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Dr. Amy King is a Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol, specializing in the history and memory of the Italian far right over the past hundred years. She is based in the Department of History (Historical Studies) within the Faculty of Arts, where she conducts research on fascism, neofascism, and the ways historical memory shapes contemporary politics.
Dr. King completed her PhD at the University of Bristol in 2019 with a dissertation titled 'Italy's secular martyrs: the construction, role and maintenance of secular martyrdom in Italy from the twentieth century to the present day,' supervised by Professors Bull and Foot. This foundational work established her expertise in how martyrdom narratives function within political movements.
Her research explores how memory and commemoration practices construct and maintain far-right identities across time. Dr. King examines the Rogo di Primavalle attack, the memory of Giacomo Matteotti, and transnational martyr narratives to understand how historical events are instrumentalized by contemporary political movements. She investigates how narratives of sacrifice connect institutional far-right challenges from the Movimento Sociale Italiano in the 1970s to Fratelli d'Italia today.
Dr. King's publications reveal a consistent focus on the intersection of historical memory and contemporary politics. Her work spans academic monographs, journal articles, public commentary in Time magazine, and innovative digital projects like 'Where Monsters Are Born,' an archive of neofascist posters. A recurring theme is examining how historical memory practices influence current political developments globally.
- Wolfsonian Fellowship - The Wolfsonian, Miami (2024)
- Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowship (Royal Historical Society) (2023)
- American Association for Italian Studies First Book Prize (2024)
- Royal Historical Society Teaching Fellowship
- Fellowship from The Wolfsonian
- Award from Hope Not Hate
Dr. King actively supervises PhD students and has received multiple research grants, including for 'Up the Feeder Down the Mouth: Voices and Silences in the Archive' (2023-2024) and 'Presente!: The Afterlives of Italy's Far-Right Dead' (2025). She co-founded 'Where Monsters Are Born,' an educational resource analyzing neofascist propaganda. Her Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowship supported innovative antifascist zine-making workshops, leading to an invitation to present her work to UNESCO in April 2025 on 'Reinforcing Education for Dignity, Equality and Mutual Respect in a New Era.'
Dr. King leads the Bristol Dockers Oral History Project and has presented her work at major institutions including the American Historical Association conference, Columbia University, and the London School of Economics.
