Maria-Christina Marchi

Maria-Christina Marchi

Maria-Christina graduated with an M.A. (Hons) in English and Modern History from the University of St Andrews in June 2012. In her Senior Honours dissertation she explored issues of contested national identities in South Tirol in the era of the Great War. In 2012-13 she studied towards an M.A. in European History at University College London before happily returning to St Andrews to embark on doctoral research within the “Heirs to the Throne” Project. Maria-Christina will be specialising in the history of the Italian monarchy in the nineteenth century:

Princes and their People: The Evolving Role of the Italian Heirs to the Throne in the Public Eye, 1860‐1914

“In this project I will focus on the role of the Italian heirs to the throne from the Risorgimento period until the First World War and how these princes were perceived in the public eye. The transition from princes of Piedmont‐Sardinia, a small pre‐unification state, to princes of the whole peninsula required the House of Savoy to adapt and ‘italianise’ themselves and consequently their people. The role of the princes in creating notions of ‘Italian‐ness’ and cementing the image of this new monarchical identity in national consciousness will form the core of my research.”

Email: mariachristina.marchi[at]gmail.com