of New York (2011 — 2012)
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Universität Wien / University of Vienna (2008 — 2011)
  • DSM

Companies

  • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer / Assistant Professor) University of Potsdam (2016)
  • Research Assistant Konrad Adenauer Foundation (2013 — 2013)
  • Research Intern Royal United Services Institute (2013 — 2013)
  • Research Assistant London School of Economics (2013 — 2013)
  • Internship stiftung neue verantwortung (2012 — 2012)

Publications

BOOKS

The Italian War on the Eastern Front, 1941–1943. Operations, Myths and Memories

PAPERS

Directing the war from triumph to disaster

A predisposition to brutality? German practices against civilians and francs-tireurs during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 and their relevance for the German 'military Sonderweg' debate 2019

Stuck in the past? British views on the Spanish army's effectiveness and military culture, 1946-1983 2019

Rebuilding an Austrian Army: The Bundesheer's Founding Generation and the Wehrmacht Past, 1955-1970 2019

Forging an Italian hero? The late commemoration of Amedeo Guillet (1909–2010) 2019

A Prelude to Total War? The Abyssinian War (1935–36) in the Eyes of Foreign Military Observers 2018

A Blueprint for Successful Peacekeeping? The Italians in Beirut (Lebanon), 1982–1984 2019

»Gewaltkulturen von den Kolonialkriegen bis zur Gegenwart.« 2016

Rommel Almighty? Italian Assessments of the " Desert Fox " during and after the Second World War 2018

Reporting Atrocities: Archibald Reiss in Serbia, 1914–1918

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