Umbra Professor Luca Gatti Receives Doctorate
Umbra professor Luca Gatti is now Dr. Luca Gatti. Gatti, who has taught Italian language and culture courses at The Umbra Institute since the post-Covid reopening in Fall 2021, today successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the University of Barcelona and was awarded a PhD in History.
A thesis on the Antifascist Struggle of Giaele Angeloni
Gatti’s thesis, “Giaele Angeloni: Una donna nella lotta antifascista. Dall’esilio in Francia alla guerra di Spagna” (the English translation of the title would be “Giaele Angeloni: A Woman in the Antifascist Struggle. From Exile in France to the Spanish Civil War”) focused on the contributions of Italian anti-Fascists to the resistance to the fascist insurrection (ultimately successful) led by the General Francisco Franco and his coalition of right-wing groups. Gatti has an intimate connection with the history, as he had already written a historical novel, Trentasei, on one of the central figures of the group of Italians who went to Spain in the 1930s to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
An long time Interest in Political Science
Gatti received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science (with a focus on International Relations) from the University of Perugia in 2005. During his time doing his bachelor’s degree, he studied abroad at the University of Barcelona, later founding an organization in Perugia dedicated to helping international students studying abroad in Perugia. Yet another project was an online magazine dedicated to analysis of politics, art, and culture, which Gatti has continued writing a column for the newspaper site Linkiesta. He received an additional certification in the Didactics of the Italian Language at the University of Siena, followed by working for a representative to the European Parliament in Brussels.
Umbra congratulates Dr. Gatti for this accomplishment and looks forward to his continuing contributions to the academic and cultural life of The Umbra Institute!