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50 years of Political Science in Italy

1971
The launch of RISP

The Italian Political Science Review (Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica) is officially launched, with headquarters at the Comparative Politics Study Center founded by Giovanni Sartori.

Agreement between Giovanni Sartori and the Italian publisher il Mulino (Italian)

See the cover and contents of the first issue (Italian)

1973
Foundation of the Political Science Section of the Italian Association for Political and Social Sciences
1981
The birth of SISP
Alberto Spreafico (with Roberto D’Alimonte), Luigi Bonanate (top right), Mario Stoppino (right)

Costituzione-della-SISP-1

Constitutive Act of the Italian Association of Political Science (Italian)

1981-1987
First SISP Conferences

1981: University of Florence
1983: University of Catania
1986: European University Institute Florence
1987: University of Milan

Congresso-Studi-SISP-Catania-1983

View the Programme of the 1983 SISP Conference, Catania

1993-1999
SISP Conferences become an annual event
SISP Presidents during the 1990s:
Giorgio Freddi (left) and Leonardo Morlino (right)

1999: the SISP Conference records more than 100 participants!

2001
First Paper Room

A plenary session of the 2001 Conference in Siena: Fisichella, Morlino, Blondel

During the 2001 SISP Conference, an online paper room is introduced for the first time. 
SISP produces a CD containing the texts of the papers presented at the Conference

2004
2007
Italian Political Science is launched

2010
SISP produces the collection of reviews of the volumes published by the members
The Presidents during the 2000s:
Maurizio Cotta (left), Fulvio Attinà (center), Mauro Calise (right)
2011
Italian President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano visits SISP

Gianfranco Pasquino welcomes President Giorgio Napolitano during the SISP Conference in Palermo

Congresso-SISP-2011-Invito-al-dialogo-con-il-Presidente-Napolitano

2014
IPSR/RISP is published by Cambridge University Press
2015
SISP mourns the loss of its President Pietro Grilli di Cortona
2018-2021
Between internationalisation and the pandemic crisis

2018: for the first time English panels represent 50% of the entire programme.

The first two female SISP Presidents:
Simona Piattoni (left) e Francesca Longo (right)

2021: After one year of stop due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference takes place entirely online

2022
For the first time the programme of the SISP Conference is entirely published in English

2023
An increasingly attended conference

The SISP Conference in Genoa records over 680 participants, 130 panels, 7 roundtables, and 2 plenary sessions

1973-2023
50 years of Political Science in Italy