Raffaella Calgaro

Raffaella Calgaro is a historian, professor, and researcher who has dedicated her professional life to recovering forgotten memories and highlighting human stories that have remained on the margins of “Grand History,” with a particular focus on women, refugees, children, and frontier teachers. After earning her degree in history and spending her early years teaching, her career took a significant turn between 2015 and 2016 with the publication of *Adele Pergher: Refugee* and her win of the Veneto Region Prize for the essay *Refugees*, works that launched a successful vein of popular history capable of weaving archival research with theatrical writing. National and European recognition came in 2022 thanks to the essay *Tutta un’altra storia. The Great War as Told by Women and Children, presented to the Council of Europe and the Senate of the Republic at Palazzo Madama—a success that led her to collaborate with RAI TRE on a documentary dedicated to the topic and, the following year, to present her research on the program *Quante Storie*. A long-standing key figure within the INDIRE research group, Calgaro has revolutionized the teaching of history in Italy by promoting the use of workshops and digital technologies—as summarized in her authoritative textbook published by Carocci in 2023—as well as by creating national photography exhibitions and curating high-profile multimedia projects. In recent years, with the publication of the novels *Dove sei madre* in 2024 and *Non abbiamo più paura. Storie di donne e di montagna in 2026, she has established herself as one of the most authoritative and active voices in historical non-fiction and in the cultural debate on women’s rights and borderlands, while continuing to train generations of teachers through institutional conferences and field projects.