Collections

The library mission is to cover the editorial production in Italian concerning its specialisation areas, also devoting great attention to the main publications in English and French. The library heritage is made up of over 48,000 volumes and over 400 periodicals and is periodically enriched with new volumes thanks to direct purchases and donations.

The main thematic areas are:

• history, political, economic and social life, literatures, cultures, arts and religions of countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Oceania;

• international cooperation, geopolitics, conflicts, peace processes;

• colonialism, postcolonialism, decolonization;

• sustainable development, natural resources, environmental conflicts;

• migrations, interculture, diasporic cultures;

• human rights, global citizenship, racisms;

• interreligious dialogue, history of the encounter between East and West.