Elisabetta Bini
I am an Assistant Professor in Contemporary History at the University of Naples Federico II. My research revolves around the history of transatlantic relations during the Cold War, the history of international energy policies, the history of decolonization and development, the history of consumer culture, and the history of women and gender.
Before moving to the University of Naples Federico II, I was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, and a Research Fellow at the University of Rome 2 and the University of Trieste. I earned my PhD in Modern European History from New York University, under the guidance of Professor Mary Nolan.
My first book was published in Italian by Carocci and will appear in English with the title "Fueling the Cold War: Oil, Development and Consumption in the Mediterranean, 1945-1973." This book analyzes post-World War II oil politics in the Mediterranean by focusing on a specific case-study, the Italian state-owned oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (National Hydrocarbon Agency, ENI). It examines the role ENI played in rebuilding Italy’s economy and spreading mass motorization by acquiring its own sources of oil in North Africa and the Middle East and pursuing the country’s independence from US, British and French oil firms. It shows that, through ENI, Italy was able to develop new economic and political relationships with North African and Middle Eastern countries, and establish an autonomous position in the Atlantic bloc, as a mediator between decolonizing countries and the Atlantic Alliance.
I am currently working on two research projects. The first, titled "From Colony to Oil Producer: International Oil Politics in Libya, 1951-1981," examines the ways in which U.S., British and Italian oil companies transformed labor politics in Libya between the end of Italian colonialism in 1951 and the expulsion of American oil companies from Libya in 1981.
The second, titled "Atoms for Peace (and War): the United States and Italy's Civilian Nuclear Policies during the Cold War," examines the ways in which different U.S. institutions and individuals influenced Italian civilian nuclear policies during the Cold War.
Before moving to the University of Naples Federico II, I was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute, and a Research Fellow at the University of Rome 2 and the University of Trieste. I earned my PhD in Modern European History from New York University, under the guidance of Professor Mary Nolan.
My first book was published in Italian by Carocci and will appear in English with the title "Fueling the Cold War: Oil, Development and Consumption in the Mediterranean, 1945-1973." This book analyzes post-World War II oil politics in the Mediterranean by focusing on a specific case-study, the Italian state-owned oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (National Hydrocarbon Agency, ENI). It examines the role ENI played in rebuilding Italy’s economy and spreading mass motorization by acquiring its own sources of oil in North Africa and the Middle East and pursuing the country’s independence from US, British and French oil firms. It shows that, through ENI, Italy was able to develop new economic and political relationships with North African and Middle Eastern countries, and establish an autonomous position in the Atlantic bloc, as a mediator between decolonizing countries and the Atlantic Alliance.
I am currently working on two research projects. The first, titled "From Colony to Oil Producer: International Oil Politics in Libya, 1951-1981," examines the ways in which U.S., British and Italian oil companies transformed labor politics in Libya between the end of Italian colonialism in 1951 and the expulsion of American oil companies from Libya in 1981.
The second, titled "Atoms for Peace (and War): the United States and Italy's Civilian Nuclear Policies during the Cold War," examines the ways in which different U.S. institutions and individuals influenced Italian civilian nuclear policies during the Cold War.
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Books by Elisabetta Bini
elisabetta bini e simone selva, introduzione
indagini
katayoun shafiee, il settore petrolifero iraniano tra conflitto industriale e irreggi-x mentazione della manodopera, 1922-1951
rania ghosn, la pianificazione e costruzione di una infrastruttura energetica. il caso della trans-arabian pipeline (tapline)
david webster, petrolio, imperi e nazionalismo economico. il saskatchewan e l’indonesia a confronto, 1944-1963
ferdinando fasce, immaginare la benzina. mezzo secolo di pubblicità erg, 1950-2000
ksenia demidova, la politica degli stati uniti nei confronti dell’influenza sovietica sull’europa occidentale, 1973-1985
michael watts, crimini dimenticati. vita, morte e inganno nei giacimenti petroliferi della nigeria
questioni
timothy mitchell, la democrazia del carbonio
andrea prontera, petrolio e relazioni internazionali
sguardi
simone misiani, il futuro democratico nella comunicazione dell’eni di enrico mattei
letture
francesco petrini, ascesa e declino dell’età dell’oro (nero). l’industria del petrolio tra interessi privati, conflitto sociale e relazioni internazionali
wilko graf von hardenberg, la creazione del modello petrolifero: società, stato e ambiente agli albori di un’industria
Articles by Elisabetta Bini
practices that different individual actors (American, British and Italian) operating within the Italian advertising business tried to instil into goods and consumers and the economic and cultural results that they achieved. This is the first research on the history of Italian advertising that fully places it within a transnational and comparative perspective using so far unpublished records, aiming at moving beyond traditional, eastbound Americanization frameworks through a detailed empirical investigation.
Frank Bösch & Rüdiger Graf (Eds.): The Energy Crises of the 1970s. Anticipations and Reactions in the Industrialized World.