FITCHBURG — Starting this month, the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University will look at the legacy of Italian colonialism, centered on the invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s and its ...

The first informal meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, 1920. (Courtesy of Bettmann / Getty Photos) In October 1935, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini launched an invasion of Ethiopia, ...

This is a story about fascists and freedom fighters, and emperors and common people. Maaza Mengiste’s “The Shadow King” is a masterpiece. Here’s why. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. Though a member ...

In the midst of Italy’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, Benito Mussolini’s 19-year-old son Vittorio, a pilot in the Regia Aeronautica, published an account of an air raid, writing, “I still remember the ...

Seldom is the publication of a book more topical. On September 25th Italy will hold a general election at which around a quarter of the vote is expected to go to a party, the Brothers of Italy, that ...

Two convicted Ethiopian war criminals are likely to finally leave the Italian embassy in the capital, Addis Ababa, after taking refuge there for almost 30 years. Berhanu Bayeh and Addis Tedla, two ...

FITCHBURG –The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University will launch a series of book discussions this month centered on the acclaimed novel, “The Shadow King,” set against the Italian ...