Massimo Baioni

Massimo Baioni is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Italian Studies (ISI) within the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society at the University of Italian Switzerland. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris 8 and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. Additionally, he has been a long-term member of the teaching staff at the Doctorate in Humanistic Studies (University of Urbino) since 2000 and an editor of the contemporary history journal Memoria e Ricerca since 1998.

• Research focus: Nation-building processes, cultural institutions, politics of memory, urban spaces as political symbols, and the intersection of history and sports.
• Affiliated with the Institute of Italian Studies (ISI) in Lugano, Switzerland.

His work examines symbolic urban palimpsests, political myths in contemporary society, and the role of local sports history in national identity formation, particularly through the case of Cagliari's 1969-70 football championship victory.